(A) Prohibited. It shall be illegal to own, board, keep or maintain one or more of the following animals within the corporate boundaries of the city, except in a zoning district zoned agricultural (AG), or where such use remains a legal non-conforming use under the zoning code:
(1) Cattle including cows, bulls, steers, and calves;
(2) Horses, including mares, stallions, geldings, and ponies;
(3) Mules;
(4) Donkeys or burros;
(5) Sheep or lambs;
(6) Goats;
(7) Rabbits for the purpose of commercial sale for their meat or pelts;
(8) Swine including pigs, hogs, boars, sows, or piglets; or
(9) Any other animal kept, owned, maintained, or raised for the commercial purpose of selling it for meat, pelts, or other product.
(B) Exemptions. Miniature potbellied pigs may be kept as pets within corporate boundaries of the city upon the following conditions:
(1) No more than one pot-bellied pig may be kept at any one residence;
(2) The owner shall register the animal with the Code Enforcement Department annually, and provide annual proof from a licensed veterinarian that the animal has been tested and found not to have pseudo-rabies or brucellosis, and proof of annual vaccination for pasteurella, bordetella and erysipelas;
(3) Pay an annual registration fee in the sum of $15, to cover the administrative costs of registration;
(4) The animal may not be used for breeding and the owner shall provide proof that the animal has been spayed or neutered (as applicable) by the age of four months;
(5) No potbellied pig harbored within the city limits shall exceed 22 inches in height at the withers, nor weigh more than 150 pounds;
(6) The tusks of male pigs shall be removed;
(7) No potbellied pig shall be permanently kept out of doors within the corporate boundaries of the city.
(Ord. 2014-23, passed 8-28-2014)