[Adopted 3-8-1993 by Ord. No. 1512 (Ch. 2, Part 5, of the 1995 Code)]
A. 
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
ANIMAL
Any domestic animal or fowl, any wild animal or any household pet.
DOMESTIC ANIMAL
Any animal normally or ordinarily domesticated or raised in this area and climate as livestock or for work or breeding purposes or normally or ordinarily kept as a household pet.
HOUSEHOLD PET
Any dog, cat or other domestic animal normally and ordinarily kept in or permitted to be at large in the dwelling of its owner.
LARGE ANIMAL
Any wild or domestic animal of the bovine, equine, sheep, porcine or reptile family.
OWNER
Any person having a right of property in any animal or having custody of any animal, or any person who harbors or permits an animal to remain on or around his or her property.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
SMALL ANIMAL
Any wild or domestic animal, such as a rabbit, hare, guinea pig, rat, mouse, or chinchilla; and any wild or domestic fowl, such as a chicken, turkey, goose, duck or pigeon (excepting homing pigeons).
WILD ANIMAL
Any animal, including bird, fowl or reptile, not normally or ordinarily domesticated, not normally or ordinarily raised in this area and climate as livestock or for work or breeding purposes, or not capable of being kept as a household pet.
B. 
In this article, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any pigs, hogs or swine at any place within the City of DuBois with the exception of Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs, which have been domesticated and are now marketed as exotic household pets.
[Amended 6-10-1996 by Ord. No. 1560]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any domestic animals, except household pets, except as provided in this section.
A. 
Large animals shall be confined in quarters no part of which shall be closer than 100 feet from the exterior limits of any dwelling or of any property line.
B. 
Small animals shall be kept confined in quarters no part of which shall be closer than 10 feet from the exterior limits of any dwelling or of any property line.
C. 
The keeper of every such animal shall confine the same in an enclosure sufficient to prevent such animal from running at large, and such enclosure shall be of a size and construction conducive to the animal's health, and adequate sanitary drainage facilities shall be provided.
D. 
Every keeper of any animal shall cause the litter and droppings therefrom to be collected daily in a container or receptacle that, when closed, shall be ratproof and flytight, and after every such collection shall cause such container or receptacle to be kept closed. At least twice a week, every such keeper shall cause all litter and droppings so collected to be disposed of in such manner as not to permit the presence of fly larvae.
E. 
Every keeper of any animal shall cause all feed provided therefor to be stored and kept in a ratproof and flytight building, box, container or receptacle.
[Amended 6-10-1996 by Ord. No. 1560]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any household pet except as provided in this section.
A. 
If any such pet shall be kept in a dwelling owned or occupied by its owner, such owner shall be required to follow such procedures and practices, as to the number of such pets to be kept there and as to sanitation, to ensure that no public nuisance shall be created or maintained and no threat to the health of persons living elsewhere than in such dwelling shall be created.
B. 
If any such household pet shall be kept in an enclosure outside such dwelling, such pet shall be kept confined in quarters no part of which shall be closer than five feet from the exterior limits of any property line.
Any violation of this article that would also violate any state law shall be prosecuted under that state law and not under this article.
[Amended 7-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1544; at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment, to undergo imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.