CHAPTER 90: ANIMALS
Section
General Provisions
   90.01   Animals banned from city
   90.02   Animal cruelty
   90.03   Fowls banned from city
   90.04   Breeding
   90.05   Abandonment, neglect and mistreatment
   90.06   Pitting
Dogs and Cats
   90.15   License and tax required; exemption; tags
   90.16   License fees
   90.17   Wrongful licensing
   90.18   Owner defined
   90.19   Proclamation
   90.20   Unlicensed
   90.21   Capture impossible
   90.22   Liability of owner
   90.23   Removal of tags
   90.24   Making noise and offensive behavior
   90.25   Running at large
   90.26   Confinement of dogs
Dangerous Dogs
   90.40   Definitions
   90.41   Identification by city; notice; procedure to dispute
   90.42   Dangerous dog registration
   90.43   Liability insurance required
   90.44   Restraint required
   90.45   Confinement required; warning sign
   90.46   Dangerous dog at large
   90.47   Prohibited acts
   90.48   Bites unlawful
   90.49   Confiscation; when; costs
   90.50   Disposal by court order
   90.51   Violations; destruction of dog
 
   90.99   Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 90.01 ANIMALS BANNED FROM CITY.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain within the corporate limits any horse, mule, sheep, cow, goat, swine, or other livestock or any livestock except varieties of the animals normally kept as pets and housebroken so as to be commonly allowed inside of family residences.
(Neb. RS 17-123 and 17-207) (1973 Code, § 6-201) (Ord. 616, passed 11-7-1991) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.02 ANIMAL CRUELTY.
   No person shall cruelly or unnecessarily beat, overwork, or insufficiently shelter or feed any animal within the city.
(1973 Code, § 6-202) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.03 FOWLS BANNED FROM CITY.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain within the corporate limits any poultry, chickens, turkeys, geese, or any other fowls except for those maintained as pets and/or showing animals.
(1973 Code, § 6-203) (Ord. 616, passed 11-7-1991) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.04 BREEDING.
   It shall be unlawful for any residence to keep or maintain within the corporate limits more than six fowls as pets and/or showing animals.
(1973 Code, § 6-203) (Ord. 616, passed 11-7-1991; Ord. 890, passed 4-9-2015) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.05 ABANDONMENT, NEGLECT AND MISTREATMENT.
   (A)   Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      ABANDON. To leave any animal in one's care, whether as owner or custodian, for any length of time without making effective provision for its food, water, or other care as is reasonably necessary for the animal's health.
      ANIMAL. Any vertebrate member of the animal kingdom. i does not include an uncaptured wild creature or a livestock animal as defined in this section.
      BOVINE. A cow, an ox, or a bison.
      CRUELLY MISTREAT. To knowingly and intentionally kill, maim, disfigure, torture, beat, mutilate, burn, scald, or otherwise inflict harm upon any animal.
      CRUELLY NEGLECT. To fail to provide any animal in one's care, whether as owner or custodian, with food, water, or other care as is reasonably necessary for the animal's health.
      HUMANE KILLING. The destruction of an animal by a method which causes the animal a minimum of pain and suffering.
      LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any member of the Nebraska State Patrol, any county or deputy sheriff, any member of the police force of the municipality or any other city or village, or any other public official authorized by the municipality or any other city or village to enforce state or local animal control laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances.
      LIVESTOCK ANIMAL. Any bovine, equine, swine, sheep, goats, domesticated cervine animals, ratite birds, or poultry.
(Neb. RS 28-1008)
   (B) Enforcement powers; immunity.
      (1)   Any law enforcement officer who has reason to believe that an animal has been abandoned or is being cruelly neglected or cruelly mistreated may seek a warrant authorizing entry upon private property to inspect, care for, or impound the animal.
      (2)   Any law enforcement officer who has reason to believe that an animal has been abandoned or is being cruelly neglected or cruelly mistreated may issue a citation to the owner as prescribed in Neb. RS 29-422 to 29-429.
      (3)   Any law enforcement officer acting under this section shall not be liable for damage to property if such damage is not the result of the officer's negligence.
(Neb. RS 28-1012)
   (C) Violation. A person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly abandons, cruelly neglects, or cruelly mistreats an animal is guilty of an offense.
(Neb. RS 28-1009)
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