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(A) It shall be unlawful to keep or raise chickens or rabbits for sale or profit in the city.
(B) It shall be lawful to keep or raise chickens and rabbits in the city for personal, family, or home use. However, any person desiring to raise or keep chickens or rabbits shall make an application in writing and signed by him to the Zoning Administrator requesting that a license to do so be issued, and agreeing therein that the city, by its officers or members of the Police Department be permitted at all times to inspect the premises for the purpose of determining whether or not they are maintained in a sanitary condition and whether all of the provisions of this section are observed.
(C) The Zoning Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to issue licenses to applicants pursuant to the terms of this section, without any charge or expense to the applicant whatsoever. It shall be unlawful to use, operate, or maintain any coop, hutch, run-way, or enclosure for chickens or rabbits within 50 feet of any dwelling house, except the dwelling house on the same premises.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person to raise a rooster in the city or for any one family to keep or raise more than ten chickens and ten rabbits. It shall be unlawful to let any chickens or rabbits run at large; and it shall be unlawful to keep or raise chickens or rabbits or to maintain any coop, hutch, building, or enclosure for them in an unclean or unsanitary condition.
(E) In the event that any person fails to comply with all of the requirements of this section or violates any of the terms of this section, the license for the raising of chickens or rabbits to that person shall be revoked by order of the zoning administrator of the city.
('83 Code, § 91.04) (Ord.623, passed 5-3-43; Am. Ord. O-09-2011, passed 6-6-11) Penalty, see § 91.99
It shall be unlawful to keep or raise turkeys, guineas, ducks, or geese in the city.
('83 Code, § 91.05) (Ord. 0-24-75, passed 11-3-75) Penalty, see § 91.99
It shall be unlawful to permit any animals or fowl to run at large on the streets of the city or permit the same to trespass upon the land of another.
('83 Code, § 91.06) (Ord. 0-24-75, passed 11-3-75) Penalty, see § 91.99
(A) It is hereby declared that pigeons are a public nuisance, and it shall be unlawful for any persons to harbor, keep, or feed flocks of pigeons within the city.
(B) Whenever it shall appear, on complaint of citizens or otherwise, that pigeons are constituting a nuisance in any part of the city, the Chief of Police shall be authorized to use all necessary means to destroy the pigeons.
('83 Code, § 91.07) (Ord. 0-15-71, passed 8-2-71) Penalty, see § 91.99
No person shall sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange, display or possess living baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits which have been dyed or colored; nor dye or color any baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or rabbits; nor sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange or to give away baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or rabbits, under two months of age in any quantity less than six, except that any rabbit weighing three pounds or more may be sold at an age of six weeks.
(KRS 436.600) Penalty, see § 91.99
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