It shall be unlawful for any person to allow cattle, horses, mules, jacks, jennies, sheep, hogs, goats or other bovine, equine, ovine or porcine animals to run at large within the city. Such conduct is hereby prohibited and herein declared to be a public nuisance; and anyone owning, controlling or having responsibility for the control of any of the above named animals who knowingly permits such animals to run at large within the city shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ordinance 97-05-02 adopted 5/6/97)
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any chickens or other domestic fowl belonging to him to run at large on the premises of any other person with the city.
(Ordinance 97-05-02 adopted 5/6/97)
It shall hereby be unlawful for an individual to keep cattle, horses, mules, jacks, jennies, sheep and goats in any enclosure less then two (2) acres in area within the city. Additionally, it shall be unlawful to contain the aforementioned animals in such a manner or in such condition as to cause a danger to the public health, noxious odors, or precipitate the spread of germs capable of producing disease. A violation of any part of this section is hereby prohibited and declared to be a nuisance.
(Ordinance 97-05-02 adopted 5/6/97)
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor swine upon any lot or other tract of land within this city.
(Ordinance 97-05-02 adopted 5/6/97)
Any person who shall harbor or keep on his premises or in or about his premises or premises under his control, any animal which by loud or unusual barking, howling or other loud or unreasonable noise, shall cause the peace and quiet of the neighborhood or occupants of adjacent premises to be disturbed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ordinance 97-05-02 adopted 5/6/97)
It shall be unlawful for any person to own or maintain an animal in such a manner as to constitute a public nuisance. The following acts shall constitute a public nuisance:
(1) 
Failure to enclose an animal is defined in Article 2.100;
(2) 
Property damage caused by an animal;
(3) 
Maintain an animal in an unsanitary environment;
(4) 
Permit an animal to bark, whine, howl, crow, cackle, or make any other noise which causes annoyance or interference with another's reasonable use and enjoyment of his premises;
(5) 
Herding of animals along or upon any public right-of-way, except by officers, agents, or employees of the federal, state or local government or agency thereof, if such herding is done in the performance of official duties;
(6) 
The harboring or maintaining of more than three (3) dogs over six (6) months of age in an enclosure, unless the enclosure contains at lease two thousand, five hundred (2,500) square feet of space for each dog so enclosed;
(7) 
The harboring or maintaining of any dog in any enclosure unless said enclosure is kept clean, sanitary and free of offensive odors and the excrement from such dog is cleaned up and disposed of or buried at least once every twenty-four (24) hours;
(8) 
The harboring or maintaining of more than six (6) adult chickens in a residential lot of less than half of one (1) acre;
(9) 
The harboring or maintaining of more than ten (10) adult chickens in a residential lot of more than half of one (1) acre; and
(10) 
The harboring or maintaining of more than one (1) rooster in a residential area.
(Ordinance adopting Code; Ordinance 97-05-02 adopted 5/6/97; Ordinance O2022-11-16 adopted 11/15/2022)
It shall be unlawful for any person to allow any animal to soil, defile or defecate on private or public property, other than property belonging to the animal's owner or individual in control of the animal. The defecation shall not be considered unlawful if the owner or individual in control of the animal promptly removes the excrement. For the purposes of this article, public property shall include but not be limited to parks, cemeteries, streets and alleys.
(Ordinance 98-11-01 adopted 11/3/98)