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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)
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)
Sec. 4-28(1). Except as otherwise provided, no owner, proprietor, agent or occupant of any premises where horses, cows, donkeys, goats or other domestic animals or dogs, cats or other domestic pets are kept within the city shall deposit, cause to be deposited or allow to accumulate within or about such premises for a longer time than twenty-four (24) hours, any manure, animal bedding or body wastes from domestic animals and pets. Such person shall provide a receptacle of sufficient size for the reception of such manure, animal bedding or body wastes of domestic animals and pets.
Sec. 4-28(2). Such receptacle shall be so constructed that the contents thereof will not be accessible to flies; and such receptacle shall be placed upon the premises owned, occupied or controlled by such person in a location as remote as possible from any surrounding dwelling or street. Such person shall empty and cleanse the same as often as necessary, but not less than twice each week, and oftener when directed to do so by the health officer.
Sec. 4-28(3). Nothing contained in this section shall operate to prevent the owner, proprietor, agent or occupant of a residential premises from placing animal manure produced by herbivorous animals into a residential compost pile or residential compost windrow, provided it is placed into the compost pile or windrow within twenty-four (24) hours from the time it is deposited and provided it is maintained under the conditions set forth in section 15-16(4) of the Tucson Code.
Sec. 4-28(5). It shall be a civil infraction for any person to violate the provisions of this section.
(1953 Code, ch. 4, § 41; Ord. No. 4374, § 1, 7-7-75; Ord. No. 8028, § 1, 4-19-93; Ord. No. 8170, § 1, 12-6-93; Ord. No. 8174, § 1, 12-13-93)
If any person shall leave any horse or other animals attached to any carriage, wagon, cart or other vehicle in any street, avenue, alley or lane within the corporate limits of the city without securely fastening the same, or without the same being fastened by a chain or strap from the bit to a metal weight upon the ground, such weight weighing fifteen (15) pounds at least for a single horse and twenty-five (25) pounds for a team, every such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1953 Code, ch. 4, § 40)
A violation of this article is punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). No judge may suspend the imposition of the minimum fine prescribed herein. In addition to the fine amount, the penalty may include not more than six (6) months in jail and not more than three (3) years probation, or any combination thereof.
(Ord. No. 7241, § 8, 7-3-89; Ord. No. 8174, § 2, 12-13-93; Ord. No. 8996, § 8, 12-8-97)
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