[Ord. No. 21-1, 1-6-2021]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person within the City to own, keep
or harbor on their premises any horse, cattle, cow, swine, or any
similar animal.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person within the City to own, keep
or harbor on their premises any chickens, ducks, turkeys, pigeons,
or other domestic fowl.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person within the City to own, keep
or harbor on their premises any wild or undomesticated animal or reptile
of any kind.
[Ord. No. 21-1, 1-6-2021]
No person shall be permitted to engage in the raising of animals,
fowl, or reptiles for commercial purposes in the City.
[Ord. No. 21-1, 1-6-2021]
A. Running At Large Prohibited — Leash Requirements. It shall be an offense under this Section for any owner of any dog or puppy to permit or allow such dog or puppy, whether licensed or not, to run at large by permitting or allowing such dog to go off the premises of such owner or any keeper thereof, unless such dog or puppy is under "restraint," as such term is defined in Section
205.010. In any prosecution charging a violation of the provisions of this Section
205.040, proof that a dog or puppy was running at large in violation of this Section, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was, at the time of the violation, the owner of such dog or puppy, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the owner of such dog or puppy was the person that permitted such dog or puppy to run at large. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to dogs used for tracking in conjunction with police activities, nor to dogs under the control of the St. Louis County Police Department, City of St. Louis, or other municipal police force, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, any Federal Law Enforcement Agency, or the Armed Forces of the United States, while being used to conduct official business or being used for official purposes.
B. Attack Or Threat Of Attack. It shall be an offense for any owner
of any dog or puppy, whether licensed or not, to encourage, permit,
or allow such dog or puppy to, without provocation:
2.
Threaten to attack or bite; or
3.
Otherwise approach, charge, or chase, in a threatening or vicious
manner or apparent attitude of attack, any person(s), or domestic
animals, dogs, or cats restrained by any person passing upon the public
streets or sidewalks or any public grounds or private property, other
than the property of that owner; or
4.
Otherwise cause fear or annoyance to:
a.
Such persons, regardless of whether any person is actually injured
by such dog or puppy; or
b.
The neighborhood generally.
An owner's absence from the premises or his or her unwillingness
or inability to restrain his or her dog or puppy, whether on owner's
premises or off, shall not be a defense to any violation of this Section.
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C. Public Nuisance. The owner of any dog, puppy or any other animal
is guilty of creating a public nuisance if such owner allows its dog,
puppy, or other animal to:
1.
Molest passersby or passing bicycles or vehicles;
3.
Trespass on school grounds;
4.
Damage public or private property, other than private property
of the owner of such animal; or
5.
Excessively or continuously bark, whine, or howl in violation of Section
205.070.
D. Failure To Control. It shall be unlawful for an owner or other competent
person to fail to properly govern the behavior of an animal to the
point that the animal bites a person or other domestic animal or exhibits
an unprovoked threat of attacking or biting a person or domestic animal
regardless of whether the animal is on or off leash. This can occur
anywhere in the City including the owner's curtilage, unless
such actions are caused by a person unlawfully entering the owner's
property.
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It shall be unlawful for any person owning, controlling, possessing,
having the management or care, in whole or in part, of any dog or
other animal, whether licensed or not, to allow or permit such animal
to defecate upon any private property owned by another, or public
property, unless such person shall remove all feces so deposited by
such animal.
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A. It shall be considered unlawful and declared a public nuisance for
any animal to continually screech, bark, meow, howl, yelp, or chase
vehicles or otherwise annoy a neighbor or neighborhood and any owner
of such animal, upon being notified to do so by any officer of the
City or the Police Department of the City, shall take such action
as may be necessary to prevent the animal from continuing the acts
constituting the nuisance or shall dispose of such animal.
B. Five (5) days after such notice, as provided for in Subsection
(A) hereof, is given by the City or a representative thereof to the owner or possessor of such animal, or the person occupying the premises where such animal is located, of a violation of Subsection
(A), the failure to control or prevent a continuation of the acts complained of shall be prima facie evidence of the causing, allowing or creation by such owner or possessor, so notified, of a public nuisance.
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If any dog, cat or other animal running at large shall commit
a nuisance upon the premises of someone other than the owner by damaging
or defacing the property or improvements on the property or by depositing
excrement or other matter, solid or liquid, on the property, the owner
of such dog or cat, upon being notified to do so by any officer of
the City, shall take such action as may be necessary to prevent the
dog or cat from continuing the acts constituting the nuisance or shall
dispose of the dog or cat and failure to do so shall constitute a
violation of this Article.
[Ord. No. 20-14, 10-7-2020; Ord. No. 21-1, 1-6-2021]
A. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
FIREARM
Any rifle, shotgun, weapon, or similar mechanism by whatever
name known, which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles
through a gun barrel, tube, pipe, cylinder, or similar device by the
action of any explosive. The term "firearm" shall not apply to devices
used exclusively for commercial, industrial or vocational purposes.
B. No person shall hunt any wild game, birds or animals with a firearm
or archery device within the City.
C. It shall be prima facie evidence and proof of the violation of this
Section if it is established that any person carrying firearms or
archery devices and cartridges, bullets, shells or arrows, whether
such person is accompanied by hunting dogs or not, is found in any
open fields, woods, lots or other places where wild game, birds or
animals are or may reasonably be expected to be found.
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