(a)
It
shall be unlawful for any person to own, have, keep, maintain, feed,
house, stable, or permit or cause to be kept, maintained, fed, housed,
or stabled any livestock upon any premises or property within the
city unless such premises comprise an area of one (1) acre or more;
provided, however, the total or maximum number of three (3) such animals
so kept upon any such premises shall not exceed one (1) such animal
per acre of fenced-in land; provided further, this section shall not
apply to those areas or districts where slaughterhouses are permitted.
(b)
It
shall be unlawful for any person to have, keep, raise, breed, feed
or maintain upon any premises situated within the city limits any
hog, pig or swine of any kind, whether owned, claimed, held or under
his control or supervision.
(c)
The
city council may grant exemptions they deem appropriate from specific
provisions of this section upon formal request of property owners
for premises within areas zoned A/O agriculture-open space.
(d)
Each
request for exemption shall be in writing and include justification
for the request and assurance that granting such exemption will not
create a condition constituting a nuisance or health hazard.
(1978 Code, sec. 5-9)
It shall be unlawful for any person to own, have, keep, maintain,
feed, house, stable, or cause or permit to be owned, kept, maintained,
fed, housed or stabled any livestock upon any premises in the city
within a distance of two hundred (200) feet of any church, school
or other public building or residential unit. Where livestock, at
the time of passage of this chapter, are being kept, maintained, fed,
housed or stabled lawfully upon premises within the limits of the
city and do not constitute a nuisance or health hazard, the distance
provisions set out herein shall not apply.
(1978 Code, sec. 5-10)
It shall be unlawful for any livestock to be tied or staked
upon any open or unfenced lot on land within the city.
(Ordinance 840-18 adopted 4/23/18)
It shall be unlawful for any person who may own or control any
premises, lots, yards, stables, barns or pens upon and on which any
livestock are kept to maintain, keep or conduct such premises, or
cause or permit the same to be maintained or kept, in such an unclean,
odorous and unsanitary condition as to be a public nuisance. If, upon
inspection or examination, any such premises are found to be in such
an unclean and unsanitary condition as to be a public nuisance, the
health officer shall give notice in writing to any owner, lessee,
agency, manager or other person in charge or control of such premises
to cause such premises to be cleaned and placed in a sanitary condition
and abate such nuisance within a reasonable time. Failure to do so
shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(1978 Code, sec. 5-12)
If any livestock are found upon the premises of anyone, the
owner or occupant of said premises shall have the right to confine
such animals until he can notify the animal control authority to come
and impound such animals, provided the same is done in a reasonable
time. When so notified, it shall be the duty of said officer to impound
such animals.
(1978 Code, sec. 5-13)
It shall be the duty of the animal control officer or city police
to cause any livestock found at-large to be taken up and impounded.
(1978 Code, sec. 5-14)
Any owner of any livestock impounded as hereinbefore provided
may redeem said livestock before the sale by paying the expenses of
keeping the same and the fee for impounding and boarding.
(1978 Code, sec. 5-15)
If the owner of any livestock so taken up and placed in the
animal shelter does not, either by himself or by agent, apply for
the same within twenty-four (24) hours, the animal shall be turned
over and processed by the county sheriff’s department as an
estray.
(1978 Code, sec. 5-16)
The animal control officer shall collect a fee equal to the
amount charged to the city by the designated holding facility.
(Ordinance 907-19 adopted 11/25/19)
It shall be unlawful for any person to take any livestock that
has been impounded by the animal control authority out of the animal
shelter or the designated holding facility without the permission
of the animal control authority and paying the applicable fees and
charges.
(Ordinance 907-19 adopted 11/25/19)
