505.13 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS GENERALLY.
   No person shall:
   (a)   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.
   (b)   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. "Shelter" means a man-made enclosure, windbreak or sunshade or a natural windbreak or sunshade that is developed from the earth's contour, tree development or vegetation.
   (c)   Permit an animal to remain outdoors and in the elements overnight or for extended periods of time without having first provided suitable shelter or access to suitable shelter. "Suitable shelter" includes, but is not limited to, an animal house, garage, enclosed porch, shed or other permitted accessory building or structure which would provide protection for the animal from the elements.
      (Ord. 1-87. Passed 1-5-87.)