(a) No person shall keep or maintain animals in any zone of the Village, except that for each dwelling unit the occupant may keep for his or her personal use domestic pets so long as they are not kept or used for breeding or commercial purposes and do not constitute a kennel as below defined.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Kennel" means any land area on which three or more animals, including offspring if more than sixty days old, are permanently or temporarily quartered.
(Ord. 103. Passed 9-8-69.)
(2) "Domestic pet" means an animal normally maintained within a dwelling, plus horses, but excluding those animals customarily raised as livestock, maintained for purposes of performing some task or burden, normally and typically raised or used for consumption and wildlife. However, no domestic pet shall be maintained on any property in such a fashion as to create unsightliness, an odor or noise nuisance, drainage problem or a public health or safety hazard, or in such a way as to be detrimental or harmful to the safety and well-being of the domestic pet.
(Ord. 156. Passed 10-29-87.)