CHAPTER 4
ANIMAL CONTROL

ARTICLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION:

5-4A-1: Livestock, Poultry And Swine

5-4A-2: Dangerous Animals

5-4A-3: Animals At Large; Impoundment, Fee

5-4A-4: Strays

5-4A-5: Abandonment

5-4A-6: Honeybees

5-4A-7: Penalty

5-4A-1: LIVESTOCK, POULTRY AND SWINE:

   A.   It shall be unlawful for any person to rear or keep any livestock including, but not limited to, cattle, sheep, goats, and equine in the city.

   B.   It shall be unlawful for any person to rear or keep any fowl including chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea or other domestic fowl in the city.

   C.   It shall be unlawful for any person to rear or keep any swine in the city except for miniature Vietnamese potbelly pigs or similar miniature pigs which may be kept under the following conditions:

      1.   It weighs less than eighty (80) pounds;

      2.   It is spayed or neutered;

      3.   It is tested free of pseudorabies;

      4.   It is not for a food source; and

      5.   No household shall have more than one.

   D.   This section shall not apply to veterinary or animal hospitals operated by a doctor of veterinary medicine licensed in the state of Kansas or to any packing plant or slaughterhouse lawfully operated within the city. (Ord. 1095, 10-6-2008)

5-4A-2: DANGEROUS ANIMALS:

It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or allow to run at large any dangerous, vicious or wild animal; or to keep, maintain or allow to go at large any poisonous or stinging snake, insect or arachnid, save and except as provided in this chapter. (Ord. 867-B, 6-3-1985; amd. 1998 Code)

5-4A-3: ANIMALS AT LARGE; IMPOUNDMENT, FEE:

When any domestic animal, except dogs, shall be found running at large in the city, it shall be the duty of the chief of police or other police officer of the city, or public service officer to take up such animal and keep the same in a safe place temporarily until the owner or keeper thereof may be found. The officer shall make a diligent inquiry for the owner or keeper of such animals and shall return the same to the person lawfully entitled thereto when found; provided, that the city shall be entitled to receive from the owner or keeper of any such animal twenty dollars ($20.00) per day per animal for the cost of feeding and caring for such animal. (1983 Code § 2-103; amd. 1998 Code)