CHAPTER 90: ANIMALS

Section

General Provisions

   90.01   Injury to animals

   90.02   Domestic fowls at large

   90.03   Animals at large

Dogs

   90.15   Dog(s) running at large

   90.16   Control of dog on own property

   90.17   Control of dog(s) while off owner’s premises

   90.18   Enforcement

   90.19   Claiming of dog(s)

   90.20   Impounding of dog(s)

   90.21   Vaccination of dog(s)

   90.22   Animals infected with rabies

   90.23   Disturbance of peace

   90.24   Public pound

   90.25   Fierce, dangerous or vicious dogs

Cats

   90.40   Number of cats

   90.41   Nuisance

   90.42   Exceptions to subchapter

Livestock

   90.55   Animals within city limits

   90.56   Keeping and/or feeding of animals in city limits

   90.57   Incorporated district limits

   90.58   Description of enclosures

   90.59   Nuisance declaration

   90.99   Penalty

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 90.01 INJURY TO ANIMALS.

   No person shall in the city cruelly or immoderately beat, maim, wound, torture or injure any horse, mule, cow or other animal whether it belongs to himself, herself or to another; nor shall any person carry in or upon any vehicle or otherwise in a cruel and inhuman manner any animal. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or negligently maltreat any domestic animal by exposure to heat or cold, by deprivation from food or water for more than 12 hours, by leaving hitched in the open air during cold weather or during storms or in the night time, or by willfully abandoning to die any sick or disabled animal. Any police officer shall take charge of any such animal and cause the same to be taken care of and the charges therefor shall be a lien on said animal and a legal charge against the owner thereof, and such action by any police officer shall not exempt the owner or person in charge of such animal from punishment for such offense.

(Prior Code, § 11.01.01) (Ord. 133, passed - -; Ord. 468, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -) Penalty, see § 90.99

§ 90.02 DOMESTIC FOWLS AT LARGE.

   (A)   No person shall allow any ducks, geese, chickens or other domestic fowls to run at large in the city.

   (B)   No person shall enclose or house any ducks, geese, chickens or other domestic fowls in any house, pen, coup, enclosure or other building situated within a distance of 25 feet of any dwelling house, store or other building used as a residence of any person, or within 25 feet of any church, school or other public building.

   (C)   No person shall keep or allow to be kept on their property any domestic fowl rooster.

   (D)   Any violation of this section shall be a Class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punishable according to § 10.99 of this Code.

(Prior Code, § 11.01.02) (Ord. 468, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 971, passed 10-19-2020) Penalty, see § 90.99

§ 90.03 ANIMALS AT LARGE.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or suffer any horses, cattle, swine, sheep, goats or other animals to run at large in the city.

(Prior Code, § 11.01.03) (Ord. 468, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -) Penalty, see § 90.99

DOGS

§ 90.15 DOG(S) RUNNING AT LARGE.

   It is unlawful for any person to have any dog owned, controlled or harbored by such person to run at large on the streets, alleys or property of any other persons within the corporate limits.

(Prior Code, § 11.02.04) (Ord. 367, passed - -; Ord. 709, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -) Penalty, see § 90.99