No livestock shall be housed, kept, or confined within the City except under the following conditions:
(a) No livestock shall be housed, kept, or confined within forty (40’) feet of any habitable dwelling, religious facility, school, or other place of human habitation except the dwelling of the owner thereof.
(b) The following minimum lot area shall be provided per animal in addition to the area of any structure:
(1) Fifty (50) square feet of pen for each sheep, goat, pig, or other small animal; and
(2) Two hundred (200) square feet of corral for each horse, bovine, pony, colt, or other large animal, with a maximum of six hundred (600) square feet required.
(c) Any area used to stable, harbor, or confine livestock shall be fenced so as to prevent such livestock from ranging onto adjacent property. Stallions over two and one-half (2-1/2) years of age and horse at stud shall be confined to an area fenced to a minimum height of five (5’) feet and of construction suitable to contain the animal.
(d) Any area used to stable, harbor, confine, or corral livestock shall be kept reasonably free of dust, litter, and the accumulation of weeds and debris. The stable, pen, or corral shall be periodically sprinkled with water in order to keep dust from blowing onto adjacent property.
(e) No livestock shall be stabled, harbored, kept, or confined in any stable, corral, yard, or enclosure in which the droppings and other waste matter shall not have been removed at least once every seven (7) days, except where such livestock is confined to an area of at least five (5) acres. If, however, in the opinion of the enforcing authority, an area of any size is in need of a cleaning of this type of waste matter, the owner shall remove such waste matter within three (3) days of a notice ordering him to do so.
(f) Corrals, stables, and pens shall be plowed under or sprinkled with chemicals so as to eliminate the “fly” breeding characteristics in the areas.
(g) Offensive odors emanating from livestock shall be controlled to the extent that such odors will not unreasonably disturb the comfort of any residents of the neighborhood.
(h) If, in the opinion of the enforcement officer, an animal is obviously in need of medical attention, such officer shall inspect and provide for the treatment of such animal by a veterinarian. The cost of the treatment, regardless of the final disposition of the animal, shall be borne by the owner thereof.
(i) Any animal which is found to be repeatedly mistreated by the lack of food, water, or sanitary conditions or by beatings or other forms of cruelty shall be impounded. The owner found to be mistreating such animal shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(§ 4463, T.O.O.C., as amended by § II, Ord. 199-NS, eff. April 15, 1971, and § 3, Ord. 218-NS, eff. August 19, 1971, as renumbered by § 20, Ord. 1374-NS, eff. April 26, 2001, and § 3, Ord. 1392, eff. June 7, 2002.)
* Section 6-1.101 entitled “Definitions,” recodified from Section 4472, T.O.O.C., as amended by Section VII, Ordinance No. 116-NS, effective November 6, 1969, Sections 1 and 2, Ordinance No. 496-NS, effective October 10, 1974, and Sections 1 and 2, Ordinance No. 1041-NS, effective September 12, 1989, repealed by Section 19, Ordinance No. 1374-NS, effective April 26, 2001.