(a)
General prohibition.
It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to keep livestock within the city limits.
(b)
Allowable keeping of livestock.
Livestock may be kept
within the city provided they comply with one of the following exceptions
and are kept in compliance with all other provisions of this chapter:
(1)
Livestock may be transported through the city provided they do not
remain within the city limits for more than 12 hours.
(2)
Livestock may be kept within the city for a time not to exceed 24
hours for the purpose of performing in circuses, parades, rodeos and
other public exhibitions.
(3)
Livestock may be kept in that part of the city which is within 300
feet of the city limits provided that they are not located within
50 feet of a structure that is occupied by any person any part of
the day or night.
(1999 Code, sec. 18-232; Ordinance 09-02-03, sec. 1, adopted 9/17/2002)
Each place in the city used for keeping any livestock shall
be kept free of offensive odors, flies and rodents, and shall have
a suitable manure box or container in which all manure and droppings
shall be placed daily. Each such box or container shall be securely
screened or otherwise protected from flies, vermin and rodents and
shall be cleaned out and disinfected at least once a week. Manure
from such boxes shall not be left in open stacks but shall be removed
or buried.
(1999 Code, sec. 18-233)
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any livestock in
or on any lot, pen, building, parcel of land, stable or other enclosure
in the city, any part of which lot, pen, building, stable, parcel
of land or other enclosure is nearer than 50 feet to any building
occupied by any person any part of the day or night. A minimum of
400 square feet of area shall be required for such animal unit, and
not more than two animal units shall be in any lot, pen, building,
stable, enclosure or parcel of land. An animal unit is defined as
follows: four sheep, four goats, one horse, one cow, one mule, one
donkey.
(1999 Code, sec. 18-234)
The provisions with regard to minimum area requirements for
animals shall not apply to slaughterhouses if the keeping of animals
is incidental to slaughtering them and is for a temporary period not
exceeding seven days.
(1999 Code, sec. 18-239)
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any livestock within
the corporate limits of the city without first having the animal vaccinated
against rabies annually.
(1999 Code, sec. 18-235; Ordinance
adopting 2018 Code)
(a)
General prohibition.
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to keep any swine within the city limits at any time, for any reason.
(b)
Allowable keeping of swine.
It shall be unlawful for
any person to keep live swine within the limits of the city, except
for the keeping of live swine under direct supervision by and upon
premises owned by public schools.
(c)
Penalty.
Any person, firm or individual who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each and every day the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Ordinance 555, secs. 1, 6, adopted 6/15/1971; 1999 Code, secs. 18-231, 18-261,
18-266; Ordinance 09-02-03, secs.
2, 3, adopted 9/17/2002; Ordinance
adopting 2018 Code)
(a)
Prohibition.
No person shall keep, raise and confine
at any place or location within the incorporated limits of the city
living chickens, turkeys, ducks, guinea fowl and pheasants, or any
one of such types of poultry.
(b)
Enforcement.
It shall be the duty of the city police,
city officials and other peace officers of the city to make inspections
to determine violations of this section and to report such violations
to city hall.
(c)
Notice of violation.
It shall be the duty of the city
secretary by letter to notify such person violating the provisions
of this section of a reported violation of this section. The owner
or owners of poultry shall have 24 hours after receipt of such written
notice within which to remove such poultry from the city limits.
(Ordinance 545, secs. 1–4,
adopted 10/5/1959; 1999 Code,
secs. 18-301–18-304; Ordinance adopting 2018
Code)
