(A) Animal shelter generally. The city shall provide a suitable shelter for the impounding of animals. Such shelter shall be so constructed that animals of different kinds and of different sizes and sexes may be segregated, and shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition. Such shelter may either be constructed and/or operated by the city or the city may enter into a contract with a veterinarian or other suitable person for the supplying and operation of the same. All animals confined in such shelter shall be regularly fed and watered and treated in a humane manner.
(B) Keeping of animals.
(1) No horse, cow, mule, sheep, goat, swine, flocks of rabbits or domestic fowl shall be kept, picketed, maintained, enclosed or housed in any house, barn, pen or enclosure within the city except as provided below.
(a) Horses may be kept as provided in the city’s zoning ordinance.
(b) Chickens may be kept within the city as an accessory use for the purpose of having private laying hens provided there are not more than a total of six such chickens and a proper chicken coop and fenced chicken yard is provided for proper containment, and provided that the following provisions are complied with.
1. Any owner or keeper of chickens within the city shall register said chickens with the Animal Control Officer on a form provided by the city within ten days of obtaining such chickens.
2. Said chickens, and the number thereof, shall be re-registered with the Animal Control Officer every two years.
3. The registration of such chickens shall include a registration fee in an amount as set forth by the City Council from time to time. Registration shall not be considered complete until the registration fee is paid and the receipt issued to the registrant.
4. The keeping of chickens shall not create a nuisance or disturbance of the peace. Substantiated complaints from the neighborhood shall constitute a violation of division (C) below and shall be subject to citation and fines established in § 90.99.
5. Upon any three violations where a citation has been issued, the accessory use shall be terminated upon written notice by the Animal Control Officer.
6. In no case shall a rooster be permitted to be kept within the corporate limits of the city.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain a kennel on any residential property except where expressly allowed or permitted by the city.
(C) Noisy animals. It shall be unlawful for any person to harbor or keep any animal which disturbs the peace by barking or other loud noises at anytime of the day or night.
(Prior Code, § 4-A-04) (Ord. 1126, passed 2–12-2013; Ord. 1183, passed 11-20-2017) Penalty, see § 90.99