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(A) Restrictions. No person shall tether an animal to a tree, fence, post, house, or other stationary object for more than two hours total in any 24-hour period. Any device used to tether shall be at least ten feet long, and attached in such a manner as to prevent strangulation or other injury to the animal, and entanglement with other objects. A cable trolley system may be used to tether for the allowed period, so long as the stationary cable is at least ten feet long, and the animal can perpendicularly move at least ten feet away from the stationary line. The line should be attached to the animal with a buckle-type collar or a body harness. The device used to tether shall weigh no more than 10% of the animal’s body weight, and must allow the animal access to food and water.
(B) Definitions of enclosures. Enclosures shall be constructed and maintained as to provide sufficient space to allow each animal to make normal postural and social adjustments with adequate freedom of movement to maintain physical conditioning. The animal should be able to sit, stand, turnand lie without obstruction. Adequate space for food and water containers must be provided. Inadequate space may be indicated by evidence of malnutrition, poor condition, debility, stress, or abnormal behavior patterns. Animals shall not be tied, chained or fastened to any stationary or inanimate object as a means of confinement or restraint to property, but must be in an approved enclosure.
(C) Penalties. Any violation of this section shall subject the owner, keeper, or person in charge of the possession and/or control of the animal to the penalties in § 10.99.
(Ord. 2010-14, passed 3-1-10; Am. Ord. 2010-38, passed 7-1-10; Am. Ord. 2013-43, passed 6-17-13)
(A) No owner, keeper or person in charge of the possession and/or control of any animal shall cause or allow the animal to defecate or otherwise commit any nuisance on any street, sidewalk, park, public right-of-way, other publicly owned area, or upon any private property without the permission of the owner or occupant of the property, unless the excrement is immediately removed by owner, keeper or person in charge of the possession and/or control of the animal, and deposited in an appropriate waste container.
(B) Any owner, keeper or person in charge of the possession and/or control of any animal who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties in § 10.99.
(Ord. 2010-15, passed 3-1-10; Am. Ord. 2013-43, passed 6-17-13)
(A) A person may feed or harbor a feral animal:
(1) If the animal is spayed or neutered; and
(2) While on private property with the expressed, written approval of the property owner; and
(3) If it does not create a public nuisance.
(B) The Chief of Police or his or her designee may temporarily prohibit the feeding of feral animals until the public nuisance is abated.
(Ord. 2013-43, passed 6-17-13)
OTHER ANIMALS
No fowl shall be kept in the city limits that do not meet the spacing requirements as defined in § 91.02 except in accordance with this section. A license shall be required to be issued by the Animal Control Officer prior to any fowl being located in the city limits. The owner shall be required to pay an annual license fee as set by the City Council. The Animal Control Officer may inspect the property to determine if the owner is in compliance with this chapter.
(A) It shall be unlawful to keep, house or possess more than ten chickens on a property currently occupied as a single-family dwelling or located adjacent to a property occupied by a single-family dwelling or other residential structure.
(B) Roosters are expressly prohibited unless they are located on a bona fide farm and meet the 200 yard spacing requirement as defined in § 91.02.
(C) It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any domestic fowl to allow the animal to run at large within the city. All domestic fowl shall be located in an enclosure that meets the requirements of division (D) below.
(D) All domestic fowl enclosures must be fully enclosed and fowl kept in it at all times. All enclosures must be well ventilated and constructed of materials conducive to regular cleaning and sanitation. The floor and walls of the fowl house must be kept in a clean, sanitary, and healthful condition, with all dropping and organic waste material removed and disposed of in a proper manner. The enclosure shall have a minimum of ten square feet of area for each fowl. All fowl enclosures must be located in the rear yard and be located at least 15 feet from all adjoining property lines. The enclosure shall be kept clean, sanitary and free from accumulations of excrement and objectionable odor at all times.
(E) A license issued under this section may be revoked by the Animal Control Officer at any time upon violation of the terms of the license or any other provisions of this chapter. Upon revocation, the fowl and associated enclosure must be removed from the premises by the owner within ten days from the expiration or revocation of a domestic fowl permit.
(F) A violation of any provision of this section is hereby declared to be dangerous and prejudicial to the public health or safety and to constitute a public nuisance. The nuisance shall be abated as set forth in Chapter 96 (nuisances) of this Code.
(Ord. 2012-72, passed 10-15-12; Am. Ord. 2015-6, passed 2-16-15)