A fowl Ordinance has been proposed to raise and care for foul with in the city of Monmouth. Monmouth is the only local municipality that restricts fowl within its city limits, Galesburg, Bloomington, Decatur and even City of Chicago permit the practice.

• up to 4 fowl per parcel of property
• Roosters are not permitted
• must be permitted by the city
• fowl must be provided with cover, predator resistant housing
• daylight hours, fowl must have access to outdoor enclosure adequately fenced
• no nuisance smells, feed stored in rodent proof containers, noise kept to a minimum and with 5 feet of property line