(A) Required. No person shall stable, tie or otherwise keep any cattle, horses, mules, sheep or goats within the town nearer than 500 feet to any dwelling, house, apartment or other residence occupied by any person, without first obtaining therefor a permit in writing issued pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 4-7)
(B) Application generally.
(1) Any person desiring a permit required by division (A) above shall apply therefor in writing over his or her signature to the Town Manager.
(2) The application shall state the type and number of animals to be stabled, pastured, tied or otherwise kept; the name of one adult occupant, if any, of the dwelling house, apartment or residence within 500 feet of the place or places; and the distance of each dwelling house, apartment or other residence from the place.
(Prior Code, § 4-8)
(C) Fee. Each applicant for a permit required by division (A) above shall pay to the Tax Collector a fee as set by the Town Council for each separate application, which fee shall be paid by the Tax Collector into the town’s General Fund.
(Prior Code, § 4-9)
(D) Approval. Upon determination that a proper application has been filed and that the fee provided for in division (C) above has been paid and upon finding that the stabling, pasturing, tying or otherwise keeping of the animals mentioned in the application in the place or places mentioned therein will not endanger the health of any person occupying a dwelling, house, apartment or residence within 500 feet of the place or any other citizen or inhabitant of the town, a permit shall be issued specifying the number and type of animals to be stabled, pastured, tied or otherwise kept; provided that, there may be accepted as proof that the stabling, pasturing, tying or otherwise keeping of the animals in the places will not endanger the health of any person hereinabove mentioned, the written assent to the issuance of the permit signed by one adult occupant of each dwelling, apartment or other residence then occupied by human beings and within 500 feet of the place or places where the animals are to be stabled, pastured, tied or otherwise kept.
(Prior Code, § 4-10)
(E) Term. Each permit required by division (A) above issued shall be and remain valid until the first day of January next following the issuance of the permit or until revoked as provided in division (F) below. At any time within 30 days before the expiration of any permit, the holder thereof may apply for its renewal, which renewal shall be issued upon the same conditions as the issuance of the original permit and which renewal shall be valid for one year from the expiration of the former permit.
(Prior Code, § 4-11)
(F) Revocation. Any permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter shall be revoked by him or her upon his or her finding that the stabling, pasturing, tying or otherwise keeping of any animals described therein at the place or places described therein endangers the health or safety of the inhabitants of the town. The revocation shall be effective ten days after the mailing by registered mail of a notice thereof to the last known address of the holder of the permit.
(Prior Code, § 4-12)
Penalty, see § 10.99