City of Gloversville, NY
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2023-10-24
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 82 Animals
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Article VII Farm Animals
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 5 Business Improvement Districts
- Ch 6 Community Mental Health Board
- Ch 10 Continuity of Government
- Ch 15 Court
- Ch 21 Election Districts
- Ch 25 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 29 Fire Department
- Ch 38 Narcotic Guidance Council
- Ch 42 Officers and Employees
- Ch 47 Petty Cash Accounts
- Ch 50 Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals
- Ch 53 Purchasing
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 65 Alarms
- Ch 68 Address Registration for Real Property Owners
- Ch 69 Advertising Materials
- Ch 74 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 78 Amusements and Exhibitions
- Ch 81 Animal Control/Dogs and Cats
- Ch 82 Animals
- Ch 82 Art VII Farm Animals
- § 82-17 Definitions.
- § 82-18 Land requirements for keeping of farm animals.
- § 82-19 Exceptions.
- § 82-20 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 86 Auctions
- Ch 91 Bingo
- Ch 95 Blasting
- Ch 102 Building Construction and Fire Prevention
- Ch 106 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 110 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 111 (Reserved)
- Ch 115 Cable Television
- Ch 118 (Reserved)
- Ch 119 Credit Cards
- Ch 128 Empire Zone
- Ch 129 (Reserved)
- Ch 134 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 139 Excavations
- Ch 140 Expert Expense Reimbursement
- Ch 143 Fair Housing
- Ch 150 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 156 Gambling
- Ch 160 Games of Chance
- Ch 166 Historic Districts
- Ch 170 Housing Standards
- Ch 175 Littering
- Ch 182 Noise
- Ch 190 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 194 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 198 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 202 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 206 Poles and Wires
- Ch 211 Trees
- Ch 212 Property Maintenance
- Ch 213 Property and Building Nuisance Abatement
- Ch 214 Garbage Disposal and Collection
- Ch 215 Recyclables
- Ch 216 Landscaping; Visible Refuse; Litter and Unsanitary Conditions
- Ch 217 Snow and Ice
- Ch 218 Real Estate
- Ch 220 Vacant Buildings
- Ch 221 Records
- Ch 224 Salvia Divinorum
- Ch 225 City Code Administrative Appeals Panel
- Ch 226 Sanitation
- Ch 232 Sewer and Plumbing Rules
- Ch 236 Sewer Use
- Ch 245 Solid Waste
- Ch 250 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 254 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 261 Taxation
- Ch 264 Vehicle Usage by Elected Officials and Employees
- Ch 265 Taxicabs
- Ch 283 Unified Solar Permits
- Ch 284 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 288 Vehicles, Removal and Storage of
- Ch 294 Water
- Ch 300 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A304 Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 12-19-2000 by Ord. No. 16-2000]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes any of the following: horses, ponies, livestock,
cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, mules, donkeys, fowl and any other animals
customarily kept on a farm, but not including common household pets.
No farm animals shall be permitted on any tract of land within the City of Gloversville unless such tract of land consists of a minimum of five acres for the first animal. Additional farm animals may be kept, provided that the tract of land consists of one additional acre of land for each additional farm animal. Any farm animal found in violation of this article within the City of Gloversville, upon adoption of this ordinance, shall be removed from the City of Gloversville, and if not done so, the penalties imposed by § 82-20 herein shall apply thereto.
Upon approval by the City Clerk, of an application therefor, the provisions of § 82-18 may be temporarily set aside for a limited period of time to permit the possession, maintenance or harboring of a farm animal within the City of Gloversville for a properly sanctioned school, club or work project, provided that such animal or animals are suitably confined to prevent escape.
Any person violating any provision of this article
may be punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $250
or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 days, or both.
