Laws of keeping rodents on residential propertys in NSW ??

[congo_python]

Does anyone know of any laws that depict the number of rodents you can keep on residential property's in NSW and particularily the Penrith area ?? I have done a search and nothing came up.

 

[ArcticMonkey]

It would be written into you local council by laws so would depend on your local council area.

 

[saximus]

I'd be interested in finding out about this too. I'd heard that it gets considered "farming" or "livestock production" if you have too many but, like you, I was never able to find a formal definition of how many is too many

 

[wokka]

Usage of land is defined by the zoning of the land. The local environment plan will define permissable and prohibited uses. Intensive animal industries are generally not allowed in residential zoned land. State Environmental Planning Policy defines intensive animal industries according to the method of containing and feeding animals as opposed to the number kept. Basically you are not legally allowed to breed rodents in a residential premise, although it obviously happens. The main thing is to avoid suspicion. If there is a complaint and you go to court, my guess is a rodent breeder would lose.

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http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/maintop/view/inforce/epi+540+2010+cd+0+N
Here's a link to the allowable uses in Penrith LEP which confirms that rodent breeding is prohibited.