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(a) No person shall engage in or be employed at dogfighting, cockfighting, bearbaiting, pitting an animal against another, or cruelty to animals, nor receive money for the admission of another to a place kept for such purpose, nor use, train or possess a dog or other animal for seizing, detaining or maltreating a domestic animal. Any person who knowingly purchases a ticket of admission to such place, or is present thereat, or witnesses such spectacle, is an aider and abettor.
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(1982 Code, § 505.13) (Ord. 77-27. Passed 5-2-1977.)
(a) When a blind person is accompanied by a dog which serves as a guide or leader for him or her, and he or she can show proof by certificate or other means that the dog leading him or her has been trained for that purpose by some special agency engaged in such work, the person is entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of all public conveyances, hotels and lodging places, all places of public accommodation, amusement or resort, and other places to which the general public is invited, and may take the dog into such conveyances and places, subject only to the conditions and limitations applicable to all persons not so accompanied, except that:
(1) The dog shall not occupy a seat in any public conveyance.
(2) The dog shall be upon a leash while using the facilities of a common carrier.
(b) No person shall deprive a blind person of any of the advantages, facilities or privileges provided in division (a) hereof, nor charge the blind person a fee or charge for the dog.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(1982 Code, § 505.16) (Ord. 77-27. Passed 5-2-1977.)
(a) No person shall keep, harbor or maintain more than a total of two animals of any kind or nature except puppies, kittens or other domestic animals not over three months old in any single-family dwelling, or in any separate suite in a two-family dwelling, multi-family dwelling or apartment within the City. The terms "dwelling" and "suite", as used in this section, include the lot or parcel of land on which the house or building containing the suite is located and also all out-buildings located on such lot or parcel.
(b) This section shall not apply to limit the number of chicken kept, harbored or maintained in conformance with the regulations set forth in Section 618.25.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2018-15. Passed 4-2-2018.)
(a) No person owning, keeping or having custody of any animal shall take, lead or carry such animal into any store or place of business or permit or allow the same to enter any store or place of business.
(Ord. 44-46. Passed 12-4-1944.)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(1982 Code, § 505.19) (Ord. 77-27. Passed 5-2-1977.)
(a) No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any horse, mule, cattle, sheep, goat, swine, rabbit, goose, or other fowl or animal, within 500 feet of the inhabited dwelling of any other person, except a dog or cat or chicken, provided such chicken is kept in conformance with the regulations set forth in Section 618.25 and subject to the issuance of a special use permit.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2018-15. Passed 4-2-2018.)
(a) Common Pigeons a Nuisance. The common pigeon is hereby declared to be a menace to the public health and welfare and a source of damage to persons and property and shall therefore be considered a public nuisance to be disposed of at the discretion of the Department of Public Service and Properties.
(b) Harboring Pigeons Prohibited. No person shall harbor or keep any live pigeons within the City, except homing pigeons, and then only if the requirements of this section are complied with.
(c) License for Homing Pigeons. No person shall harbor or keep any live homing pigeons within the City without first obtaining a license therefor from the Building Commissioner. Such license, when issued in the manner hereinafter provided, shall entitle the holder thereof to keep not more than 25 homing pigeons under the terms and conditions set forth in this section.
(d) Application for License. The Building Commissioner shall prescribe the form of application which shall include the name of the applicant, the name of the person to be custodian of the pigeons, the location and type of structure wherein the pigeons are to be kept and any other pertinent information which may be necessary for the enforcement of this section. Each application shall be submitted to the Safety Committee of Council. The application shall then be presented to Council, with the recommendation of the Safety Committee, for its consideration. No license shall be issued unless it has been approved by a majority vote of Council.
(e) Period of License. Upon approval by Council, the Building Commissioner shall issue a homing pigeon license for a period of one year, which may be renewed annually upon payment of the fees herein set forth. However, a new license shall not issue as a matter of right to one whose license has been revoked until he or she has complied with all the provisions of this section and has given Council satisfactory assurance of future compliance.
(f) License Fees. The fee for a homing pigeon license shall be $5.00 per year, per loft of pigeons, not to exceed 25 in number. Such fee shall be tendered with the application for a license or for the renewal thereof. If no license is issued after 60 days from the receipt of such application or renewal thereof, the fee shall be returned to the applicant.
(g) Revocation of License.
(1) If any licensee personally or any agent or custodian of his pigeons violates any provision of this section, the Building Commissioner may revoke the license, in addition to any fines and forfeitures that may be imposed by any court upon such person for the violation of any provision of this section.
(2) The Building Commissioner may also revoke any license for any period less than the full one-year period. However, no such license shall be revoked unless the licensee first has a hearing, before the Commissioner, at which time any complaint respecting the alleged violation shall be presented. The licensee shall be given at least ten days notice in writing of the time and place of such hearing.
(h) Appeals. Any person aggrieved by any order of revocation by the Building Commissioner may, within 20 days from the issuance of the order of revocation, appeal to Council by serving a notice of such appeal upon the Clerk of Council and the Commissioner. Such appeal may be heard at a time to be set by the Clerk of Council not more than 30 nor less than five days after service of the notice of appeal. All interested parties shall be notified of the time and place of the hearing at least 48 hours before the time set therefor. Council may affirm, alter or set aside any portion of the revocation order of the Commissioner.
(i) Conditions for Maintenance of Homing Pigeons. No person shall harbor or maintain any homing pigeon except under the following conditions:
(1) No loft, coop or other place for keeping or confining homing pigeons shall be maintained or operated or be permitted to exist within a distance of 100 feet of any building used as a residence, garage, playhouse, permanent swimming pool or patio.
(2) No loft, coop or other place for keeping or confining homing pigeons shall be more than 15 feet above the established grade of the premises upon which it is located.
(3) No loft, coop or other place for keeping or confining homing pigeons shall be located in any structure not constructed in accordance with the Zoning and Building Codes of the City.
(4) All runways in which such pigeons are kept and maintained shall at all times be kept clean and free from filth, garbage or any substance which emits a noxious odor or which can attract rats.
(5) All pigeons shall be fed within the confines of the loft or coop and all unused food shall be collected promptly and disposed of in a manner as required in division (6) hereof.
(6) All grain and food stored for the use of such pigeons shall be kept in ratproof metal containers with tight covers.
(7) Homing pigeons shall not be permitted to fly at large but may be released for not more than one hour for exercise.
(8) All runways shall be completely enclosed with chicken wire, netting or other equivalent material that will prevent pigeons from escaping the confines of the loft or coop.
(Ord. 57-55. Passed 10-7-1957.)
(j) Shooting and Trapping Homing Pigeons. No person, not being the owner thereof, shall shoot, kill or maim an Antwerp or homing pigeon, commonly known as a carrier pigeon, or entrap, catch or detain a carrier pigeon if it has the name of the owner stamped upon its wing or tail, or has a band with the owner's name, initials or a number on its leg.
(Ord. 44-46. Passed 12-4-1944.)
(k) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(1982 Code, § 505.21)
(a) No person shall harbor, maintain or control a wild, dangerous or undomesticated animal within the City.
(b) A "wild, dangerous or undomesticated animal" is an animal whose natural habitat is the wilderness and which, when maintained in human society, is usually confined to a zoological park or exotic animal farm and which:
(1) Is a poisonous or venomous animal or snake, or a snake that is a constrictor; or
(2) Is an omnivorous or carnivorous animal weighing more than twenty pounds and which is a predator in its natural habitat;
(3) Is an animal which, by reason of its size, strength or appetite, if unrestrained and free in the City, could cause peril to children, adults, pets or other domesticated animals, buildings, landscaping or personal property;
(4) Is an animal which makes noise with sufficient frequency and volume a to constitute a nuisance to persons in the vicinity of such animal;
(5) Is an animal which emits such offensive odors as to constitute a nuisance to persons in the vicinity of such animal; or
(6) Is, by way of illustration and without limitation, one of the following: an ape: chimpanzee (Pan), gibbon (Hylobate), gorilla (Gorilla), orangutan (Pongo), siamang (Symphalangus), baboon (Papio or Mandrillus); bear (Ursidae), bison (Bison), boar (Suidae), cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus), crocodilian (Crocodilia), coyote (Cams Latrans), deer (Cervidae - includes all members of the deer family; for example, white-tailed deer, elk, antelope and moose), elephant (Elephas or Loxodonta), game cocks and other fighting birds, hippopotamus (Hippopotarnidae), hyena (Hyaenidae), jaguar (Panthers Onca), leopard (Panthers Pardus), lion (Panthers Leo), lynx (Lynx), monkey (Cercopithecidae - old world), ostrich (Struthio), piranha fish (Charactdae), puma (Felis Concolor - also known as cougar, mountain lion and panther), rhinoceros (Rhinocerotidae), shark (Class Chondrichthyes), snow leopard (Panthers Uncia), tiger (Panthers Tigris) and wolf (Canis Lupus).
(c) If any part of division (b) hereof, or the application thereof to any person shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity or application of the remaining parts of division (b) which shall be given effect without the invalid provisions or application and, to that end, the divisions of this section are declared to be severable.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Each day during which such violation shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
(1982 Code, § 505.22) (Ord. 84-57. Passed 10-15-1984.)
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