Environment > Animals > Keeping Animals
Keeping Animals
An owner or occupier of property must not, without a permit, keep or allow to be kept, more than four (4) different kinds of animals on any one property at any time, nor keep or allow to be kept any more in number for each kind of animal, than as set out in the following table:
|
Type of animal
|
Maximum number
allowed in residential areas
|
Maximum number
allowed in farming areas
|
|
Dogs
|
2
|
6
|
|
Cats
|
2
|
4
|
|
Poultry
|
5
|
20
|
|
Domestic Birds
|
50
|
100
|
|
Domestic Mice
|
10
|
10
|
|
Guinea Pigs
|
2
|
10
|
|
Domestic Rabbits
|
2
|
2
|
|
Horses/Donkeys
|
not permitted
|
no maximum limit
|
|
Cattle
|
not permitted
|
no maximum limit
|
|
Sheep
|
not permitted
|
no maximum limit
|
|
Goats
|
not permitted
|
no maximum limit
|
|
Pigs
|
not permitted
|
no maximum limit
|
|
Other agricultural animals
|
not permitted
|
no maximum limit
|
Persons wishing to keep more animals than those set out in the above table must apply to Council in writing stating how many animals are to be kept and the purpose for which the animals are proposed to be kept.
The applicant must also obtain the consent of immediate neighbors to the permit application. This can be done by way of a notation at the bottom of the application.
Keeping of Animals
For further information please contact the Local Laws Department on (03) 5871 9222.