CHAPTER 1
ANIMAL CONTROL
ANIMAL CONTROL
SECTION:
5-1-1: Animals At Large
5-1-2: Swine Prohibited; Exceptions
5-1-3: Use Of Tranquilizer Guns And Drugs
5-1-4: Disposal Of Dead Animals
5-1-4A: Landlord Liability
5-1-5: Trapping Restrictions
5-1-6: Cruelty To Animals
5-1-7: Use Of Animals Restricted
5-1-8: Sanitary Conditions Maintained
5-1-9: Sheltering Animals
5-1-10: Animals Biting Persons
5-1-11: Noisy Or Annoying Animals
5-1-12: Chronic Violators
5-1-13: Administrative Procedures
5-1-14: Enforcement
5-1-15: Definitions
A. Prohibited: No cattle, horses, mules, swine, sheep, goats, or any geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens or other animal or fowl (hereinafter referred to as animal) shall be allowed to run at large within the city, nor shall any animal be permitted to be staked or tied out to graze on or in front of any person's premises, without the consent of such person, nor shall any animal be permitted to be staked or tied out to graze in public streets, alleys or avenues of the city.
B. Violation: Any animal found in violation of the provisions of any of the subsections of this section by a sanitary inspector, animal control officer or any police officer of the city, or any other person, may be apprehended and impounded with the city, or an alternate pound or shelter designated by the city. It shall be unlawful for any person employed by the city, or any person employed by or connected with the animal pound or shelter or any society or organization operating or maintaining such pound or shelter under lease or contract with the city, to sell, give away or dispose of, through any pretext or by any device or means whatsoever, any animal impounded in such pound or shelter to any person, organization or research facility for the purpose of using such animal as food, unless such animal is of a type that is customarily used for food, or for the purpose of medical experimentation unless the research facility, person or organization desiring such animal for medical experimentation is duly approved and authorized by the state to conduct such experimentation, or for any other purpose except for pets and related activities.
C. Harboring: The harboring of any animal requires that the following guidelines be followed:
1. All such species must be restrained upon the owner's property and penned (housed or stabled) in such a manner that the animals will not place any person in fear of attack.
2. All animals that are included in this section shall be required to have adequate space as so designated by the zoning ordinance according to the size and needs of the various animals, and each animal shall be so restrained in an area to allow proper exercise for the particular species involved.
3. When the owner restrains (harbors) any animal in an area not adjoining the owner's residence, the owner shall post his name, address and phone number at the place where the animal is being restrained (harbored).
D. Registration: Any wild, nondomestic animals, reptiles or birds, in captivity in the metropolitan area of the city, except such animals that are within the city for the purposes of display by a show, act, carnival, zoo, circus or promotional agency, which are known to be dangerous, poisonous, vicious or ferocious, shall be registered with the following agencies of the city: the animal control officer, the police department and the Humane Society. If such animals are in the metropolitan area as part of a show, act, carnival, zoo, circus or promotional agency, then such group shall show adequate and ample restraints placed upon the animals as to protect the health and safety of the exposed public.
If such animal becomes at large within the city and poses a threat to the public, it shall be assumed that the owner has given consent to eliminate the animal with the cost to be borne by the owner. The mayor, the animal control officer or any police officer may order the elimination of such animal.
E. Fees And Charges: The owner or caretaker of an animal of any type that is restrained or impounded in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to pay all costs of impoundment to the Humane Society. The costs of impoundment shall include all feed and boarding fees, tattoo or microchip implant fees, testing fees for rabies or other communicable diseases, fees for sedation and special handling, and charges for reasonable medical services, equipment or supplies. In addition, the owner or caretaker shall pay to the Humane Society a redemption fee according to the Humane Society's fee schedule then in effect. When a dog or cat is returned to the owner or caretaker by animal control, the owner or caretaker shall pay a pick up fee in an amount determined from time to time by resolution of the city council. All fees or charges of any type or nature shall be paid in full at the time the animal is redeemed from the Humane Society or taken home by animal control. (Ord. 5204, 3-10-2014; amd. Ord. 5684, 1-17-2023)
A. No person shall keep or harbor any pigs or have any pigpens or pigsties within the city, except as follows:
1. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the harboring and keeping of pigs and use of pig pens and sties in connection with a general farming operation on tracts of farmland of the size of forty (40) acres or greater.
2. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the keeping of pigs and use of pig pens and sties within the confines of any meatpacking plant where such pigs have been brought for butchering and processing.
3. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the keeping of pigs which are housed at the Sunrise Exchange Club Petting Zoo.
B. The provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions of this code and other ordinances of the city relating to nuisances. (Ord. 5204, 3-10-2014; amd. Ord. 5684, 1-17-2023)
A. The animal control officer, his agents or any police official shall be able to use a tranquilizer gun or any other drug to bring an animal at large under control.
B. In order to use a tranquilizer gun or other drugs, the animal must be at large and pose a threat or danger to the general public or to the city officer trying to bring the animal under control.
C. If it becomes necessary for the animal control department or the police department to use a tranquilizer gun or other drugs to bring an animal at large under control, the city shall not be held responsible for any damage done to the animal by the use of the tranquilizer gun or other drugs.
D. The owner of the animal that needs sedation to bring it under control shall pay for costs of the sedation and for the care and feeding while the animal is under control of the city or the Humane Society. (Ord. 5204, 3-10-2014; amd. Ord. 5684, 1-17-2023)
A person caring for or owning any animal that has died shall not allow the carcass to remain about his or her premises. Such carcass shall be disposed of within twenty four (24) hours after death. Animal control shall charge a pick up fee in an amount determined from time to time by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 5204, 3-10-2014; amd. Ord. 5684, 1-17-2023)
No person shall set or use any steel, claw, leghold, conibear, snare or box trap outside of any structure or building for the purpose of taking, killing, maiming, wounding, ensnaring or capturing an animal or which is injurious to persons or animals, except for the following:
A. Any trapping by a governmental unit to capture animals which are creating a public nuisance or for the protection of public or property;
B. Licensed pest and rodent control persons in protection of private property;
C. During the season allowed by the state conservation commission for taking of furbearing animals on parcels of land privately owned of forty (40) acres or more, or public land controlled by a governmental agency issuing such rights to trapping;
D. Wire cage box traps may be used to remove nuisance pests from private property; said traps must be checked every thirty (30) minutes.
E. Traps may be rented from animal control for a five (5) day period to remove nuisance pests, however, the trapper is required to transport dogs and/or cats to the Humane Society. The rental fee shall be an amount determined from time to time by resolution of the city council. Wildlife shall be transported, by the trapper, and released unharmed to an area outside Waterloo city limits .
F. A private property owner on his private property in order to control small rodents, such as gophers, moles and other similar animals. (Ord. 5204, 3-10-2014; amd. Ord. 5684, 1-17-2023)
A. No theatrical exhibit, circus, animal act or show shall be held in which animals or fowl are encouraged or made to perform through the use of chemical, electrical or mechanical means or devices. If any person shall torture, torment, mutilate, cruelly beat or cruelly kill any animal or fowl, or unnecessarily fail to provide the same with adequate feed and water, shelter or protection from the weather, or cruelly abandon the same, or shall commit any other act of omission by which unjustifiable pain, distress, suffering or death is caused or permitted to any animal or fowl, whether the acts or omissions herein contemplated be committed either maliciously, willfully or negligently, and if any person shall knowingly permit such act or omission or shall cause or procure the same to be done, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. When the temperature falls below thirty degrees Fahrenheit (30°F), with wind chill factor applied, or when the heat index is at least eighty-five degrees (85°), no animal may be restrained outdoors by tethering for more than fifteen (15) minutes without access to adequate food, adequate water, and an outdoor facility that provides adequate protection from the elements. In any circumstances, a tethered animal must have access to an outdoor facility that provides adequate protection from the elements. (Ord. 5204, 3-10-2014; amd. Ord. 5684, 1-17-2023)
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