Sec. 4-21. Running at large prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for the owner or person having the control and custody of any horse, colt, mule, donkey, burro, ox, bull, cow, calf, hog, pig, sheep, goat or other large or dangerous animals to permit the same to run at large within the city.

(1953 Code, ch. 4, § 12)

Sec. 4-22. Grazing or pasturing in city.

It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having control of any animal mentioned in section 4-21 of this article to graze or pasture the same, or cause the same to be grazed or pastured, or permit the same to graze or pasture upon any land within the city, except upon land owned or leased by the owner of such animals, and unless such animals are securely fastened so that the same shall not run at large or trespass within the meaning of section 4-21 of this article, and provided also, that such animal shall be adequately fed and watered and reasonably protected from the weather.

(1953 Code, ch. 4, § 13)

Sec. 4-23. Impounding, disposal of animals running at large or grazing.

Animals found running at large or grazing or pasturing in violation of section 4-21 or 4-22 shall be impounded and disposed of in the manner provided by state law.

(1953 Code, ch. 4, §§ 14--18)

   State Law References: Authority to regulate animals running at large, A.R.S. § 9-240(B)(16); livestock and animals generally, A.R.S. title 24.

Sec. 4-24. Open range exception.

Sections 4-21, 4-22, and 4-23 shall not apply to land annexed into the city after December 1, 2000 that is (a) owned and held in trust by the State of Arizona as state trust land pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes Title 37, Chapter 2, or (b) land for which the state land patent provides for continued use as open range.

(Ord. No. 9498, § 1, 12-11-00)

Sec. 4-25. Keeping wild animals.

It shall be unlawful for any person having charge, care of or control of any wild animal, by nature dangerous or vicious, to keep, bring, maintain or exhibit such animal within the city, unless the animal be confined in a cage or enclosure adequate to prevent its escape and prevent any access to it by any non-authorized person. Any person keeping, bringing, maintaining or exhibiting any such animal within the city without the same being confined as above recited shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

(1953 Code, ch. 4, § 27; Ord. No. 8996, § 7, 12-8-97)

Sec. 4-26. Keeping pigs and hogs prohibited; exception: maximum of three (3) miniature pigs allowed per household.

   Sec. 4-26(1). Except as otherwise provided in this Code and in subsection (b) below, it shall be unlawful for any person to keep, raise or feed any pig or hog within the city limits.

   Sec. 4-26(2). Exception. Nothing contained in subsection (a), shall prevent the keeping of registered purebred miniature Vietnamese potbelly pigs (sus bittati), also known as Asian-shar pei or Chinese potbelly pigs or other similarly registered purebred miniature pigs under the following conditions:

   (1)   No miniature pig shall measure more than twenty-three (23) inches in height at the shoulders when at normal stance.

   (2)   No more than three (3) miniature pigs are allowed per household.

(1953 Code, ch. 4, § 31; Ord. No. 6043, § 7, 6-25-84; Ord. No. 8170, § 1, 12-6-93)

Sec. 4-27. Proximity of corrals, barns, etc., to dwellings.

Except as otherwise provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain within twenty (20) feet of the dwelling house of any person, within the city, any corral, barn, shed or other structure for the purpose of housing, keeping or caring for any horse, mule, cow or goat.

(1953 Code, ch. 4, § 38)