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§ 91.013 SHELTER REQUIREMENTS.
   (A)   The owner or keeper of any animal shall provide adequate shelter for such animal. ADEQUATE SHELTER means that which provides protection from the meteorological elements.
   (B)   The officer may prohibit the housing or keeping of any animal within the City Limits when such housing or keeping may impair the public health, welfare, safety, or create a nuisance.
   (C)   The officer shall deliver a written notice to the owner or keeper of such animal, directing the owner or keeper to remove the animal within three days from the service of such notice.
(Ord. 653, passed 4-4-2018) Penalty, see § 91.999
§ 91.014 KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK AND/OR POULTRY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
   (A)   Livestock. No person owning, possessing, or having control of livestock shall keep the animals except in a fenced area and on a lot having an area of at least 32,670 square feet (0.75 acre). Livestock are limited as follows:
 
Livestock Category
Maximum Number of Livestock Allowed Per 0.75 Acre
Prohibited Livestock
Miniature Livestock. Goats, sheep, and any fur- bearing or wool-producing animal bred and maintained, commercially or otherwise, within pens, cages, and hutches
2
Un-castrated males
Standard Livestock. Horses, mules, jackasses, burros, cattle, donkeys, and swine
1
Un-castrated males
 
      (1)   Livestock may not be bred.
      (2)   Products generated by livestock, such as eggs, wool, hides, or meat may not be sold from residential property.
      (3)   Livestock may not be slaughtered or butchered on residential property.
      (4)   Fencing used for the purpose of containing livestock, as required by this section, shall not be located within 20 feet from property boundary line and shall comply with the Development Code.
   (B)   Poultry. No person owning, possessing, or having control of poultry shall keep the animals except in a fenced area.
      (1)   No person, property owner, and/or renter, or household may keep more than six poultry of any kind.
      (2)   Peacocks, peahens, roosters, geese, turkeys, and any male poultry are prohibited.
      (3)   Fencing used for the purpose of containing poultry, as required by this section, shall not be located within ten feet from property boundary line and shall comply with the Development Code.
   (C)   Nonconforming Use. For livestock being kept on parcels of less than 32,670 square feet (0.75 acres) per animal, this section shall not preclude any person from continuing to keep or replace livestock which were lawfully being kept within the City Limits on or before the adoption date of the ordinance codified in this subchapter.
   (D)   Cessation of Use. For parcels of less than 32,670 square feet (0.75 acres), if a nonconforming use for keeping of the livestock is discontinued for a period of 90 days or more or if the property comes under different ownership, the keeping of livestock shall cease and may not be resumed.
   (E)   Exemptions.
      (1)   The City Council may, by resolution, grant exemptions to regulations pertaining to livestock and/or poultry as denoted in this section on a case-by-case basis.
      (2)   All exemptions granted before the enactment of this provision shall be allowed.
(Ord. 653, passed 4-4-2018) Penalty, see § 91.999
§ 91.015 DEAD ANIMALS; CARCASS REMOVAL.
   No person may permit the carcass of any animal kept, possessed, or otherwise maintained under that person’s control to remain upon any public street or other public place or upon any private property for over 24 hours.
(Ord. 653, passed 4-4-2018) Penalty, see § 91.999
§ 91.016 SUMMARY DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN ANIMALS.
   Any animal, whether domestic or wild, which presents an imminent threat of serious physical injury or death to any person or other animal, or which has caused injury or death to any person or other animal, and which, under the immediate circumstances, cannot be captured or impounded as provided in this subchapter, may be summarily destroyed in as humane a manner as is practicable under the existing circumstances.
(Ord. 653, passed 4-4-2018) Penalty, see § 91.999
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