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The maintaining of bees or the erection, placing or maintaining of beehives on any parcel of land within this City is declared to be a nuisance and unlawful unless the bees or beehives are kept and maintained in accordance with the following regulations:
(a) No more than three colonies of bees or beehives shall be placed or maintained on any one parcel of land.
(b) No beehive shall be placed or maintained within fifty feet of any building other than the buildings owned or occupied by the keeper of the hives or bees, nor within twenty feet of any boundary line of the parcel.
(c) Every beehive or colony of bees placed or maintained on premises shall be located at least ten feet above the ground or shall be so screened as effectively to require bees entering or leaving the hives to fly at least ten feet above the level of the ground at the nearest boundary of the parcel owned or occupied by the keeper of the bees unless hives are more than 200 feet from any building.
(Ord. 74-36. Passed 5-6-74.)
(a) No person owning, keeping, or in charge or control of any dog shall permit such dog to go, enter or remain, without a leash upon any public parks within the City, to wit: Bain Park, Bohlken Park, Grannis Park, Nelson Russ Park, Morton Park, and any other City park hereafter established.
(1) Any dog must be on a leash that is extended no farther than six feet and must wear a collar or harness that must be specifically made or manufactured to be the proper size and strength for that particular dog.
(2) Any dog must be under control of a person who possesses discretion and physical strength sufficient to exercise reasonable restraint and control conforming to the animal's weight, size and strength.
(3) Any person walking a dog on paved paths shall yield way to any and all traffic on the paths without dogs and shall obey any other rules related to traffic on paved paths posted at the park.
(b) Dogs shall be prohibited from the following areas within city parks:
(1) Playground equipment and 30 feet immediately surrounding;
(2) On designated soccer fields, baseball fields, football fields, tennis courts, basketball courts or other designated athletic areas while in use;
(3) Within 30 feet of splash pad and pavilion area of Morton Park.
(c) Any person bringing a dog into a park or exercising control of a dog while in a park shall promptly clean up any waste from the dog and place it in the receptacles provided.
(Ord. 17-05. Passed 3-20-17.)
(a) No person shall:
(1) Torture an animal, deprive one of necessary sustenance, unnecessarily or cruelly beat, needlessly mutilate or kill, or impound or confine an animal without supplying it during such confinement with a sufficient quantity of good wholesome food and water.
(2) Impound or confine an animal without affording it, during such confinement access to shelter from wind, rain, snow or excessive direct sunlight if it can reasonably be expected that the animal would otherwise become sick or in some other way suffer. This subsection (a)(2) does not apply to animals impounded or confined prior to slaughter. For the purpose of this section, “shelter” means a man-made enclosure, windbreak, sunshade or natural windbreak or sunshade that is developed from the earth’s contour, tree development or vegetation.
(3) Carry or convey an animal in a cruel or inhuman manner.
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