REKERIMENTU PA LISENSA PA TEN ANIMAL DI KAPUERA INFURMASON KONPLEMENTAR – Boston, MA

REKERIMENTU PA LISENSA PA TEN ANIMAL DI KAPUERA INFURMASON KONPLEMENTAR is the Cape Verdean Creole version of the "Application for Permit to Keep Live Fowl, Supplemental Information," a City of Boston Inspectional Services (ISD) form that describes a coop and lists the conditions for keeping live fowl.

The form is issued by Inspectional Services, and the conditions it prints refer to the ISD Health Division, which can authorize roosters, approve enclosures, accept written consents and revoke the permit. The Health Division's page lists a "Live Fowl Application Process" among its inspection topics.

What you write on the sheet:

• your name, telephone number, address and ward;
• the location of the coop or hen house on the property, with a sketch of the building(s) and the distances between buildings and abutters;
• the addresses of the nearest abutter(s);
• a copy of the Certificate of Occupancy to Keep Live Fowl (the form refers you to the Building Division Zoning Requirements);
• the number and type of live fowl, with a maximum of 25.

Page 2 prints the conditions in English and page 3 repeats them in Cape Verdean Creole, each with a signature and date line for the applicant. The Health Division also lists the live fowl application in other languages, including Spanish, Haitian Creole and Vietnamese. The sheet does not print a form number or a revision date.

People who want a permit to keep live fowl in the City of Boston complete this supplemental information sheet as part of the application, and the Cape Verdean Creole edition is for applicants who prefer that language. The signature lines mean the applicant personally accepts the conditions on the form.

The conditions set limits that decide whether keeping fowl is workable at your address:

• No more than 25 live fowl.
• No live rooster unless the ISD Health Division authorizes it in writing.
• No fowl within fifty feet of a dwelling other than the one you occupy, unless the owner and occupant of that dwelling give written consent, filed annually with the ISD Health Division.
• No fowl on a lot with a dwelling occupied by three or more families, unless the owner lives on the premises.

The form says nothing about who may sign for an applicant, so ask the ISD Health Division if someone else will act for you.

You complete this sheet when you apply for a permit to keep live fowl; the form prints no filing deadline. What it does state about timing is that the permit expires on December 31 following its issue, unless it is revoked earlier, so a new application is needed for each permit year. Any neighbor consent required under condition 3 must be filed annually with the ISD Health Division.

Condition 7 sets a cleaning schedule once you keep fowl: coops and hen houses are cleaned at least once a week between November 1 and April 30, inclusive, and twice a week between May 1 and October 31, inclusive, and more often if necessary.

The form does not name a submission channel, so confirm the current method with the ISD Health Division before you send or deliver it. What the form prints is the Inspectional Services address, 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, 4th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, the telephone number 617-635-5326 and the website www.boston.gov.

• Phone: The Health Division's page lists 617-635-5326, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m., and the email [email protected] for complaints about food businesses. Use the phone number to ask how the live fowl application is filed.
• Web: The Live Fowl Application Process is listed on the Health Division page at https://www.boston.gov/departments/inspectional-services/work-health-division.
• Attachments: Include the sketch, the Certificate of Occupancy copy and the signed form, as described under required documents.

FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels the agency gives.