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It is unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to comply with the provisions or requirements of a warning ticket lawfully issued under this chapter.
(1992 Code, § 7-12) (Ord. 101-80, passed 10-27-1980) Penalty, see § 10.999
Without permission of the chief of police, no person shall set, allow to be set, or use any trap for the purpose of catching any animal, which trap could injure or kill any animal, except rodent traps in the interior of a building, and except by persons employed by or agents of the chief of police or city parks department for purposes of the city’s health and welfare.
(1992 Code, § 7-13) (Ord. 68-84, passed 4-16-1984; Ord. 59-07, passed 4-16-2007) Penalty, see § 10.999
No person shall hunt game in the city.
GAME means any wild bird or animal hunted for sport or for use as food. HUNT means to pursue game while in possession of a firearm or weapon for sport, food or to kill. This section does not apply to peace officers or city animal control officers in the discharge of their official duties, or to persons who are authorized by the chief of police and have been issued a special access permit by the state department of game, fish and parks for a specific area being hunted.
(1992 Code, § 7-14) (Ord. 32-91, passed 4-1-1991; Ord. 67-10, passed 8-16-2010) Penalty, see § 10.999
It is unlawful for any person to have or to keep more than four domestic pets over the age of six months, except birds and fish, on any lot or premises in the city, unless the person residing on or in the lot or premises has a valid kennel conditional use permit issued by the city. The animal shelters, veterinarian offices and retail pet stores are exempt from the provisions of this section.
(1992 Code, § 7-15) (Ord. 59-07, passed 4-16-2007) Penalty, see § 10.999
(a) No person being the owner or occupant of any parcel of real property within the corporate limits of the city shall place thereon, or allow to remain thereon, any unnatural food source, nor shall any person place such unnatural food source upon the real property of another or upon any public property. It shall be an affirmative defense to any prosecution hereunder that the unnatural food source was placed not less than five feet above the ground and was not accessible to deer, or that the unnatural food source was placed in good faith for the purpose of feeding domestic livestock or pets by or at the request of a person owning or having responsibility for the domestic livestock or pets, or that the unnatural food source was placed in good faith for a purpose other than attracting deer and that the attraction of deer is only an incidental result.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to any act by a governmental agency or to any employee or authorized agent thereof in the course of his or her employment or agency. Specifically, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the baiting of deer by authorized government agents in furtherance of an approved plan to reduce deer population or in furtherance of an approved plan to entice deer out of the urban environment into a less urban and more natural environment.
(Ord. 80-14, passed 11-4-2014) Penalty, see § 10.999
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any federal, state, or local law enforcement agency or dog used by or belonging to such agency, provided that such dog shall be vaccinated for rabies as required by this chapter, and a dog's handler shall have proof of such vaccination for display as may be required. Also, at any time such dog is off leash or otherwise at large, it shall be under the control of or in the performance of functions or duties for a law enforcement officer or handler acting on behalf of a law enforcement agency.
(Ord. 90-17, passed 9-19-2017)
(a) A community cat that has undergone the process of trap-neuter-return and was trapped or received by a local shelter or animal control shall be returned by the community cat caregiver to the location where the cat was trapped unless veterinary care is necessary; exhibits symptoms of rabies; is declared a restricted or vicious animal pursuant to §§ 90.003 or 90.003.1; the community cat caregiver fails to pick up the eartipped cat within a reasonable period of time; or the location of where the community cat was trapped is unknown.
(b) A community cat caregiver, who is approved by the Sioux Falls Area Humane Society, is empowered to reclaim impounded community cats without proof of ownership.
(c) Any community cat that has undergone the process of trap-neuter-return shall be permanently identified by injecting an identification microchip into the animal using standard veterinarian procedures and practices.
(Ord. 106-24, passed 12-17-2024)
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