(A) Nothing contained in §§ 90.25 through 90.30 shall prevent any person from owning, keeping or harboring animals as personal pets, provided they are not kept for other persons for profit; for sale to others; or in numbers beyond the owners ability to care for and control as determined by the Code Enforcement Officer, Animal Control Officer, or police, within the fenced or enclosed limits of a residence within the corporate limits of the city. Provided further, that cats, and animal pets shall be permitted to run at large unless they have vicious natures that require their confinement in the interest of the public health and safety as provided herein or in other ordinances of the city.
(B) Further excepted from the operation of this chapter is the owning and keeping of a show animal for 4-H projects, FFA, etc. provided same do not become a public nuisance as defined herein. Finally, any property within the city limits of the city which is zoned agricultural shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 3-11-1, passed 3-14-11; Am. Ord. 10-12-1, passed 10-8-12)