It shall be unlawful for any person other than a veterinarian to keep any live swine within the city limits for a longer period than 24 hours except as follows:
(1) 
Swine kept at FFA or 4-H facilities sponsored by a public school district or Texas Cooperative Extension;
(2) 
Swine kept at a facility owned or sponsored by a livestock show association;
(3) 
Swine being prepared for sale at a livestock sale facility within the city;
(4) 
Swine awaiting slaughter at a licensed processing facility.
(1994 Code, sec. 90.22; Ordinance 2011-39 adopted 11/28/11)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to allow an estray(s) to be unattended upon any public street, alley, and thoroughfare or upon the property of another in the corporate city limits. The person, firm, or corporation having ownership or right to immediate control of such estray(s) shall have the burden to keep such estray(s) off the public streets, alleys, and thoroughfares or the property of another in the city.
(1994 Code, sec. 90.23; Ordinance 2011-39 adopted 11/28/11)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep or harbor within the corporate limits of the city any horse, cow, mule, jack, jennet, goat, sheep, rabbit, hare or pigeon without first having applied for and obtained a permit so to do from the city.
(1994 Code, sec. 90.29; Ordinance 2011-39 adopted 11/28/11)
(a) 
Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to keep any animal or animals referred to in section 3.05.032 within the corporate limits of the city shall make written application under oath to the city building official for a permit so to do.
(b) 
Such application shall set forth the following information:
(1) 
The name and address of the applicant;
(2) 
The address of the premises at which the applicant desires to keep the animal or animals;
(3) 
The number and kind of animals desired to be kept;
(4) 
The ground space available for harboring the animals;
(5) 
Such other information as the city building official may require in order to comply with this chapter.
(1994 Code, sec. 90.30; Ordinance 2011-39 adopted 11/28/11; Ordinance adopting 2016 Code)
The application shall be filed with the city building official, who shall inspect the premises described in the application. He or she shall determine from such inspection and from such other investigation as he or she may deem necessary whether or not the premises satisfy the requirements of this chapter and shall grant the permit or reject it as he or she may find proper under the provisions of this chapter. If the city building official rejects the permit, the applicant may appeal such rejection to the city manager by filing written notice of appeal within ten days of the date of rejection. The city manager shall conduct a hearing and hear any evidence offered by the applicant and by the city building official within 30 days after the filing of the appeal and on the basis of his or her findings shall either affirm or overrule the city building official’s action. If he or she overrules the city building official, the building official shall issue the permit. If the city manager fails to rule within 30 days after the date of the appeal, the ruling of the city building official shall stand as affirmed. The applicant may appeal the decision to the city council.
(1994 Code, sec. 90.31; Ordinance 2011-39 adopted 11/28/11; Ordinance adopting 2016 Code)
Any permit issued pursuant to this division shall be valid until January 1 next after the issuance of such. All applications for renewal of the permits shall be filed within 31 days after the expiration of the permit.
(1994 Code, sec. 90.32; Ordinance 2011-39 adopted 11/28/11)
The following sanitary regulations shall be complied with by any person keeping or harboring any animal or animals as defined in section 3.05.032 within the corporate limits of the city:
(1) 
Not less than 1,600 square feet of ground space shall be provided for each horse, cow, mule, jack, jennet, goat or sheep kept or harbored within the city.
(2) 
The premises upon which any horse, cow, mule, jack, jennet, goat or sheep is kept shall be fully enclosed with a good substantial fence, and every rabbit, hare or pigeon shall be kept enclosed within a good substantial fence, house, pen or other structure.
(3) 
No horse, cow, mule, jack, jennet, goat, sheep, rabbit, hare, or pigeon shall be allowed on any part of the premises which is closer than 50 feet to the exterior limits of the nearest dwelling occupied by any person other than the applicant, owner or permit holder, unless the applicant, owner or permit holder shall have obtained the written consent of the owner or occupant of the adjacent dwelling or dwellings. The written consent, if obtained, shall be filed by the applicant with his or her application for permit and shall remain on file at the city hall. The written consent may be withdrawn by the owner or occupant or any subsequent owner or occupant of the adjacent dwelling or dwellings at any time.
(4) 
All grounds, barns, sheds, stalls, standings, hutches, houses, roosts or other structures used for the harboring, housing or feeding of any animal(s) shall be cleaned daily and shall be treated with some effective fly-breeding control frequent enough to prevent breeding of flies on the premises.
(5) 
All premises shall be well graded and drained and water shall not be allowed to stagnate on the premises.
(6) 
All manure and other animal wastes from any horse, cow, mule, jack, jennet, goat, sheep, rabbit, hare or pigeon shall be removed from pens, corrals, standings, picket-lines, houses, barns, hutches or roosts at least once in every 24-hour period. The material shall be deposited in a manure storage bin of concrete or metal construction provided with a flytight cover, which shall be kept closed at all times. The manure and other animal wastes shall be removed from the bin at least once every seven days and removed from the corporate limits of the city by the permit holder. The animal materials shall not be picked up by the city garbage collectors.
(1994 Code, sec. 90.33; Ordinance 2011-39 adopted 11/28/11)
It shall be the duty of the city building official to make frequent inspections of all premises on which any animal or animals may be kept or harbored. If it shall appear to the city building official that any person holding a permit to keep the animal or animals is violating any provision of this chapter, he or she shall forthwith notify the city manager in writing of his or her findings. The city manager shall notify the permit holder to appear before him or her to show cause why the permit should not be revoked and shall conduct a hearing to determine the facts. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the city manager may revoke the permit if he finds that the holder has violated any provision of this chapter. The applicant may appeal the decision to the city council. Otherwise, the permit shall continue in full force and effect until its normal expiration date.
(1994 Code, sec. 90.34; Ordinance 2011-39 adopted 11/28/11; Ordinance adopting 2016 Code)
All livestock shows or exhibitions shall be exempt from the provisions of this division.
(1994 Code, sec. 90.35; Ordinance 2011-39 adopted 11/28/11)