[Ord. No. 1032 Art. I §1, 10-21-1991]
Hospitals, clinics and other facilities operated by licensed veterinarians for the care and treatment of animals are exempt from all provisions of this Chapter, except Article II, Section 205.100.
[Ord. No. 1032 Art. I §2, 10-21-1991; Ord. No. 1073 §1, 3-1-1993; Ord. No. 2005, 7-6-2021]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ADEQUATE CARE
Normal and prudent attention to the needs of an animal, including that care which is normally necessary to maintain good health in the specific species of animal.
ADEQUATE FOOD
Wholesome foodstuffs suitable for the species provided at suitable intervals in a sanitary manner in quantities sufficient to maintain good health in an animal considering its age and condition.
ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE
The provision to each healthy animal of all immunizations and preventative care required to maintain good health; space adequate to allow the animal rest and exercise sufficient to maintain good health; grooming as required so that they are free from dangerous matting which affects their health; and the provision to each sick, diseased, or injured animal of necessary veterinary care or humane death.
ADEQUATE SHELTER
A structurally sound, properly ventilated, safe, sanitary and weatherproof shelter suitable for the species, condition and age of the animal, which provides access to shade from direct sunlight and regress from exposure to inclement weather conditions. The area where animals are kept must allow access to mud-free, dry ground and be kept free from unsanitary conditions, vermin-harboring debris, rodents, refuse, or any dangerous protuberances which can provide an opportunity for injury or a danger to the health of the animal. The shelter must be sized to accommodate the animal and allow retention of body heat and should be made of durable material with a solid floor. A sufficient quantity of clean, bedding material consisting of straw, or the equivalent, must provide insulation and protection against cold and dampness and provide for retention of body heat.
ADEQUATE WATER
A continual access to or access at suitable intervals to a supply of clean, fresh, potable water provided in a sanitary manner suitable for the species, condition and age of the animal in sufficient amounts to maintain good health in the animal. Such water will be provided in a secure manner so that the container cannot be overturned.
ADEQUATE VENTILATION
Conditions that allow for sufficient movement of air within an enclosure.
ANIMAL SHELTER
The facility operated by the City or its authorized agents for the purpose of impounding or caring for animals held under the authority of this Chapter or State law and in charge of a shelter superintendent employed by or duly authorized to act as such by the City.
ANIMALS
Any live, vertebrate creature, domestic or wild, other than humans.
ASSISTANCE DOG
A dog that has been or is being trained as a guide dog, hearing dog, or service dog. The above terms are further defined as follows:
1. 
Guide dog shall mean a dog that has been or is being specially trained to aid a particular blind or visually impaired person.
2. 
Hearing dog shall mean a dog that has been or is being specially trained to aid a particular deaf or hard of hearing person.
3. 
Service dog shall mean a dog that has been or is being specially trained to aid a particular person with a disability other than sight or hearing.
AT LARGE
Animals shall be deemed to be at large when off the property of the owner and not under restraint.
BITE
The puncturing or break of skin by the teeth or claws of an animal.
CAT
All domestic animals of the feline species, both male and female.
COLONY
Three (3) or more community cats.
COMMERCIAL ANIMAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any pet shop or grooming shop, auction, riding school, stable, kennel, guard dog service, dog trainer or business keeping animals in stock for retail or wholesale trade or any establishment performing one (1) or more of the principal activities of such establishments.
COMMUNITY CAT
Any feral or stray cat, regardless of socialization status.
DOG
All domestic animals of the canine species, both male and female, over six (6) months of age.
DOMESTIC ANIMAL
Any species of animal bred by human beings through several generations to select and successively achieve those qualities of domesticity required for the animals to live and/or work successfully with human beings.
EAR TIP
A mark identifying a community cat as having been sterilized, specifically, the removal of approximately three-eighths (3/8) of an inch off the tip of the cat's left ear in a straight line while the cat is anesthetized.
ELECTRONIC FENCE
A fence that controls the movement of a dog by emitting an electrical shock when the animal wearing the collar nears the boundary of the owner's, keeper's, harborer's or maintainer's property. The collar is controlled automatically in a predetermined manner.
FERRET
A small, elongated, fur-covered mammal that is domesticated.
HARBOR
To feed or shelter an animal at the same location for three (3) or more consecutive clays.
HUMANE OFFICER
The Supervisor of Animal Control, any Police Officer or any other person employed by the City to enforce this Chapter.
KENNEL OR CATTERY
The keeping, harboring or maintaining of six (6) or more dogs or cats or a combination thereof over the age of six (6) months upon a single tract.
LARGE ANIMAL
Any swine, bovine, goat, sheep, beast of burden or any other domestic or wild animal or similar or larger size, except dogs or cats of any kind.
LICENSE TAG
Any system of animal identification approved by the Supervisor of Animal Control or finance director that does not involve alteration or permanent marking of an animal.
LIVESTOCK
Domestic animals excluding small animals, dogs, cats, and fowl, but not limited to, horses, mules, donkeys, sheep, alpacas, goats, cattle, and swine.
OWNER
Any person owning, keeping, maintaining or otherwise having the care or control of an animal.
OWNING, KEEPING OR MAINTAINING
Feeding or sheltering any animal for three (3) or more consecutive days or professing ownership of such animal.
PESTS
Birds, rabbits or rodents which damage property or have an adverse effect on the public health but shall not include any endangered species listed by the United States Department of the Interior nor any endangered species listed in the State Wildlife Code.
PUBLIC NUISANCE
Any animal or group of animals that contains any animal that:
1. 
Molests any passerby or chases passing vehicles including bicycles;
2. 
Attacks any other animal;
3. 
Is in heat and not properly confined in such a manner that the dog will not be accessible to other dogs except for planned breeding, as provided in this Chapter;
4. 
Is not under restraint in violation of this Chapter;
5. 
Damages public or private property;
6. 
Barks, whines or howls in an excessive fashion, which is hereby defined as continuous or untimely so as to disturb the sleep of an individual who is a neighbor (a "neighbor" for this purpose is hereby defined as an individual residing in a residence structure that is within one hundred (100) yards of the property on which the animal is kept or harbored) and who does in writing state that he/she will so testify, if called upon to testify about such matter under oath;
7. 
Is ridden on public property without permission of the City or which obstructs or interferes with vehicular or pedestrian traffic;
8. 
Causes injury to people;
9. 
Threatens or causes a condition that endangers public health; or
10. 
Impedes refuse collection by ripping any bag or tipping any container of such or interferes with the collector thereof.
11. 
Soils, defiles or defecates on property other than property of a person responsible for the animal unless such waste is immediately removed and deposited in a waste container or buried on property where the person responsible for the animal has permission or the right to bury it.
RESTRAINT or RESTRAINED
Secured in a fully enclosed or fenced area; on a hand-held leash held by a person capable of controlling the animal; secured by an electronic containment system (dogs only); secured by a tether attached to a fixed object or structure that prevents the animal from coming within ten (10) feet of any public walkway or roadway; or while in transit, within a vehicle capable of preventing escape.
SMALL ANIMAL
Domestic animals, excluding livestock, dogs, cats, and fowl, including but not limited to the chinchilla, mink, rabbit, hamster, gerbil, guinea pig, parrot, or parakeet.
STRAY CAT
Any homeless or unrestrained cat without acceptable identification.
SUPERVISOR OF ANIMAL CONTROL
The person employed by the City as its Supervisor of Animal Control and shall also include the staff assigned to work under the direct control of the Supervisor of Animal Control, who may act through staff to perform any duty under this Chapter unless otherwise specifically stated.
TNR
Means trap, neuter, and return.
TNR PROGRAM
A method of controlling the community cat population by trapping, sterilizing, vaccinating against rabies, ear tipping, and returning the cats to the location where they were captured, in accordance with this Chapter.
TRESPASS
An act whereby a person breaches an established barrier on private property without express or implied consent of the owner. This definition shall not be construed to include children under twelve (12) years of age or persons whose purpose is the performance of public service or function.
WILD ANIMAL
Any animal that is predominantly freeroaming, as opposed to domesticated.
[Ord. No. 1032 Art. I §3, 10-21-1991]
It shall be unlawful for an owner, keeper, harborer or maintainer of any animal to allow or permit any such animal to become a public nuisance or to keep any animal that is or has become a public nuisance.
[Ord. No. 1032 Art. I §4, 10-21-1991]
No person shall cause or allow any place where an animal is or may be kept to become unclean and unwholesome.
[Ord. No. 1032 Art. I §5, 10-21-1991]
A. 
The following animals are hereby declared to be dangerous and the keeping or harboring of such animals within the City is prohibited, except as provided in Subsection (B) of this Section:
1. 
Lions, tigers, bears, leopards, ocelots, jaguars, cheetahs, margays, mountain lions, Canada lynx, bobcats, jaguarundi, hyenas, wolves and coyotes;
2. 
Non-human primates, raccoons, skunks and foxes;
3. 
Any deadly, dangerous or poisonous reptile;
4. 
Any other animal which is inherently dangerous because of past behavior, violations of this Chapter or the nature of the animal in relation to persons or domestic animals.
B. 
The animals listed in Subsection (A) of this Section may be kept in a properly maintained and licensed zoological park, circus, scientific or educational institution, research laboratory, veterinary hospital or animal refuge, only after such animals have been registered with the Supervisor of Animal Control.
C. 
The Supervisor of Animal Control may determine the keeping or harboring of the animals listed in Subsection (A) of this Section in the locations listed in Subsection (B) of this Section has become a threat to humans or domestic animals by virtue of:
1. 
Having inflicted a severe or fatal injury on a human being on public or private property. "Severe injury" means any physical injury, resulting directly from an animal's bite or strike, which results in death, broken bones, lacerations requiring stitches or hospitalization. The victim receiving severe injuries must provide the Supervisor of Animal Control a signed physician's statement documenting injury and treatment qualifying such as a severe injury or sign an authorization for release of such statement;
2. 
Having killed a domestic animal, livestock or poultry without provocation while off the owner's property;
3. 
Owning or harboring primarily or in part for the purpose of fighting or any animal trained for fighting;
4. 
Having bitten a human being, without provocation, on public or private property other than the property of the owner;
5. 
Having bitten while on the owner's property, without provocation, a human being other than the owner or a member of the owner's family who normally resides at the place where the animal is kept;
6. 
When unprovoked, chases or approaches a person upon the streets, sidewalks or any public grounds or private property, other than that property of the owner, in a menacing fashion or apparent attitudes of attack, regardless of whether or not a person is injured by the animal;
7. 
Possessing a known propensity, tendency or disposition to attack unprovoked, to cause injury or to otherwise threaten the safety of human beings or domestic animals.
D. 
Actions to be taken for an animal on which a determination has been made under Subsection (C) of this Section is as follows: The animal shall be humanely destroyed or removed from the City limits within forty-eight (48) hours after notification.
E. 
The use of plastic in the construction of cages or other structures used to harbor deadly, dangerous or poisonous reptiles is prohibited.
[Ord. No. 1032 Art. I §6, 10-21-1991]
A. 
No animals afflicted with a contagious or infectious disease shall be allowed to run at large or to be exposed in any public place whereby the health of man or beast may be affected; nor shall such diseased animal be shipped or removed from the premises of the owner thereof, except under the supervision of the Chief of Police or the Supervisor of Animal Control.
B. 
It is hereby made the duty of the Supervisor of Animal Control to secure such disposition of any diseased animal and such treatment of affected premises as to prevent the communication and spread of the contagion or infection, except in cases where the State veterinarian is empowered to act.
[Ord. No. 1032 Art. I §7, 10-21-1991]
It shall be unlawful to keep or harbor any bees in the City in agricultural areas and four hundred (400) feet from inhabitants other than the owners thereof. Any beehive used or occupied by bees in violation of this Section is hereby declared to be a nuisance. It shall be unlawful to keep or maintain any hive in the City except in areas four hundred (400) feet from inhabitants other than the owners thereof.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 205.080, Impoundment — Notice of Impoundment, and Section 205.090, Fees for Impounding and Keeping of Animals — Disposition of Unclaimed Animals, which derived from Ord. No. 1032 Art. I §8, 10-21-1991, were repealed 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. 2005.