A. Prohibited: It is hereby deemed unlawful to keep livestock and animals within the city limits except as hereinafter provided.
B. Permit Requirements: A permit for the keeping of livestock is required and shall be issued to residents of the city if they comply with the following regulations and conditions:
1. Consent Required: Permission of seventy five percent (75%) of neighbors within a three hundred foot (300') radius of the place where the animals are to be kept is obtained and written confirmation of that permission is presented to the city council.
2. Review By Council: The city council shall review each livestock application to keep livestock within the city limits of the city, and either approve or reject on each application's merits.
3. Annual Review: The city council will conduct an annual review of the livestock permits to monitor the number and kinds of livestock that are kept within the city limits and according to the permit application.
C. Prior Existing Uses: Any person which heretofore has kept livestock within the city limits shall have the right to continue to do so. Provided, however, that should any such landowner or city resident fail to exercise his rights to keep such animals for a period of sixty (60) days or more, such grandfather rights shall be deemed forfeited and future harboring of livestock shall require the permit as set forth hereinabove.
Provided further, however, that for those types of livestock which traditionally are seasonally pastured at places other than within the city limits, such sixty (60) day time limitation shall not run and apply during the period when said livestock are being pastured seasonally elsewhere.
D. Running At Large Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal to allow the same to run at large. Any animal shall be kept on the owner's premises by means of an adequate fence to hold the animal on said owner's premises, or in the alternative, shall be maintained on the owner's premises by means of a cord, chain, or rope of such length to restrict the animal to the owner's property. The provisions as to fencing contained herein shall apply to fowl which traditionally are not and cannot be collared and leashed. (Ord. 1993-7, 12-9-1993)