KEEPING OF SWINE.
Fort Worth City Code § 11A-19
in effect§ 11A-19 KEEPING OF SWINE.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly keeps swine within the city.
(b) It is an exception to a prosecution under subsection (a) above that the swine were:
(1) Being kept for processing in a slaughterhouse;
(2) Being kept for exhibition for a period not exceeding 21 days in connection with agricultural expositions or fairs; or
(3) Individual swine being kept for sale, for a period not exceeding 14 days, within the boundaries of the Fort Worth Stockyards located at 131 East Exchange Street.
(c) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under subsection (a) above that the swine is a “miniature swine” as defined by Chapter 6, Animals and Fowl, of the city code, and is being kept in compliance with that chapter.
(d) A person commits an offense if the person keeps or permits to be kept any pig pen, lot, stable, yard, shed, sty or other place for keeping swine, in a manner that creates an unreasonable or noxious odor and which:
(1) Causes material distress, discomfort or injury to persons of ordinary sensibilities in the immediate vicinity thereof; or
(2) Interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of private homes by persons of ordinary sensibilities.
(Ord. 12931, § 1, passed 3-25-1997)
Source: City of Fort Worth, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Zoning Ordinance (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/ftworth/latest/ftworth_tx/0-0-0-40007Fetched: 10/26/2026