A. Crowing roosters and other disturbances. It is unlawful and it is declared to be a nuisance for any person to keep, unreasonably maintain or have in their possession any bird, fowl, animal or livestock which disturbs the peace and quiet of any person or interferes with the reasonable and comfortable enjoyment of life or property. Specifically, and without limitation to the preceding sentence, any crowing rooster shall be declared to be a nuisance and it shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, or have in their possession a crowing rooster.
B. Proximity to structures. No person shall keep any animal, bird, domestic fowl, livestock, or poultry within one hundred (100) feet of any church, school, hospital or place where food products are kept, stored, manufactured or served to the public.
C. Number of animals. It is unlawful, and it is declared to be a nuisance, for any person to keep, maintain or have in their possession more than four (4) of any animal as defined in Section 6.08.010, Definitions, on their property plus an additional maximum of four (4) female poultry (hens/pullets). It is unlawful, and it is declared to be a nuisance, for any person to keep, maintain or have in their possession any rooster or capon. Veterinary hospitals and pet shops shall be excepted from the numerical limitations of this subsection. It is further a nuisance and unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in their possession any combination of animal, bird, domestic fowl, livestock, or poultry which by their numbers or by the way in which they are maintained, disturb the peace and quiet of any person or interfere with the reasonable and comfortable enjoyment of life or property.
D. Wild animals. It is declared to be a nuisance for any person to keep, maintain or have in their possession any wild animals, or any animal not generally considered to be subject to domestication such as lions, tigers, bears and the like.
E. Bees. No person shall possess or keep any bees (or any insects of the genus apis).
(Ord. 809-2014 § 1 (part), 2014; Ord 627 (part), 1994; Ord 45 (3), 1936)