It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
own, have, keep, maintain, feed, house, stable or permit or cause
to be owned, kept, maintained, fed, housed or stabled any livestock,
except sheep and/or goats, as provided herein upon any premise or
property within the city, unless such premise allows for at least
one (1) acre of land for grazing. The maximum heads of livestock,
except for sheep and/or goats, to be kept upon any such premise inside
the city shall not exceed one (1) head or one (1) animal per one and
one-half (1-1/2) acres of land.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
own, have, keep, maintain, feed, house, stable or permit or cause
to be owned, kept, maintained, fed, housed or stabled any sheep or
goat upon any premise or property within the city, unless such premise
allows for at least one (1) acre for grazing. The number of sheep
and/or goats to be kept upon any such premise inside the city shall
not exceed two (2) sheep and/or goats per one and one-half (1-1/2)
acres of land.
Land which has been designated as agricultural use by the Washington
County Appraisal District shall be exempt from the requirements of
this section.
(Ordinance O-19-008, sec. 3, adopted 2/21/19)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
own, have, keep, maintain, feed, house, stable or permit or cause
to be owned, kept, maintained, fed, housed or stabled any livestock,
including rabbits, within a distance of two hundred (200) feet from
any church, school, or public building. The measurement of the distance
between the livestock and any church, school, or public building shall
be from the point of the livestock enclosure closest to the church,
school, or public building to the property line of the church, school,
or public building closest to the livestock enclosure.
(Ordinance O-19-008, sec. 3, adopted 2/21/19)
It shall be unlawful for any person who may own or control any
premises, lots, yards, stables, barn or pens where 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 and unsanitary
condition as to be a public nuisance. If upon inspection or examination
by the animal control authority or the city’s code enforcement
officer any such premises are found to be in such an unclean and unsanitary
condition as to be a public nuisance, written notice shall be given
to the property owner, lessee or any other person in charge or control
of such premises to cause such premise to be cleaned and placed in
a sanitary condition and abate such nuisance within three (3) business
days from the date of said notice. A failure to do so shall be unlawful
and in violation of this chapter.
(Ordinance O-19-008, sec. 3, adopted 2/21/19)
It shall be the duty of the animal control authority and or
any licensed peace officer to impound any livestock found to be running
at large.
If any livestock are found upon private property, the owner
or occupant of said private property shall have the right to confine
such animal until the city’s animal control authority can be
notified and said animal is impounded as outlined in this chapter.
(Ordinance O-19-008, sec. 3, adopted 2/21/19)
It shall be the duty of the animal control authority, upon the
impoundment, care and control of any livestock, to post written notice,
within seventy-two (72) hours, at three (3) public places in the city;
one (1) of which shall be City Hall. Notice shall describe said livestock
and state that if it is not claimed within ten (10) business days
it will become the property of the city and will be disposed of as
provided for in this chapter.
(Ordinance O-19-008, sec. 3, adopted 2/21/19)
The owner of any impounded livestock may reclaim the livestock
by showing proof of ownership and paying all fees associated with
the impounding and boarding of the livestock.
(Ordinance O-19-008, sec. 3, adopted 2/21/19)
If the owner of the impounded livestock in the care and control
of the city’s animal control authority does not claim said livestock
within ten (10) business days of posting notice, the livestock shall
become the property of the city. The city’s animal control authority
may sell, place for adoption, donate or humanely destroy the livestock.
(Ordinance O-19-008, sec. 3, adopted 2/21/19)
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, possess or maintain
in the city more than four (4) rabbits. It shall also be unlawful
for any pens, enclosure, hutches, cages or other structure in which
any such rabbits are kept, possessed or maintained to be within fifty
(50) feet of any neighboring structure. The residence of the owner
or person possessing such rabbits is exempt from this section.
The owner or person possessing such rabbits shall:
(1)
Keep
all pens, enclosures, hutches, cages and other structures where rabbits
are kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times.
(2)
Collect
all litter and droppings daily and stored in a fly-tight container
and hauled away at intervals not to exceed ten (10) days.
(Ordinance O-19-008, sec. 3, adopted 2/21/19)
It shall be unlawful for any person to have, keep, raise, breed,
feed or maintain upon any premise situated within the city, any hog,
pig or swine of any kind, including pot-bellied pigs. An exception
to this section shall be animal shelters, veterinary establishments,
government agencies, exhibitions at county facilities, or other animal
establishments located on property zoned for those purposes. However,
such establishments must meet sanitation requirements and all hogs,
pigs, or swine must be kept in secure cages or pens.
(Ordinance O-19-008, sec. 3, adopted 2/21/19)
