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§ 96.02 POSSESSION OF LIVESTOCK, WILD, EXOTIC, UNDOMESTICATED ANIMALS AND REPTILES.
   It is unlawful for any person to possess, harbor, keep, maintain, display or have in his or her possession or in his or her control, in any public place within the City, any livestock or any wild, exotic or undomesticated animal or reptile or to possess, harbor, keep, maintain, display or have in his or her possession or control any dangerous animal or reptile in any place within the City.
(1995 Code, § 6.04.020) (Ord. O-94-22, passed 8-8-1994) Penalty, see § 96.99
§ 96.03 EXCEPTIONS.
   The provisions stated herein shall not apply to any licensed pet shop; any zoological garden; aquariums, any bona fide licensed veterinary office, clinic or hospital; any bona fide educational or medical institution where the animals may be kept as live or for study, treatment or sale; any circus, carnival or other entertainment event which is authorized and permitted by law.
(1995 Code, § 6.04.030) (Ord. O-94-22, passed 8-8-1994)
§ 96.04 PROTECTION OF BABY FOWL.
   It is unlawful for any person to sell, or offer for sale, barter or give away, baby chicks, ducklings or other fowls as pets or novelties or to dye, color or otherwise artificially treat baby chicks, ducklings or other fowls in the City. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the display or sale of natural chicks or ducklings in proper brooder facilities by hatcheries or stores engaged in the business of selling the same to be raised for commercial purposes.
(1995 Code, § 6.04.040) Penalty, see § 96.99
§ 96.05 CRUELTY TO FOWL.
   It is unlawful for any person to overcrowd domestic fowl or poultry in any crate, box or other receptacle, or to fail to provide proper food, water, shelter or sanitation for same.
(1995 Code, § 6.04.050) Penalty, see § 96.99
§ 96.06 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS GENERALLY.
   It is unlawful for any person to neglect or cruelly treat or mistreat any animal in any manner or form, or to fail to provide adequate food and shelter for any animal owned or harbored by him or her or to abandon any animal within the City.
(1995 Code, § 6.04.060) Penalty, see § 96.99
§ 96.07 TRAPPING ANIMALS.
   (A)   No person shall set or place any traps or snare or bait the same, upon the lands of or in the waters of any person within the City for the purpose of catching or killing any wild animal. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to apply to setting traps for vermin in any house or other building.
   (B)   For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      TRAPPING. Taking, killing and capturing wildlife by the use of any trap, snare, dead fall or other device commonly used to capture wildlife, and includes all lesser acts such as placing, setting or staking such traps, snares, dead falls and other devices, whether or not the acts result in taking of wildlife, and every attempt to take and every act of assistance to any other person in taking or attempting to take wildlife with traps, snares, dead falls or other devices.
(1995 Code, § 6.04.070) Penalty, see § 96.99
§ 96.08 CATS RUNNING AT LARGE.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any owner of any cat to permit the cat, at any time, to leave or be beyond the premises upon which such cat is usually kept so as to run or be at large. The cat shall also be considered a public nuisance based upon excessive or continuous or untimely making of any noise or disturbance.
   (B)   It shall be the duty of any animal control officer or other individual or individuals as designated by the City Manager to seize and impound any such cat deemed to be a public nuisance. Any such cat taken into custody by an animal control officer as hereinbefore provided shall be impounded at the county’s animal shelter, or other suitable facility and therein handled according to the regulations of the facility.
(1995 Code, § 6.04.080) Penalty, see § 96.99
   (C)   (1)   Any owner reclaiming an impounded cat shall be required to pay a flat fee of $25 for the first redemption within the fiscal year, $50 for the second redemption within the fiscal year and $75 for the third redemption within the fiscal year, as well as for all subsequent redemptions within the fiscal year, plus the cost of any tag, if necessary, before any impounded cat is released. However, before the cat is released to the owner, he or she must present a valid inoculation certificate or valid tag which shall be evidence of inoculation.
      (2)   In the event the cat has not been inoculated, the cat shall be released upon payment of the fees set forth above, and the owner shall then have 24 hours to procure and present an inoculation certificate or the cat shall be subject to being impounded again.
      (3)   The payment of the impounding fees shall not bar the imposition of any fine which may be imposed for the violation of this chapter.
      (4)   For the purposes herein expressed, the fiscal year commences July 1 and terminates June 30.
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