(a) Fowl. No person shall keep, harbor or maintain chickens or other poultry, excluding homing pigeons, in the City, except that the keeping, harboring or maintaining of any such animals may be authorized by the Mayor for the City by permit duly issued therefor, provided that such animals are located on lots or parcels of three acres or more.
(b) Hoofed Animals. No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any horse, pony, cow, hog, calf, goat or other hoofed animal in the City, except that the keeping, harboring or maintaining of any such animals may be authorized by the Mayor for the City by permit duly issued therefor, provided that such animals are located on lots or parcels of three acres or more.
(c) Permits. Such permits may be issued by the Mayor on written application therefor in such form as the Mayor requires, and such permit shall specify any restrictions, limitations, conditions or prohibitions which the Mayor deems reasonably necessary to protect any person or any neighboring use from unsanitary conditions, unreasonable noise or odors, or other annoyance, or to protect the public health or safety. All such animals kept in connection therewith shall be located no closer than fifty feet to any building used or designed for human habitation.
(d) Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with any provision of this section, and having a prior conviction under this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (Ord. 49-06. Passed 5-2-06.)