(A) No person, being the owner, lessor or occupant of any lot or parcel of land within the city shall keep, harbor or maintain, or knowingly permit to be kept, harbored or maintained any animal or fowl prohibited in the city by § 90.06 upon any such lot or parcel of land, or neglect or refuse to remove or abate the nuisance occasioned by the keeping and maintaining of such animal or fowl upon any such lot or parcel of land within 24 hours after such person has knowledge or the existence of such nuisance, or within 24 hours after service of notice thereof in writing from the City Council.
(B) Upon conviction under the provisions of division (A) above, the person convicted shall, within 24 hours after such conviction, remove or cause to be removed such animals and fowl from any such lot or parcel of land and his or her failure to do so shall constitute a second offense against the provisions of this section. The continued failure or refusal of such convicted person to remove such animals and fowl from such lot or parcel of land shall constitute a separate, distinct and additional offense for each successive 24-hour period of such failure and refusal.
(C) Chickens. No person shall confine, keep or house chickens or other domestic fowl exceeding six in number. The specific requirements pertaining to the keeping of chickens are set forth in § 90.06 of the city code.
(Ord. 1-G, passed 3-12-1996; Ord. passed 4-11-2023)
Penalty, see § 90.99