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ARTICLE 2: ANIMALS GENERALLY
Section
   6-201   Running at large; tethering
   6-202   Cruelty
   6-203   Enclosures
   6-204   Fowls; running at large
   6-205   Pitting; definitions
   6-206   Pitting; prohibited
   6-207   Pitting; spectators prohibited
   6-208   Abandonment, neglect and cruelty; definitions
   6-209   Abandonment, neglect and cruelty; law enforcement officer; powers; immunity
   6-210   Abandonment, neglect and cruelty; penalty
   6-211   Fowls, controlled within municipality
§ 6-201 RUNNING AT LARGE; TETHERING.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for the owner of any cow, hog, horse, mule, sheep, goat, dog, chicken, turkey, goose or other animal except a cat to permit the animal to run at large at any time on any of the public ways and property or the property of another in the city or to be tethered or staked out in such a manner so as to allow the animal to reach or pass into any public way or property or any property of another.
   (B)   The owner of a cat may permit the cat to run at large within the corporate limits subject to any restrictions or prohibitions otherwise imposed by the City Council.
   (C)   Any animal found running at large or tethered or staked out in violation of this section is a public nuisance and may be impounded or destroyed as provided in this article.
   (D)   Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit anyone to own an animal in the corporate limits of the city that is prohibited by the City Council.
Penalty, see § 6-501
Statutory reference:
   Authority to regulate, see Neb. RS 17-526 and 17-547
   Fine for permitting collarless dog to run at large, see Neb. RS 54-607
§ 6-202 CRUELTY.
   No person shall cruelly or unnecessarily beat, overwork or insufficiently shelter or feed any animal within the municipality.
Penalty, see § 6-501
Statutory reference:
   Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 28-1012.01
§ 6-203 ENCLOSURES.
   All pens, cages, sheds, yards or any other area or enclosure for the confinement or animals not specifically barred within the corporate limits shall be kept in a clean and orderly manner so as not to become a menace or nuisance to the neighborhood in which the enclosure is located.
Penalty, see § 6-501
§ 6-204 FOWLS; RUNNING AT LARGE.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to allow poultry, chickens, turkeys, geese or any other fowls to run at large within the corporate limits, except in enclosed places on private property.
Penalty, see § 6-501
Statutory reference:
   Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-547
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