618.23   SLAUGHTERING OR BURYING ANIMALS PROHIBITED IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS; DESTRUCTION OF ANIMALS; DEAD ANIMALS.
   (a)   As used in this section:
      (1)   "Animal" shall mean any member of any species of the animal kingdom.
      (2)   "Animal sacrifice" shall mean the intentional killing or maiming of any animal in a ritual, which killing or maiming is committed not in accordance with state and federal humane slaughter laws and which is not primarily for consumption as food.
      (3)   "Ritual slaughter" shall mean the preparation and killing of any animal for consumption as food in compliance with the State Kosher Food Law, or any other applicable kosher slaughter statute.
      (4)   "Slaughter" shall mean the killing of any animal by any person, group, firm or corporation for consumption as food in accordance with state and federal humane slaughter laws.
   (b)   It shall be unlawful for any person, group, firm or corporation to engage in animal sacrifice.
   (c)   It shall be unlawful for any person, group, firm or corporation to knowingly sell, give, transfer, or offer to sell, give, transfer or otherwise provide any animal to another person for sacrifice.
   (d)   Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person, firm or corporation from lawfully operating under the laws of this state and engaging in the slaughter or ritual slaughter of livestock animals.
   (e)   No person shall slaughter any animal, for any purpose whatsoever in a residential district, except for pet cemeteries.
   (f)   No person shall bury or pulverize any animal carcass, flesh, viscera, offal or any portion of any animal, with the exception of commercial fertilizer and domestic animals, in any residential district.
   (g)   Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
   (h)   No person shall permit any dead domestic animal to remain undisposed of which he or she is in charge or in control.
   (i)   Whoever violates division (c) or (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
   (j)   No person other than a duly authorized agent of the animal control shelter may destroy any domestic animal within the City limits; provided, however, this provision shall not apply to the following:
      (1)   A veterinarian or other authorized agent who is acting in an official capacity and abiding by the "Euthanasia Procedure"; or
      (2)   Those persons who show they were acting in immediate self-protection or in defense of others.
   (k)   Whoever violates division (i) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 2019-3. Passed 2-11-19.)