(A) Permit required. No domestic animal or fowl shall be kept within the city, except by permission of the City Commission.
(B) Application. Any person desiring to keep domestic animals or fowl within the city shall make application to the City Commission in writing for permission so to do, describing particularly the place where the applicant proposes to keep the animals or fowl, the number thereof, the distance from that place to the public streets on each side, and the distance to the dwelling houses upon the lands adjoining the proposed place.
(C) City Manager report.
(1) All applications shall be referred to the City Manager who shall make a report and recommendation to the City Commission. If it shall appear to the City Commission that it will not be detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of any of the inhabitants of the city, the City Commission shall grant a permit to the persons applying therefor, to keep domestic animals and fowl within the city.
(2) The permit shall specify the place where the domestic animals and fowl may be kept, and the number thereof shall be reasonable as determined by the City Commission. No person shall keep any domestic animal or fowl in the city contrary to the terms and conditions of the permit. The City Commission may revoke the permit whenever it may deem it fit and proper to do so, upon good cause shown.
(1993 Code, § 91.16) Penalty, see § 10.99