ANIMAL OR ANIMALS: All types of animals, except for dogs.
FOWL: Every type of fowl, except for songbirds, parrots, mynah birds and that type of fowl or bird that is ordinarily caged within a single cage and kept within a dwelling house.
KENNEL, COMMERCIAL: Any lot or premises on which dogs more than four (4) months of age are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained or sold on a commercial basis, and which offers provisions for minor medical treatment.
KENNEL, NONCOMMERCIAL: Any person or group of people, such as a family or group of people occupying a single-family dwelling jointly, who keeps, maintains, harbors or possesses upon the premises of any one household more than two (2) dogs, but not more than four (4) dogs.
LIVESTOCK: Shall include all animals commonly or customarily referred to or known as livestock, and shall include animals kept, raised or maintained on a farm or ranch, including, but not limited to, horses, cattle, sheep, goats and all other grazing animals or other animals customarily kept for agricultural purposes.
MAY: Shall mean discretionary.
PERSON: Shall include individuals, corporations, firms, associations, partnerships and bodies politic.
SHALL: Shall be construed to mean "must" or "is". (1982 Code; amd. Ord. 353, 12-14-1994; Ord. 382, 9-11-1996; Ord. 407, 2-24-1999)