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)