Any person violating this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance 112-081307, sec. 3.5,
adopted 8/13/07; Ordinance
112-081307-1, sec. 3.6, adopted 10/20/15; Ordinance adopting 2023 Code)
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain cattle,
horses, poultry, sheep or goats in any pen, or on any place or keeping
as “stud or bull service” or “feeding out”
for resale, within the corporate limits of the city, at a distance
of less than five hundred (500) feet from any church, residence, school,
dwelling, eating establishment or place of business; provided that
this distance requirement shall not apply to the dwelling of the owner
himself.
(Ordinance 112-081307, sec. 3.1,
adopted 8/13/07; Ordinance
112-081307-1, sec. 3.1, adopted 10/20/15)
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep cattle, horses,
poultry, sheep or goats in small restricted enclosures and permit
the droppings or excreta of the animals to accumulate in the pen.
The accumulation of droppings or excreta in any pen where cattle,
horses, sheep, or goats are kept is hereby specifically declared to
be a nuisance dangerous to the public health.
(Ordinance 112-081307, sec. 3.2,
adopted 8/13/07; Ordinance
112-081307-1, sec. 3.2, adopted 10/20/15)
Any pen, place or condition as covered in sections 3.03.002 and 3.03.003, regardless of location, wherein cattle, horses, sheep, or goats are kept shall be maintained and kept in such a manner as not to become unsanitary, offensive or disagreeable to persons residing in the vicinity thereof, nor shall they be so maintained or kept as to breed flies or in any manner cause any injury to the health of the public or any person residing in the vicinity of the said pen or enclosure. Any such pen as covered in this section is subject to regulation by reason of the city’s police powers.
(Ordinance 112-081307, sec. 3.3,
adopted 8/13/07; Ordinance
112-081307-1, sec. 3.3, adopted 10/20/15)
It is hereby prohibited and it shall be unlawful for any person
to offer for sale, keep, maintain, harbor or permit in the city any
swine that is of the breed and/or is being bred to be sold on the
open market or processed for consumption.
(Ordinance 112-081307, sec. 3.4,
adopted 8/13/07; Ordinance
112-081307-1, sec. 3.4, adopted 10/20/15)
It shall be an exception to the prohibitions of this chapter
when an animal is kept, harbored or maintained by a participant in
an agricultural program under the supervision of a vocational instructor
or a county agricultural agent for exhibition and/or sale at stock
shows or like exhibitions.
(Ordinance 112-081307-1, sec. 3.5,
adopted 10/20/15)
