CHAPTER 4
ANIMAL CONTROL
ANIMAL CONTROL
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)
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)
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)
When any domestic animal shall be found running at large and taken up as provided by section 5-4A-3 of this article which is a stray, as defined by the laws of the state, and whose owner or keeper cannot be found, the chief of police shall report such taking up to the county sheriff and the animal shall be disposed of as provided by law. (1983 Code § 2-104)
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any insects known as "Apis mellifera linnaeus" or more commonly referred to as honeybees, unless the following rules and guidelines are observed by said person:
A. Housing: Honeybees shall be housed in standard, movable frame hives and said facilities shall contain an adequate number of brood chambers and supers in conformance with industry standards. In no instance shall said facilities contain less than two (2) brood chambers, nor less than four (4) supers per hive.
B. Manipulation Minimized: Any person maintaining honeybees shall endeavor to keep manipulation at a minimum, except in case of an emergency, when weather or atmospheric conditions are likely to make the honeybees more agitated or aggressive.
C. Certification From Disease: No person shall purchase an established colony of honeybees unless said colony has been certified free from disease by the Kansas state apiary inspector or authorized agent of the Kansas board of agriculture.
D. Prevention Of Swarming: Each and every person that maintains honeybees shall follow necessary and proper industry practices and procedures to prevent or control swarms or the swarming of honeybees.
E. Location: Hives shall be located away from confined pets, swimming pools, children's play areas, driveways and doorways. In no instance shall the maintaining or keeping of honeybees create a condition that injures or endangers the public health, safety or welfare. Any maintenance or keeping of said honeybees shall be in full compliance with the provisions of title 4 of this code. (Ord. 867-B, 6-3-1985)
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