(A) A temporary permit to keep animals under this section may be issued by the City Secretary authorized by voice vote of the City Council, upon satisfaction of the following conditions.
(1) The permit shall be for a period not to exceed 365 days from its issuance date.
(2) The permitted property must be within an area zoned for industrial use.
(3) The permitted property must be fenced so that an animal kept thereon shall never be within 100 feet of any building used for residential, commercial, governmental or industrial purposes.
(4) The owner of the permitted property shall present with the application for permit a written consent to the permit executed by all abutting property owners, whether within or without the city boundaries.
(5) The permit shall specify the number and kind of animals which may be kept and the animal enclosure recommended per guidelines of the state’s Agricultural Extension Service.
(B) No permit shall authorize or allow the keeping of swine within the city boundaries under any circumstances.
(C) The permit shall only be granted to a property owner for the purposes of keeping animals for city resident juveniles engaged in bona fide show or agricultural projects and who are not eligible to house those animals in the facilities of the city’s ISD.
(D) The permit may be revoked prior to its expiration upon ten days’ notice to the property owner by the city’s Health Officer acting in that officer’s discretion upon the occurrence of any unsanitary condition or on the complaint of any abutting property owner concerning noise, dust, pollution, insects, vermin or noxious odor.
(E) The grant of a permit to a property owner on any occasion shall never be considered precedent for the grant of any other or future application, as every such permit shall be granted solely within the discretion of the City Council.
(2012 Code, § 10-2)