(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