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The City of Charleston allows residents to keep up to 6 hens on residential properties and up to 6 colonies of bees, depending on the size of the property.

City code 10-11 restricts the keeping of fowl within 25 feet of a residence of another individual. View city code 10-11 here.

 Certain animals, including hogs, goats, cows, chickens, or other fowls my not be kept to the annoyance, detriment, or inconvenience of neighbors, see city code 10-11 here.