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(A) Recommendation Of Revocation: The Chief of Police or his designee may recommend to the City Council the revocation of any permit upon evidence that any of the conditions set forth in this chapter are a prerequisite to the issuance of a permit have been violated, or that the permit was issued upon fraudulent or untrue representations by the applicant, or seventy five percent (75%) of the households located within three hundred feet (300') of the premises where any of the animals are being kept or maintained, file a petition for such revocation, or that the person holding the permit has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or title 7 of this Code.
(B) Inspection: All places and premises upon which any of the animals are kept or housed shall be open at all times for inspection by the Chief of Police or his designee. If, upon inspection, there is found to exist any violation of any provision of this chapter, the Chief of Police or his designee shall give the person responsible for such violation a written notice specifying the violation in particular and requiring such offender to abate or correct the same within a period of twenty four (24) hours. If the violation is not abated or corrected within the twenty four (24) hour period, the Chief of Police or his designee shall recommend to the City Council that the permit of such person be revoked.
(C) Revocation Of Permit: The City Council may revoke any permit issued under this chapter for violation of any of the provisions of this Code or ordinance of the City or laws of the State of Idaho. Prior to revocation by the City Council, the Chief of Police or his designee or City Council shall notify the applicant in writing, setting forth specifically the grounds of the complaint and the time and place of the hearing. Such notice shall be personally served upon the permittee, or mailed postage prepaid to the permittee at his last known address at least three (3) days prior to the date set for the hearing. (Ord. 2197, 3-16-1987; amd. Ord. O-2023-017, 12-18-2023)
For the purpose of selling, loading and shipping any horses, cows, pigs, hogs, goats, sheep or chickens, it shall be lawful to keep the same in loading pens provided for said purpose, but no such animals shall be kept in such pens within the corporate limits of the City for a period of more than thirty six (36) hours except by written permission of the Chief of Police or his designee. (1958 Code ch. VII art. 1; amd. Ord. 2197, 3-16-1987; amd. Ord. O-2023-017, 12-18-2023)
This chapter shall apply to all animals and poultry now within the City and to those subsequently brought into the City; provided, however, that the provisions of sections 6-3-1, 6-3-4 and 6-3-5 of this chapter shall not become effective for areas annexed into the City after the effective date hereof for a period of two (2) years after annexation into the City. The provisions of subsection 6-3-8(B) of this chapter requiring the circulation of a petition before issuance of an animal permit shall not apply to animals on property annexed into the City for such time as the same number and type of animals continue to be kept or maintained on the property. (Ord. 2966, 4-13-2009)
Any person, who, after having been warned in writing by Code Enforcement, willfully or negligently permits any animal, excluding domestic cats, owned or possessed or harbored by him to be, or run, at large without a competent and responsible attendant or master, within the limits of the city, or who willfully or negligently fails, neglects or refuses to keep any such animal securely confined within the limits of his own premises when not under the immediate care and control of a competent and responsible attendant or master, shall be guilty of an infraction punishable with a fine of three hundred dollars ($300.00). (Ord. O2023-017, 12-18-2023)