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(A) No person shall be cruel to any animal or bird.
(B) No person shall throw or deposit any poisonous substance on any exposed public or private place where it may endanger any animal, bird, or bee.
(C) No person shall harbor or keep any swine.
(D) No person shall harbor or keep any animal, bird, or bee which causes annoyance in the neighborhood, either by:
(1) Barking, howling, braying, crowing, or other sound common to its species;
(2) Failure of the owner, caretaker, or custodian to maintain in a clean and sanitary condition, devoid of rodents and vermin, and free from objectionable odor, all structures, pens, coops, or yards wherein any animal, fowl, or bee is kept; or
(3) In the case of bees, stinging or molesting any persons.
(E) No person shall deposit, place, or throw any dead or fatally sick or injured animal, or part thereof, on any public or private place, or into or on the banks of any stream, lake, pond, sewer, well, or other body of water.
(F) No person shall carry or convey any dead animal through or upon any street, alley, or public place unless the same is so covered that no part of it is exposed to view and no odors can emanate therefrom.
(G) All kennels or pens erected to house or confine dogs or other domesticated animals when outdoors must comply with all zoning and building regulations of the city.
(H) In the case of dog(s), the following standards shall apply.
(1) Leash. No person shall permit a dog to go outside its kennel, pen, or fenced yard, unless such dog is securely leashed with a leash of adequate strength to restrain the dog.
(2) Tethering. Dogs cannot be tethered as a primary means of confinement. Tethers can be used as a secondary means of control within a fenced yard or pen or at the residence of a dog owner without a properly fenced yard when the owner is present or nearby in the yard or residence to render assistance or further control of the dog. Such tethering devices must not cause harm or injury. Owners who tether for a secondary measure subject themselves to other local, state or federal regulations designed to prevent cruelty to the animal or harm to humans or other animals.
(3) Confinement. All dogs shall be securely confined indoors or in a securely enclosed outside structure maintained in such a manner as to effectively prevent the dog(s) from escaping the confines of the enclosure, except when leashed or tethered as above provided. Such pen or kennel shall not be constructed to interfere or obstruct access to any metering device provided by the city or other public agencies. All such structures must be adequately lighted and ventilated.
(4) Confinement indoors. No dog may be kept on a porch, patio, or in any part of a house or structure that would allow the dog to exit such building on its own volition.
(5) Limit on ownership. No person shall own, possess, control, or otherwise have charge or custody of more than three dogs over the age of four months at any time regardless of breed. If a person owns, possesses, controls, or has custody of more than three dogs at the time of the enactment of this section, that person may maintain such specific dogs, but may not own, possess, control, or have custody of any other or additional dog that would raise this number above three. This limit does not apply to lawful animal care or control facilities, humane societies, rescue groups, certain service and hunting dog breeders, or registered animal foster homes. A person may not operate a commercial dog breeder or broker operation without first registering with the City Clerk and receiving a business license.
(Prior Code, § 94.04) (Ord. D-1657, passed 5-4-1992, effective 5-14-1992; Ord. O-119, passed 6-20-2011, effective 6-30-2011) Penalty, see § 94.999
(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
TRAP. Any mechanical device, snare, or contrivance which is spring-operated and steel-jawed, sometimes referred to as “leg hold”, “steel-jaw”, “conibear”, or “spring-line.”
TRAPPING. The setting, laying, or using of a trap anywhere within the city to catch, snare, or otherwise restrain the free movement of animals, birds, or wildlife.
(B) No person shall engage in trapping anywhere within the city except as otherwise permitted herein.
(C) This section shall not apply to governmental representatives acting within the course of their employment and within the scope of their authority who may be required to trap, catch, snare, kill, or otherwise restrain the free movement of any animal, wildlife, or birds for humane or other authorized purposes.
(D) This section shall not apply to a person who may employ a trap on property in which the person has a property interest to prevent an unsafe or unhealthy condition, or the waste or destruction of the property, provided the person has complied with any applicable laws or regulations of the state.
(Prior Code, § 94.05) (Ord. D-1390, passed 5-10-1982, effective 5-20-1982) Penalty, see § 94.999
(A) No person shall distribute, throw, drop, or scatter in any street, alley, or public place any posters, handbills, cards, samples, or other matter used for the purpose of advertising in such a manner as to result in the littering of any street, alley, or public place.
(B) No person shall distribute handbills, cards, samples, or other advertising matter on private property in such a manner as to cause the littering of any street, alley, or public place or of any private property not his or her own.
(Prior Code, § 94.06) (Ord. D-1223, passed 5-9-1977, effective 5-19-1977) Penalty, see § 94.999
(A) No persons shall attach, place, paint, write, stamp, or paste any sign, advertisement, or other matter upon any lamp post, electric light, railway, telephone or telegraph pole, shade tree, fire hydrant, or boxing covering them; or on any bridge, pavement, sidewalk, or crosswalk, public building, or any property or thing belonging to the city, or any article or thing within any park; provided, that this division shall not be construed to prevent any public officer from so doing for any public purpose.
(B) No person shall attach, place, paint, write, stamp, or paste any sign, advertisement, or other matter upon any house, wall, fence, gate, post, or tree-box without first obtaining the written permission of the owner, agents, or occupants of the premises and having complied with the building and zoning regulations.
(C) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the abutting property owner or anyone authorized by him or her from painting the number assigned to the premises on the curb in front of said premises. Property numbers are not required on the curb and may be damaged or destroyed by street sweeping, maintenance, or snow removal. Numbers placed on curbs will not be maintained or replaced at public expense.
(Prior Code, § 94.07) (Ord. D-1223, passed 5-9-1977, effective 5-19-1977) Penalty, see § 94.999
(A) No person shall plant, erect, place, install, grow, keep, maintain, or store or allow the planting, erecting, placing, installing, growing, keeping, maintaining, or storing of any sign, fence, hedge, shrubbery, natural growth, or other thing which obstructs or tends to obstruct vehicular or pedestrian view at any street intersection, within any triangle bounded by the curb lines extended to the point of intersection thereof and by a base line intersecting each curb 60 feet from said point of intersection. Where no curb exists, the edge of the roadway shall be considered a curb within the meaning of this section.
(B) Division (A) above shall not apply to any:
(1) Permanent building;
(2) Public utility pole;
(3) Hedge or other plant or natural growth maintained at a height of less than 30 inches above sidewalk grade;
(4) Trees kept trimmed to a height of not less than eight feet above sidewalk grade;
(5) Official traffic-control device;
(6) Place where the contour of the ground is such that there can be no cross visibility in the triangle;
(7) Sign mounted nine feet or more above the ground, the supports of which do not constitute an obstruction;
(8) Fence, sign, or other object which does not extend beyond 30 inches above sidewalk grade;
(9) Fence when the ratio of the solid portion of the fence to the open portion does not exceed one to four per foot;
(10) Triangle where traffic is authorized to approach the intersection along only one of its sides;
(11) Triangle or part thereof which is located in a zone having other than an “R” designation under the zoning regulations; or
(12) Legally parked motor vehicle.
(C) No obstruction within the terms of this section shall be deemed to be excepted from the application of this section because of its being in existence at the time of the adoption hereof.
(D) Any obstruction within the terms of this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(E) Any public nuisance under this section shall be abated by the owner of the premises upon which such nuisance is located or which abuts that portion of the street where such nuisance is located. Abatement shall, except as to proceedings under division (G) below, be in compliance with notice from the City Manager, or a person designated by the City Manager, specifying the action required to abate the nuisance and stating the reasonable time within which abatement shall be accomplished. Notice shall be served in accordance with the provisions of § 36.02(A).
(F) If, at the expiration of the time limit in said notice, the owner has not complied with the requirements thereof, the City Manager, or a person designated by the City Manager, may cause the requirements of said notice to be carried out. The cost of such abatement shall be charged against the premises and the owner thereof in accordance with the provisions of § 33.21.
(G) The City Manager may abate any such public nuisance without giving notice if the public health or safety requires immediate action. Thereafter the cost of abating such nuisance shall be charged against the premises and the owner thereof in accordance with the provisions of § 33.21.
(Prior Code, § 94.08) (Ord. D-1342, passed 5-27-1980, effective 6-6-1980) Penalty, see § 94.999
(A) It shall be unlawful for any licensee, manager, or person in charge of any drive-in restaurant to cause, create, allow, or maintain any nuisance or its parking area, whereby the peace of good order of the neighborhood is disturbed or persons owning or occupying property in the neighborhood are disturbed or annoyed.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any patron of a drive-in restaurant or any other person, while parking on or adjacent to the premises thereof, to race the motor of any vehicle, to suddenly start or stop any vehicle, to blow any horn, or to make or cause to be made any other loud or unseemly noise, nuisance, or disturbance whereby the peace or good order of such premises or of the neighborhood is disturbed or persons owning or occupying property in the neighborhood are disturbed or annoyed.
(Prior Code, § 94.09) (Ord. D-1223, passed 5-9-1977, effective 5-19-1977) Penalty, see § 94.999
No person shall hinder, harass, injure, annoy, or interfere with a dog or other animal being used for law enforcement purposes.
(Prior Code, § 94.10) (Ord. D-1741, passed 5-22-1995, effective 5-1-1995) Penalty, see § 94.999
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