GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 90.01 KEEPING ANIMALS.

   No person shall keep any horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats or poultry within the platted area of this city or within 300 feet of any platted area.

(1963 Code, § 101) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 90.02 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

   No person shall torture, beat, neglect or injure any animal or pet.

(1963 Code, § 102) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 90.03 COLLECTION OR REMOVAL OF BAITED ANIMALS.

   No person shall contact the Police Department or other city department or official to collect or remove any animal that became entrapped in a personal trap due to baiting.

(Ord. 21-03, passed 4-12-2021)

§ 90.04 REMOVAL OF PET WASTE.

   (A)   No owner or custodian of any animal shall cause or allow such animal to soil, defile or defecate on any public property or upon any street, sidewalk, public way, play area or common grounds owned jointly by the members of a homeowners' or condominium association, or upon private property other than that of the owner, unless such owner immediately removes and disposes of all feces deposited by such animal in a sanitary manner.

   (B)   It is unlawful for any person owning, keeping or harboring an animal to cause or permit said animal to be on any public or private property not owned or possessed by such person without having in his/her immediate possession a device for the removal of feces and depository for the transmission of excrement to a proper receptacle located on the property owned or possessed by such person.

   (C)   It is unlawful for any person in control of, causing or permitting any animal to be on any public or private property not owned or possessed by such person to fail to remove feces left by such animal and dispose of it properly as described in division (D),

   (D)   Proper disposal of animal waste shall be limited to burial where lawfully permitted, flushing in the toilet, bagging for disposal in the owner or keeper's waste receptacle, and bagging for disposal in a waste receptacle in a public park or park area.

   (E)   Disposal of animal waste in storm drains, detention/retention ponds, or other storm water structure is prohibited.

   (F)   Disposal of animal waste in public compost is prohibited.

   (G)   The provisions of this section shall not apply to the ownership or use of any properly identified service animals, animals when used for police activities, or tracking animals when used by or with the permission of the appropriate authorities.

   (H)   Any person violating any provision of this section is committing a Class II nuisance and subject to penalties as entailed in Chapter 94.

(Ord. 22-04, passed 7-25-2022)

LICENSING AND REGULATING THE KEEPING OF DOGS AND CATS

§ 90.15 RUNNING AT LARGE.

   It shall be unlawful for the dog or cat of any person who owns, harbors or keeps a dog or cat, to run at large. A person who owns, harbors or keeps a dog or cat which runs at large shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. No one shall allow their dog or cat (or other animal) off their property without it being leashed.

(Ord. 16-11, passed 11-14-2016) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 90.16 LICENSE REQUIRED.

   No person shall keep, harbor, or own any dog or cat over six months of age in the city unless a license has first been secured. A license may be in the form of a tag license or a microchip license. For purposes of this chapter, a TAG LICENSE means a license for which the city issues a metal or plastic tag bearing a reference number of the license issued to the licensee and a MICROCHIP LICENSE means a license issued to the licensee for which the city retains records of the microchip manufacturer and identification number of the microchip that is implanted in the dog or cat. Tag licenses and microchip licenses shall be issued by the City Administrator upon application therefor and payment of an applicable fee. Applications shall include at least the name and address of the applicant; the breed, color, and sex of the dog or cat; the date of the most recent rabies vaccination of the dog or cat; and whether the dog or cat is neutered, spayed, or desexed. A tag license shall be issued for one calendar year and shall expire on December 31 of the year issued. A microchip license shall be issued for the lifetime of the dog or cat. Licenses are not transferable from one animal to another, and no refunds shall be made on any license fee because of the death of the animal or the owner leaving the city before expiration of the license period.

(1963 Code, § 103.02) (Ord. passed 7-10-1972; Ord. passed 7-12-1993; Ord. 21-03, passed 4-12-2021) Penalty, see § 10.99

Cross-reference:

   Fee schedule, see § 34.01