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(A) No person shall display, sell, offer for sale, barter, or give away any animal, reptile, fish, or bird as a novelty or as an advertising device.
(B) No rabbit, chick, gosling, duckling, turkey, or other fowl may be dyed or otherwise colored artificially, nor may dyed or artificially colored rabbits, chicks, goslings, ducklings, turkeys, or other fowl be sold, offered for sale, displayed, used as barter, or given away.
(C) This section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale or display of natural chicks, ducklings, goslings, turkeys, or other domestic fowl in proper brooder facilities by hatcheries or stores engaged in the business of selling them to be raised for commercial purposes, nor shall this section prohibit a pet shop holding a valid permit under this chapter, or a legitimate humane society or animal shelter, from humanely caring for, adopting out, or selling animals as pets.
(1996 Code, § 71.03) (Ord. 2002-4, passed 5-1-2002) Penalty, see § 90.999
(A) Any person operating a motor vehicle who knowingly hits, runs over, or causes injury to an animal shall immediately notify the Police Department.
(B) Such notice shall include the motorist’s name, address, type of animal hit, and the location of the animal.
(1996 Code, § 71.04) (Ord. 2002-4, passed 5-1-2002) Penalty, see § 90.999
No animal shall be left in a motor vehicle when the conditions in that vehicle would constitute a health hazard to that animal, or when the weather would constitute a health hazard to such animal confined in said motor vehicle. No person shall transport any animal in an unenclosed truck bed or open portion of any vehicle unless the animal is enclosed in a cage which is securely fastened to the vehicle.
(1996 Code, § 71.05) (Ord. 2002-4, passed 5-1-2002) Penalty, see § 90.999
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit any known poisonous substance in any of the street, alleys, parks, commons, yards, or other places, whether public or private, within the town, so that the same shall be liable to be consumed by any animal, provided that it shall not be unlawful for a person to expose on his or her own property common rat or mouse poison or insecticide, unmixed or mixed only with vegetable substances, if used so as to restrict access to the poison only to the targeted rodents or insects.
(1996 Code, § 71.06) (Ord. 2002-4, passed 5-1-2002) Penalty, see § 90.999
No person shall trap for animals or fowl within the town unless such trap(s) are cage-type live trap(s) approved by a humane officer of the town Animal Control Agency and issued for the control of nuisance animals. This prohibition shall not apply to any trap specifically designed to kill rats, mice, gophers, or moles so long as the owner of the property is aware of where the trap(s) are set.
(1996 Code, § 71.07) (Ord. 2002-4, passed 5-1-2002) Penalty, see § 90.999
No more than an aggregate of three dogs or cats over the age of six months may be kept on any residential, commercial, or other premises within the town unless the owner of the animals holds a valid pet shop/breeder permit, whichever may be appropriate.
(1996 Code, § 71.08) (Ord. 2002-4, passed 5-1-2002) Penalty, see § 90.999
(A) (1) Any person desiring to keep any of the following named domestic animals or fowl in the town must have a minimum of five contiguous acres of land in the town, upon which the animals would be kept and which acreage must be fenced to confine such animals:
(a) Cow, ox, cattle, calves, or other livestock;
(b) Donkey, ass, burrow, mule;
(c) Sheep;
(d) Goat;
(e) Chickens, rooster, geese, turkeys, ducks, or other fowl, except racing or homing pigeons;
(f) Bees; and/or
(g) Horses.
(2) The maximum number of such animals which may be maintained on such property shall be determined in light of current animal husbandry and veterinary standards.
(B) In no event shall the shelter and feeding station for any of the animals or fowl designated in division (A) above be closer than 50 feet from the adjoining property line. Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to prohibit the keeping of bees in a hive, stand, or box located or kept within a zoological park, school, or university building for the purpose of study or observation, as long as the public safety is ensured.
(C) Any person desiring to raise rabbits or pets or racing or homing pigeons within the town must keep such animals and birds in safe and sanitary conditions so that a public nuisance as defined herein is not created.
(D) No person may keep within the town as presently or hereinafter established any swine or pig pens or hog sties which are hereby declared to be a nuisance in the town. Notwithstanding the provisions contained herein, the keeping of a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig shall be permitted as long as the following conditions are met:
(1) The owner of a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig shall obtain from the Clerk-Treasurer a license for the keeping of the pig. The fee for the license shall be $25 and shall be acquired on an annual basis. The applicant for a license must, at the time of application, provide proof from a licensed veterinarian that the pot-bellied pig has been tested and found not to have pseudorabies and brucellosis. Furthermore, the applicant must provide proof that the pot-bellied pig has been vaccinated for erysipelas.
(2) No pot-bellied pig shall be used for breeding. Upon making application for a license to keep a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig, the applicant must provide proof that the pot-bellied pig has been spayed or neutered. If the potbellied pig is not mature enough yet to have the surgical procedure, then only a temporary license shall be issued with a date requiring that the animal would be spayed or neutered by said date. Failure to complete the surgical procedure by the date that the temporary license expires will result in revocation of the license.
(3) Only one pot-bellied pig may be kept in any one residence.
(4) The tusks of male Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs shall be removed.
(5) The licensee shall prevent the squealing or any other animal noises from disturbing neighbors. Further, the licensee shall remove and properly dispose of the Vietnamese pot-bellied pig’s excrement on a regular basis.
(6) A violation of any of the conditions of the Vietnamese pot-bellied pig license as outlined above shall result in the revocation of the license. The Town Council shall be vested with the authority to determine after due notice to the licensee if a violation of the license has occurred.
(1996 Code, § 71.09) (Ord. 2002-4, passed 5-1-2002) Penalty, see § 90.999
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