For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BONA FIDE FARM. Any tract (or tracts of land under common ownership or control) on which a party is actively engaged in a substantial way in the commercial production or growing of crops, plants, livestock, poultry or aquaculture operations. BONA FIDE FARM shall include horse riding and boarding facilities.
CONTAINMENT ANIMALS. Animals that are usually enclosed in houses or open pens with a high concentration of animals. Such animals may be, but are not limited to, swine, chickens, rabbits, quail, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea, fowl, pigeons or pheasants.
LIVESTOCK. Includes, but shall not be limited to, equine animals, bovine animals, sheep, goats and other grazing animals that are enclosed in a fenced pasture, or in some instances enclosed in a pen or house or shed utilized for enclosing such livestock, or in some cases, tied to a leash.
SLAUGHTER. The act of killing or butchering an animal as defined in this subchapter, for the purpose of marketing or for personal consumption or for no reason other than for the act of killing.
(Ord. passed 10-26-2004)