Prospectively, it is hereby declared a nuisance for any person
and/or entity to keep within the Village of Granville any cattle,
cows, horses, sheep, swine, goats, roosters, guinea hens, poultry
(with the exception of chicken hens, which will be regulated as provided
below herein), ducks, geese or other livestock except as provided
as follows:
A. Within any portion of the Village zoned Ag-1 Agricultural.
B. This article and the interpretation thereof shall not apply to livestock
brought into the Village temporarily for the purpose of being immediately
shipped out of the Village of Granville.
C. The keeping of any such animals otherwise prohibited by this article
may be permitted by applying for a special permit from the Village
Board. Such permits may be issued for temporary purposes to permit
circus performances, or other public exhibition or entertainment events
or such other matters as the Village Board shall deem appropriate
within the reasonable, rational discretion of the Village Board of
the Village of Granville.
D. This article shall not apply to any of the above species that have
been declared to be a nuisance herein, to the extent that the same
presently exists in the Village of Granville for a period of six months
from the date of passage of this article.
E. In reference to chicken hens, the same will be allowable and excepted
from being declared a nuisance only if in compliance with the following
provisions and regulations of this article solely for children who
are members of 4-H and Future Farmers of America (FFA):
(1) "Chicken Hens" (hereinafter "hens") shall mean the female of the
species gallus gallus domesticas. Guinea hens are not chicken hens
for purposes of this article, and guinea hens are prohibited.
(2) It is again specifically declared that it shall be unlawful and is
declared a nuisance to keep roosters within the Village limits except
in Ag-1 zoning.
(3) The combined number of hens allowed shall be no more than six per
premises.
(4) Hens shall at all times be confined within an appropriate enclosure
which shall be kept and maintained in accordance with provisions of
the Village of Granville Zoning Ordinance in reference to buildings and accessory structures, and/or
the same shall be otherwise appropriately restrained.
(5) No such enclosure or restraint shall be located closer than 10 feet
to any residential structure on any adjacent premises.
(6) The owner and occupier and each of them of any area where a hen and/or
hens are kept shall keep and maintain the same in a clean and sanitary
condition at all times.
(7) Additionally, the keeping and maintaining of said area in a clean
and sanitary condition shall include, but not be limited to, prohibiting
the accumulation of any waste material from the keeping of hens in
such a manner as to create and/or allow either any offensive odor
and/or any violation of any other nuisance ordinance of the Village
of Granville.
(8) Any person keeping hens shall be required to apply for and obtain
a permit regarding the keeping of hens from the Village of Granville,
which permit shall be applied for through the office of the Village
Clerk of the Village of Granville, and the approval of any such permit
shall be authorized by the Building Inspector or such other appropriate
agent of the Village as the Village President and/or Village Board
may from time to time designate. The initial permit must be applied
for and obtained within 30 days from the effective date of this article
with the annual cost of any such permit to be in the amount of $20
per year, except that in reference to any permit obtained after May
1, 2017, shall cover the time frame until May 1, 2018, which would
be the commencement of the next fiscal year of the Village. Following
May 1, 2018, any permit applied for during a year shall be valid only
until the commencement of the next fiscal year. There shall be no
proration of the permit cost.
(9) At the time of seeking the application herein, there needs to be
presented verification of the child's membership in either 4-H
or Future Farmers of America (FFA).
(10)
Additionally, each owner and occupier of premises seeking and/or
obtaining a permit authorizes by the filing of the permit application
the Building Inspector and/or other appropriate agent as may be designated
on behalf of the Village of Granville from time to time by the Village
President and the Village Board to perform such reasonable inspections
as the Building Inspector and/or other appropriate agent of the Village
deems appropriate in the circumstances in reference to any premises
concerning which a permit has been applied for and/or issued at any
and all times.
(11)
Any permit issued in reference to any subject premises shall
not run with the land; any subsequent owner and/or occupier must apply
on his or her own for any permit.
(12)
Additionally, no owner, occupier and/or other person and/or
entity shall slaughter any hen or any other animal within the Village
of Granville Village limits except within an area zoned Ag-1 and/or
in connection with the operation of a lawful business operation on
premises appropriately maintained and zoned for such business and/or
industrial activity.
(13)
Pigeons are not considered poultry for purposes of this article,
and are thus not covered by this article.
(14)
Any and all chicken hens kept on premises within the corporate
limits of the Village of Granville shall meet any and all requirements
for health and safety as set forth by the Illinois Department of Agriculture
and shall be so certified with proof of certification to the Village
of Granville upon application for a permit herein.
Additionally, the Chief of Police of the Village of Granville
shall have the power to issue an order prohibiting the keeping of
any other animal, fowl or bird not otherwise defined herein which
is deemed within the appropriate reasonable and rational discretion
of the Chief of Police of the Village of Granville to pose a health
hazard to the general public.
In addition to all other lawful remedies, this article may be
enforced by injunctive relief and/or the imposition of fines as provided
below herein and/or by any other lawful means.
In addition to other remedies allowable by law, any person and/or
entity that violates any provision of this article shall be fined
not less than $50 nor more than $750 for each violation. Additionally,
each violation of a section of this article and any violation which
exists on an additional separate day, shall constitute an additional
separate violation of this article. Additionally, notwithstanding
anything else provided herein, it is expressly provided that in the
event that any person and/or entity shall plead guilty and/or be convicted
of a violation of this article on three or more occasions, any permit
issued to such person pursuant to the above may be revoked without
further notice upon or at any time following the third conviction
of a violation of this article.