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Council adopts ordinance limiting roosters and prohibiting peafowl, guinea fowl
Bristol, Tennessee City Council · December 3, 2025
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Summary
On second reading city code was amended to prohibit more than one rooster per parcel in city limits (effective 05/20/2026, except open space districts) and to ban peafowl and guinea fowl; the council voted in favor on second reading.
The Bristol City Council on Dec. 2 adopted ordinance 25-26 to amend Chapter 10 of the city code governing animals. The ordinance prohibits keeping more than one rooster per parcel within the city beginning May 20, 2026 (except on properties in the OS/open space district) and bans peafowl and guinea fowl.
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