[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Walhalla as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-26-1976 by Ord. No. 1976-14; amended in its entirety 10-16-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-12]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep or maintain any horses, mules, cows, sheep, goats, hogs, pigs, shoats, swine or other livestock or any chickens, turkeys or other barnyard fowl within the City of Walhalla other than as provided for below:
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One horse or cow per acre may be kept within the Cane Creek Basin, described as the 100-year floodplain and as shown on the FEMA map and further described in the City of Walhalla Zoning Ordinance (see Chapter 230, Part 1).
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On parcels or lots greater than two acres in size, chickens, horses and cows may be maintained. The animals must be kept on the property.
The keeping of such livestock and fowl other than as prescribed above is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and the Chief of Police of the City of Walhalla is hereby authorized and directed to abate such nuisance.
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It is hereby declared that the riding of horses on sidewalks within the City of Walhalla is prohibited.
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The riding of horses on Main Street, North Catherine Street (from Main Street to Cane Creek), South and North Church Street, College Street and North and South Broad Streets may be permitted upon approval of the City Zoning Administrator. Horses on these specific streets may be permitted for parades, weddings, festivals or other occasions; however, prior to the event, the coordinator of the event must provide an acceptable safety and cleanup program, ensuring the health, safety and welfare of the community as it relates to the horses.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Any person, firm or corporation keeping or maintaining such livestock or fowl within the City of Walhalla shall be punished by fine or imprisonment within the discretion of the Municipal Judge of the City of Walhalla, and each day that such person, firm or corporation shall keep or maintain such livestock in violation of the above section shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
This article shall take effect after the date of its adoption by the City Council of the City of Walhalla. All livestock and fowl shall be removed from the City limits within two years of the adoption of this article, except as provided in § 111-1A and B.
[Adopted 4-18-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-3[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. II, Dog Control, adopted 4-26-1976 by Ord. No. 1976-15, as amended, and Art. III, Dogs Running at Large, adopted 6-9-1980 by Ord. No. 1980-4, as amended.
"Regulations for Controlling Dogs."
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It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any vicious or ferocious dog within the corporate limits of the City.
B. 
If any person or property is injured or damaged by any such dog, the owner of such dog shall be prima facie guilty of a violation of this section.
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A "vicious dog" is defined as an animal with a propensity, tendency or disposition to attack, to cause injury, or to otherwise endanger the safety of human beings or domestic animals; or any animal which attacks a human being or domestic animal one or more times without provocation; or any animal which has been quarantined for the second time for biting humans.
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The howling or barking of any dog to such an extent as to interfere materially with or affect the health, comfort or peace and quiet of the people is hereby declared a nuisance if said noise is made by a dog and continuing for more than four cumulative minutes in any sixty-minute period.
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It shall also be a nuisance to permit a dog to molest other dogs or pet animals, or to permit a dog to damage or destroy flowers, ornamental shrubs, or property of others. A diseased or mangy dog is likewise declared to be a nuisance.
C. 
Any person harboring, keeping in possession, or having custody or control of any dog which constitutes a nuisance, as defined in this section, who shall fail or refuse to take such action or do such things as will abate such nuisance when required, in writing, to do so by the Chief of Police shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to own or have in possession any dog which has not been inoculated against rabies within the preceding 12 months by a licensed veterinarian.
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It shall be the duty of each person having a dog inoculated against rabies to obtain from the veterinarian at the time of inoculation a metal badge or tag so prepared as to be capable of being attached to the collar of the dog, which badge or tag shall bear an inscription showing that such dog has been inoculated against rabies and the year of such inoculation. This badge or tag shall, at all times, be attached to the collar of the dog so inoculated. If any dog is found to not have said tags attached, the owner of such dog shall be guilty of a violation of this section.
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Except as otherwise provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to remove from the collar of a dog the metal tag or badge thereto attached and which was issued by a duly licensed veterinarian at the time of issuance of a certificate in accordance with this article.
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It shall be the duty of the owner or any person having control of any animal to securely confine such animal while such animal is in heat.
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It shall be the duty of any police officer, animal control officer or other designated agent to impound any such animal not confined as required in this section.
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It shall be unlawful for an owner of any dog to permit such dog to be at large, off the premises or property of the owner, without keeping such dog under restraint by a leash and in the control of a competent person.
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It shall be unlawful to allow dogs to cause damage or destruction to, or defecate on, public or private property other than on the property of the person owning or harboring such dog.
C. 
Dog owners walking dogs on public property, including parks, natural areas, and sidewalks, where allowed, must clean up after their dogs.
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This provision shall not apply for a service animal in performance of its trained duties.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined an amount not to exceed $200 or imprisoned for not to exceed 30 days, or both. In the case of continuing violations, each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this article are severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this article shall be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid by a judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, the same being final, such a judgment shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this article.