The purpose of this chapter is to protect the
safety and health of the inhabitants of the city; to establish safeguards
for the keeping of bees, animals and poultry within the city; and
to provide for penalties for the violations thereof.
No person shall keep or harbor any bees in the
city. Any beehive used or occupied by bees is hereby declared to be
a nuisance; and it shall be unlawful to keep or maintain any such
hive in the city.
No person shall keep or harbor any chickens,
ducks, geese or other domesticated fowl in the city except in the
AR, Agricultural Residential Use Districts and F Industrial Use Districts
and not closer than 200 feet to any house, except the owner's, apartment
building, church, school, hospital or any other building customarily
used or occupied by human beings, such as but not limited to stores,
hotels, restaurants, offices and factories.
No person shall keep or harbor any cattle, horses
and sheep in the city except as follows:
A.
Cattle, horses and sheep may be kept in the city in
the AR, Agricultural District if maintained not closer than 100 feet
to any house except the owner's, apartment building, church, school,
hospital or any other building customarily used or occupied by human
beings, such as but not limited to stores, hotels, restaurants, offices
and factories.
B.
Every person maintaining animals as permitted in Subsection A of this section shall keep clean and sanitary every shed, barn or structure housing said animals. Every such shed, barn or structure shall be thoroughly cleaned at least once every 24 hours and refuse from the same shall, when collected, be kept in airtight containers until disposed of in accordance with any other provisions of this Code.
No person shall keep or harbor any goats, pigs
or swine in the city; and it shall be unlawful to keep or maintain
any goat pen, pig sty or other building for the housing of goats,
pigs or swine.
A.
No person, except a veterinarian at his regular place
of business shall maintain any establishment for hire or profit within
the city for the raising, training, boarding or selling of dogs or
cats, or where more than three dogs or cats are harbored or kept.
B.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the owner of a female
dog or cat may keep upon his premises the litter of such dog or cat
for a period not to exceed three months.
C.
Birds and other domesticated pets may be maintained
as pets if kept in a clean and sanitary manner and are not offensive
or dangerous.
