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GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 90.01 ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE.
   It shall be unlawful for the owner of any cows, or cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats or other livestock, except dogs, to permit the animals to run at large through or on the streets within the corporate limits of the city unless attended by a keeper or driver.
Penalty, see § 90.99
Statutory reference:
   Authority to regulate animals running at large, see KRS 259.210
§ 90.02 DOMESTIC FOWL RUNNING AT LARGE IN CITY.
   It shall be unlawful for the owner of any chickens, geese, turkeys, guineas or similar domestic fowl to allow the same to run at large in the city.
Penalty, see § 90.99
Statutory reference:
   Authority to regulate animals running at large, see KRS 259.210
§ 90.03 KILLING OR MOLESTING SQUIRRELS, BIRDS OR PETS.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to kill, injure or attempt to kill or injure, or to chase or molest in any manner, any squirrel or wild bird, or any pet animal or bird in the city or the nest of any such squirrel or bird; provided, however, that, this section shall not apply to starlings or pigeons going at large, nor to English sparrows.
Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.04 KEEPING HOGS IN CITY.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any live pigs, hogs or swine within the corporate limits of the city. Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.05 KEEPING HORSES AND COWS IN CITY.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any horse, cow, goat, sheep or other livestock within the city unless the animal be kept within an enclosure of not less than one acre per animal, or to maintain or keep any stall, or enclosure for the animals within 200 feet of any dwelling house, except the dwelling house of the owner of the animals. All pens, stables and enclosures permitted to be kept in the city shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and shall be open to inspection by the county's Health Officer.
Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.06 DISPOSAL OF DEAD ANIMALS; ENCLOSED VEHICLES FOR TRANSPORTING.
   (A)   The owner of any domestic animal dying within the city shall immediately upon learning of the death of the animal, notify the county's Health Officer who shall cause the carcass to be removed and disposed of, or the owner of the animal dying within the city may dispose of the same in accordance with the directions of the county's Health Officer.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful for any person to haul or transport along, over and through the streets of the city, any dead animals in any vehicle, other than one, the body of which is constructed of metal, wood or other materials covering the top, sides and bottom of the body so tight that odors from any such animals cannot escape therefrom.
   (C)   It shall be unlawful for any person to park upon the streets of the city at any time, any vehicle containing the bodies of dead animals.
(Ord. 535, passed 8-14-1951) Penalty, see § 90.99
Statutory reference:
   Disposal of dead animals, see KRS Chapter 263
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