(A) It shall be unlawful for any owner to keep or harbor any livestock or fowl within the corporate limits of the city in any pen, stable, shed, pasture or enclosure, if any part of such enclosure or structure is within 200 feet from an occupied building.
(B) The keeping of livestock within the zoning classifications SF-1 through SF-4, and SF-4/MH is prohibited, except goats, horses, and mules provided that the following applicable provision(s) is complied with:
(1) Tracts of land of less than ten acres that are zoned as "SF-1 through SF-4" may maintain horses and/or mules at a rate of two head for the first full acre under fence and an additional one head per fenced acre thereafter.
(2) Goats may be maintained at a rate of four head for the first full acre under fence and an additional one head per half acre thereafter;
(3) Pasture fencing must be a minimum of five feet in height at its lowest point and cannot extend into the front yard between the main building structure and the street;
(4) Horses and/or mules kept on land zoned as "SF" shall be provided with a minimum three-sided shelter, approved by the city, with a minimum of 200 square feet per animal.
(C) Keeping of certain fowl.
(1) For the purpose of this division (C), fowl shall be limited to female chickens (hens).
(2) This division does not apply if the land upon which the animals are maintained is zoned "A - Agricultural".
(3) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
(a) Keeps or maintains a rooster;
(b) Keeps or maintains more than six fowl;
(c) Keeps or maintains fowl in an inadequate fowl shelter, including the fenced run, at a distance closer than 25 feet of an occupied building of a person other than the owner;
(d) Fails to provide an adequate fowl shelter as defined in § 91.001;
(e) Keeps or maintains fowl in the front yard area;
(f) Fails to provide fowl with fresh, clean water and food;
(g) Fails to store fowl feed in secure containers protected from rodents, insects and other animals;
(h) Slaughters fowl within the city limits;
(i) Fails to keep or maintain fowl within a fowl shelter, pen, coop or hutch as defined in § 91.001. A fenced yard shall not qualify as a pen, coop or hutch;
(j) Sells eggs for profit. Any eggs produced by fowl permitted under this section shall be for personal use only;
(k) Fails to allow an animal control officer to inspect the fowl shelter, pen, coop, or hutch and related premises.
(D) The owner or person in possession of animals shall keep yards, pens, coops, and enclosures in which these animals are confined in such a manner so as not to give off odors offensive to persons of ordinary sensibilities residing in the vicinity, or to breed or attract flies, mosquitoes, or other noxious insects, or in any manner to endanger the public health or safety, or create a public nuisance. All persons keeping these animals shall comply with the following sanitary regulations: manure and droppings shall be removed from pens, yards, cages and other enclosures daily, and handled or disposed of in such manner as to keep the premises free of any nuisance.
(E) The slaughter of livestock shall be prohibited within the city limits unless performed by a licensed professional at a rendering or meat processing facility.
(F) It is an exception to this section that:
(1) The animal or structure was at a veterinary clinic or hospital, pet store, feed store, farm store, school building, or any similar establishment properly zoned for keeping these animals;
(2) The structure, pen, corral or other enclosure was in existence at the time the premises on which it is located were annexed by the city. However, if the ownership or primary use of the premises changes, this exception shall not apply;
(3) The structure, pen, corral or other enclosure was in existence prior to the time a habitation was erected on another’s property; or
(4) The livestock was purchased and housed prior to January 1, 2005.
(Ord. 01-2005-09, passed 1-25-05; Am. Ord. 09-2016-47, passed 9-27-16; Am. Ord. 01-2017-08, passed 1-24-17; Am. Ord. 07-2021-32, passed 7-13-21) Penalty, see § 91.999