(A) General prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep within the limits of the city any horse, cattle, swine, goat, chicken, duck, turkey, goose, or any other livestock or poultry except as in the manner provided in this chapter.
(B) Enclosures. Any person desiring to keep any of the animals specified in division (A) above shall keep the animal in an enclosure which will not permit the animal to escape, and it shall be constructed in a secure and sanitary manner.
(C) Application. Any person desiring to keep any of the animals specified in division (A) above within the limits of the city shall make application to the City Council for a permit to do so, which application shall first have been presented to the Board of Health and Planning and Zoning Commission for its approval or disapproval.
(D) Permits. Upon the presentation to the City Council of such application as specified in division (C) above, together with the recommendation of the Board of Health and Planning and Zoning Commission, the City Council may issue to such applicant a permit to keep such animals listed in division (A) above within the limits of the city; but such permit shall be for no definite length of time and may be terminated at any time complaint is made to the Board of Health that such enclosure is not secure or that the enclosure is unsanitary or at any time that the Board of Health deems the enclosure unsanitary, the permit to be revoked only by the City Council. A conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of the violation of any of the terms or provisions of this chapter shall automatically terminate such permit.
(E) Manner of keeping. No person shall keep any dog, cat, bird, or any of the animals specified in division (A) above in an unsanitary place or condition or in a manner resulting in objectionable odors, or in such a way as to constitute a nuisance or disturbance by reason of barking, howling, fighting, or other noise, or in such a way as to permit the animal to annoy, injure, or endanger any person or property.
(F) Regulation of horses, similar animals, limitations.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to allow a horse, burro, donkey, or ox to cross or travel upon any public property, including, but not limited to, sidewalks, boulevards, parks, school grounds, athletic fields, or cemeteries. Streets and alleys are exempt from the provisions of this division (F).
(2) Any person in violation of division (F)(1) above shall be required to pay all expense of repair or restoration required to repair damage to public lands, in addition to punishment as provided herein.
(Prior Code, § 12.2) Penalty, see § 90.99