(A) No horse, mule, pony, donkey, burro, jackass, jenny, cow, or bull may be stabled within the city limits if said animal is stabled closer than 100 feet to the residence of any person other than the person keeping or maintaining the animal, and for each animal kept or maintained within the city, the person keeping or maintaining shall have under their ownership, jurisdiction, or control, and available to the animal, at least one-half acre of ground, exclusive of residence and dwelling houses. For goats, sheep and swine kept or maintained within the city, the person keeping or maintaining shall have under their ownership, jurisdiction, or control, a minimum of ten acres with no more than ten adult animals on said acreage.
(B) It shall be the duty of the person keeping or maintaining said animal to assure the said animal cannot approach closer than 100 feet of the residence or dwelling house of another person by use of fences, tethering ropes, or other humane devices to prevent the animal from approaching.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, harbor or have custody of more than six adult rabbits, chickens, geese, ducks or other fowl.
(D) For the purpose of this chapter, any animal remaining on the premises of any person, with the knowledge of or consent of the person, for six consecutive hours, or more, shall be deemed to be kept or maintained on the property.
(E) No person shall cause or allow any stable or place where any animal or fowl is or may be
kept to become unclean, unsanitary or to give off offensive odors to the extent that such odors are disturbing to any person residing within reasonable proximity of the premises.
(F) All persons keeping animals under the conditions of this chapter must obtain a permit from the city and pay a permit fee of $2 for each calendar year for each animal.
(Ord. 210, passed 2-8-93) Penalty, see § 90.99