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§ 94.011 TERM OF PERMIT; NOT TRANSFERABLE.
   All permits issued to keep any large or small animal or fowl shall expire on May 31 following the date of issuance, unless sooner revoked, and no permit shall be assignable or transferable either as to permittee, location, or species of animals.
(Prior Code, § 93.11) (Ord. 2004-5.1, passed 5-17-2004)
§ 94.012 RUNNING AT LARGE PROHIBITED.
   (A)   No person keeping or harboring any animal or fowl shall permit such animal or fowl except pigeons to go loose or run at large in any of the public ways of the city or upon the property of another, except in enclosures on the private property owned or leased by the person keeping or harboring such animal or fowl.
   (B)   In the event that an unusual or other nondomesticated or wild animal found running at large is creating a hazard to life or property, such animal shall be destroyed if it cannot be confined or captured.
   (C)   The city shall not be required to give notice to the owner of such an animal prior to its destruction.
(Prior Code, § 93.12) (Ord. 2004-5.1, passed 5-17-2004) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 94.013 DEAD ANIMALS.
   (A)   Duty to remove. Except as permitted by division (B) below, if any animals or fowl shall die in the possession of any person in this city, it shall be the duty of such person to cause the same to be at once removed to a site approved by the city and buried or otherwise disposed of. In case the owner or person having charge of any such animal or fowl shall neglect or refuse to remove the dead animal or fowl within 24 hours after its death, the city shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of such owner or person having charge of the same, such expenditure to be recovered in a civil action. Whenever the owner or other person having charge of any dead animal or fowl cannot be found, it shall be the duty of the city to cause the animal to be removed and buried at the expense of the city.
(Prior Code, § 93.13)
   (B)   Dead animals; unlawful acts.
      (1)   Except as permitted by division (B)(2) below, it shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or bury on any of the streets or alleys or other places within the corporate limits of the city, or cause to be buried, any carcass of any dead animal or fowl of any kind, and it shall be unlawful for the owner or person having possession of any animal that shall die to suffer the carcass of any such animal to remain within the corporate limits of the city for more than 24 hours after the death of the animal or fowl.
      (2)   Nothing in this section shall prevent burial of any dog, cat, or other animal on the residential premises of the owner of such animal if such animal weighs less than 150 pounds and the animal is a household pet. Any such animal shall be buried within 24 hours after its death, and all parts of any animal shall be covered by at least two feet of fine soil.
(Prior Code, § 93.14)
(Ord. 2004-5.1, passed 5-17-2004) Penalty, see § 10.99
Cross-reference:
   Disposal of, see § 51.03
§ 94.014 OFFENSIVE ODORS FROM ANIMAL ENCLOSURES.
   It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keep any cattle, horses, goats, dogs, cats, rabbits, or other animals, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, or any other fowl in any pen, shed, or yard within the city from which any deleterious or offensive odor shall be emitted; and the maintaining of any of the above-mentioned animals or fowl in such condition shall of itself constitute a nuisance.
(Prior Code, § 93.15) (Ord. 2004-5.1, passed 5-17-2004) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 94.015 ANIMALS ON PREMISES AS OF EFFECTIVE DATE; NUISANCE.
   (A)   Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any animals lawfully kept or harbored on premises within the limits of the city as of the effective date of this chapter, or any amendment thereto, may lawfully be kept or harbored upon such premises notwithstanding that the requirements of § 94.002 regarding a minimum acreage for large animals or § 94.003 regarding maximum numbers of animals or square footage requirements for exercise/shelter areas for small animals or fowl are not met for a period of not to exceed 60 days from the effective date of the adoption of the provision declaring the keeping or harboring of such animals to be unlawful.
   (B)   This exclusion shall not exempt the owner from the requirement that a permit to maintain such animals be obtained in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and that appropriate permit fees are paid.
   (C)   Except as provided in divisions (A) and (B) above, animals kept or harbored on premises within the limits of the city in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter are declared to be a nuisance and such nuisance may be abated by the city in accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat. 18-1720.
(Prior Code, § 93.16) (Ord. 2004-5.1, passed 5-17-2004; Ord. 2012-8.1, passed 10-8-2012)
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