[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977; Ord. 8137, passed 5-28-2015]
As used in this article, certain terms are defined as follows:
(a) LARGE ANIMALS — All individual species of the bovine (Bovidae),
equine (Equidae), and swine (Suidae) families.
(b) SMALL ANIMALS — Felines (Felidae), rabbits, hares, guinea pigs, chinchillas, hamsters, pigeons (except homing pigeons), rats and mice, except as provided in Section
1145.10.
(c) KEEPER or PERSON — Any person, firm or corporation owning or
actually keeping, having, using or maintaining any of the animals
herein referred to.
(d) PERSON — Any individual, firm or corporation.
(e) PERMIT — The permit issued by the City Clerk upon approval
by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(f) RATPROOF — A state of being constructed so as to effectively
prevent entry of rats.
(g) SANITARY — Any condition of good order and cleanliness, which
precludes the probability of disease transmission.
(h) CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER — The Director of the Department of
Code Enforcement or his authorized agents.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977]
No person shall keep, own, maintain, use or have in their possession
any animals as defined in this article, within the corporate limits
of the City, except that such animals may be kept under the conditions
hereinafter set forth, provided a permit is first obtained.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977]
A permit is required as a prerequisite to the keeping, owning,
maintaining, using or having possession of any animals as defined
in this article, and may be obtained from the City Clerk. Application
for such permit shall be filed with and approved by the Code Enforcement
Officer, who shall only approve the application after determining
that the applicant for such permit complies with all requirements
for such permit as set forth in this article.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977; Ord. 8137, passed 5-28-2015]
There shall be two classifications of permits that may be issued
under the provisions of this article as follows which permits shall
expire December 31 of each year:
(a) Permit for keeping of small animals, the fee for which shall be $25
per year or any fraction thereof. No permit or fee shall be required
if the small animal is housed in any dwelling, providing the total
number of small animals does not exceed three.
(b) Permit for keeping of large animals, the fee for which shall be $100
per year or any fraction thereof.
[Ord. 8137, passed 5-28-2015]
No permit shall be issued or be valid if issued for the permitting
or keeping within the City of a total of more than two large animals.
[Ord. 8137, passed 5-28-2015]
(a) Permits for the keeping of large animals shall be issued only to
those applicants who provide facilities for the keeping of such large
animals in quarters set out herein, which will confine such large
animals within limits not closer than 250 feet to the exterior limits
of any dwelling resided in by anyone other than the applicant, unless
such other building is owned by the applicant.
(b) Permits for the keeping of small animals shall be issued only to
those applicants who provide facilities for keeping of such small
animals in quarters set out herein, which will confine such small
animals within limits not closer than 25 feet to the exterior limits
of any dwelling resided in by anyone other than the applicant.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977]
(a) Upon obtaining a permit from the City Clerk as provided in Section
1145.03, every keeper of an animal shall comply with the following requirements:
(1)
Confine the animal in an enclosure sufficient to prevent its
running at large, maintain such enclosure in a clean and sanitary
condition at all times, and use an approved insecticide as often as
deemed necessary by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(2)
Provide a shelter or area of a size sufficient to be conducive
to good sanitation practices and provide adequate and sanitary drainage
for such shelter or area.
(3)
Cause the animal litter and droppings therefrom to be collected
daily in a container or receptacle of such type that when closed it
is ratproof and flytight, and after each such collection cause such
container or receptacle to be kept closed. At least twice a week,
cause all litter and droppings so collected to be disposed of in a
way so as to prevent the presence of fly larvae.
(4)
Cause all feed to be stored and kept in a ratproof, flytight
building, box, container or receptacle.
(b) The failure of any keeper of any animal to comply with the provisions
of this article or the sanitation standards and requirements established
by the Code Enforcement Officer shall be cause for such Officer to
revoke or refuse to approve issuance of such permit. The decision
of the Code Enforcement Officer shall be subject to review by Council
if the applicant or permittee feels such permit refusal or revocation
to be unjustified.
(c) The premises shall be subject to inspection by the Code Enforcement
Officer at any reasonable hour of the day.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977]
Dogs licensed as required by other laws or ordinances are exempt
from the permit and permit fee as required by this article, but where
more than two dogs are kept, all other provisions of this article,
applicable to small animals, shall be complied with.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977]
It shall be the duty of the permittee to maintain and operate
the housing and keeping of any animals in such a manner as not to
create a nuisance as determined by any court of competent jurisdiction.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977]
Medical laboratories, educational institutions, veterinary hospitals,
pet shops or other similar activities shall keep and maintain animals
under the same conditions as are prescribed by this article and with
the same distance and structural requirements herein set forth. Permits
for these types of institutions shall not be issued unless full compliance
with the Zoning Ordinance has first been met.
Whoever violates any provision of this article or fails to comply with any provision or order made thereunder, within a fixed time, shall severally, for each and every such violation or noncompliance respectively, be punished as provided in Section
101.99 of the Administrative Code.