CHAPTER 90: ANIMALS
Section
General Provisions
   90.01   Keeping of hogs prohibited
   90.02   Poisonous, dangerous animals
   90.03   Keeping livestock near buildings; area requirements for livestock
   90.04   Keeping of fowl; area and sanitary requirements; declaration of nuisance
   90.05   Maintenance of premises where livestock kept; disposal of manure
   90.06   Inspection of premises
   90.07   Fowl or livestock running at-large prohibited
   90.08   Impoundment of animals
   90.09   Rabies; confinement or disposal; local rabies authority
   90.10   Exemption for land zoned Agricultural-Open Space
   90.11   Animal fighting
   90.12   Bird sanctuary
   90.13   Enforcement of chapter
Dogs and Cats
   90.25   Definitions
   90.26   Dogs running at-large prohibited
   90.27   Confinement during rabies emergency
   90.28   Barking dogs
   90.29   Maintenance of premises where dogs and cats kept
   90.30   Unvaccinated dogs or cats
Vicious Animals
   90.45   Definition
   90.46   Vicious animal declaration
   90.47   Requirements for keeping vicious animals
   90.48   Impoundment and destruction
   90.49   Notice of impoundment; hearing
   90.50   Exemptions
   90.51   Change of status; notification of Code Enforcement Officer
   90.52   Change of ownership
 
   90.99   Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 90.01 KEEPING OF HOGS PROHIBITED.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any hog or pig within the city limits at any time.
(Ord. 2013-04, passed 2-9-2013) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.02 POISONOUS, DANGEROUS ANIMALS.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor any poisonous reptile or dangerous animal within the city.
(Ord. 2013-04, passed 2-9-2013) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.03 KEEPING LIVESTOCK NEAR BUILDINGS; AREA REQUIREMENTS FOR LIVESTOCK.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to feed, breed, stable, pasture or keep any cow, goat, horse, sheep or any other animal of like species in or on any lot, pen, building, parcel of land, stable or other enclosure in the city, any part of which lot, pen, building, stable, parcel of land or other enclosure is nearer than 200 feet to any building occupied by any person during any part of the day or night. A minimum of 400 square feet of area shall be required for each such animal.
(Ord. 2013-04, passed 2-9-2013) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.04 KEEPING OF FOWL; AREA AND SANITARY REQUIREMENTS; DECLARATION OF NUISANCE.
   (A)   Area requirements. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, harbor, maintain or permit any person to keep, harbor, maintain or permit the presence on any lot or parcel of land within the city of more than one of any fowl of any kind, sex or description for each ten square feet of ground area available for such purpose. It shall be further unlawful for any person to keep, harbor, maintain or permit the presence on any lot or parcel of land within the city of more than six of any mature poultry or fowl of any kind, sex or description on any lot or parcel of land of one acre or less.
   (B)   Sanitary requirements. Each place in the city used for feeding, harboring or keeping any poultry or fowl shall be maintained in a sanitary manner at all times and kept free of offensive odors, flies, rodents and other pests.
   (C)   Declaration of nuisance; complaint; violation. It shall be unlawful to keep any poultry or fowl in the city which, by loud, frequent or habitual crowing or any other noise annoyance from such animal, shall disturb the peace and quiet of any person of ordinary sensitivities. Any such person who believes that there has been a violation of this division (C) shall have the right to file a complaint against the owner or keeper of such poultry or fowl in the Municipal Court of the city, whereupon a hearing within a reasonable time thereafter shall be held and a determination made as to whether such loud, frequent or habitual crowing or other noise annoyed the peace of such person and, if so, the court may, thereupon, declare such fowl to be a nuisance and order the owners or keeper therefrom to remove such fowl from the city limits.
(Ord. 2013-04, passed 2-9-2013) Penalty, see § 90.99
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