It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor within the City
any poultry or fowl except upon property zoned for agricultural or poultry-dressing
uses and upon which the keeping or harboring of poultry and fowl is not prohibited.
No coop, pen or other enclosure shall be within 10 feet of any street or within
50 feet of any dwelling or other structure frequented by human beings.
It shall be the duty of each person who keeps or harbors any animal
or fowl within the City to maintain the stable, pen or other enclosure wherein
such animal or fowl is kept or harbored in a clean and sanitary condition
at all times and in such manner as to prevent offensive odors, liquids or
substances to emanate therefrom and so as not to constitute a nuisance.
Any animal or fowl which constitutes a public nuisance as defined in §
48-3A or which is found running at large in violation of §
48-3B shall be subject to immediate impoundment by any police officer of the City or by any other public officer or employee having proper authority to take up and impound dogs or other animals and fowl, provided that if any animal which is subject to impoundment pursuant to this section is vicious or rabid and cannot safely be taken into custody by the impounding officer, the impounding officer may, if he considers such action to be necessary, forthwith destroy such vicious or rabid animal.
The impounding officer, upon taking into custody any fowl or animal other than a dog pursuant to §
48-4, shall take such animal or fowl to a pound or animal shelter designated for such purpose by the legislative body (or by the Mayor or Chief of Police, if the legislative body has not acted on the premises), and he shall then notify the Chief of Police of all pertinent facts. The Chief of Police shall then notify the owner or keeper of the impounded animal or fowl, if such person's identity is known or can be ascertained without unreasonable effort and he shall then cause to be prepared a notice which described the impounded animal or fowl and states the reason for impoundment, the time and place of taking up the animal or fowl and the place of impoundment and further states that such animal or fowl will be sold at auction by a police officer at a designated place on a designated day and hour, which shall be not less than five nor more than eight days from the date of the notice, unless such animal or fowl is redeemed by its owner or keeper prior to the designated date and hour of sale. Copies of this notice shall be posted promptly on the City Hall bulletin board and at four other public places within the City.
Any animal or fowl impounded pursuant to this chapter may be redeemed
by its owner or keeper at any time prior to its sale or other final disposition
upon payment to the Chief of Police of the actual cost of its board, shelter
and care during the period of its impoundment and the actual cost, if any,
of taking it up and conveying it to the place of impoundment, plus an impoundment
fee of $0.50 for a fowl or $1 for an animal other than a horse or other beast
of burden or $2 for a horse or other beast of burden, provided that the payment
of such costs and impoundment fee shall not be construed as a bar to prosecution
for any violation of state law, this Code or other ordinance.
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave a horse or other beast
of burden upon any street or other unenclosed place unless such animal is
attended by and under the control of some responsible person or unless such
animal is securely tethered in such manner as to prevent such animal from
endangering the safety of persons or property.
It shall be unlawful to ride or drive any animal upon the streets or
public places in the City in such manner or at such speed as to endanger the
safety of any person or property.
It shall be unlawful for any person to match cocks or other fowl in
any fight against each other or to attend or wager upon the outcome of any
such fight.
Animal and fowl carcasses found upon private property shall be disposed
of by the occupant of such property or by the owner if such property has no
occupant within eight hours and in a lawful and sanitary manner which does
not endanger the health of any person, animal or fowl. Any carcass not so
disposed of within eight hours shall be disposed of by the City at the expense
of the occupant or owner of the premises upon which such carcass is found,
pursuant to regulations or instructions promulgated or given by the Police
Department, and carcasses found upon the streets or public places within the
City shall be disposed of promptly by the City pursuant to such regulations
or instructions.