(A) It shall be unlawful to keep pets, including cats and dogs, in excess of five mature animals without a kennel license ( conditional use permit). It shall also be unlawful to keep animals traditionally defined as livestock, (including, but not limited to, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, and chickens) in any area not zoned agriculture. The failure to keep any animal's pen, yard, lot, or other enclosure in a sanitary condition and free from preventable odors shall be unlawful. Animals at licensed slaughterhouses, meat packing establishments, stockyards, rendering houses, those kept on land zoned agricultural, and those displayed for public exhibition shall not be considered unlawful.
(B) At no time shall any animal be allowed to be a nuisance by excessive barking, running at large, or causing property damage.
(C) The limit of five mature animals shall not apply to any person or organization operating a foster or rescue program who can show proof of said foster or rescue program. Division (B) above shall apply to said programs.
(Ord. 008-738, passed 1-14-2008; Ord. 019-288, passed 5-21-2019) Penalty, see § 91.99