Keeping Poultry on Your Property
Roosters, geese, peacocks and turkeys are not encouraged in residential areas and may only be kept on your property with written approval from the City of Melville.
Poultry/chickens are to be kept according to the criteria below:
- No more than 12 poultry can be kept on your property at one time
- Poultry must be kept in a properly constructed enclosure
- Enclosures must be at least 1.2 metres from the property boundary and 9 metres from any place of human habitation
- Enclosures must be maintained and cleaned reguarly so it doesn't create offensive odours, or encourage the breeding of flies.