It is unlawful for any person to keep or maintain or permit to be kept or maintained in any place within the corporate limits of the city any animal or fowl or reptile of any kind or description, except as specifically provided in this chapter.
(Prior code § 9750)
A. 
The animals specified in this section may be kept and maintained as household pets within the corporate limits of the city as follows:
1. 
Not more than three weaned dogs;
2. 
Not more than three weaned domestic cats;
3. 
Fish;
4. 
Not more than thirty canaries, finches, parrots, and other nonpredatory birds, excepting that the number of barnyard poultry, consisting of chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and peacocks, shall not exceed two;
5. 
Mice, rats, turtles, guinea pigs, hamsters, nonpoisonous snakes under six feet in length, monkeys and rabbits; however, no person shall keep or maintain as household pets on any property more than four in number of each species of animals specified in this subsection.
B. 
Nothing in this section to the contrary withstanding, offspring, litters and clutches of animals kept and maintained pursuant to this chapter are not prohibited, provided that the same are removed within ten weeks from the time of birth.
(Prior code § 9751)
A. 
Apiaries are permitted when maintained in connection with an educational project or for hobby purposes and when provided with an ample supply of water and located not less than five hundred feet (152.4 meters) from any dwelling other than the dwelling of the owner of such hives.
B. 
Apiaries are prohibited when maintained for commercial purposes or in connection with a profit-making enterprise.
(Prior code § 9755)
The keeping of any animals or poultry may be permitted when authorized by a conditional use permit. The following standards shall be considered in the determination of whether or not a conditional use permit is granted:
A. 
That the keeping and maintenance of animals shall not be for an unlimited term;
B. 
That the keeping and maintenance of animals shall not create a hazard to public health;
C. 
That the keeping and maintenance of animals shall not result in the creation of obnoxious sounds, odors, excessive dust, or be detrimental to the appearance of property in the general neighborhood wherein such animals are proposed to be kept or maintained.
(Prior code § 9756)
Animals kept and maintained prior to the adoption of this chapter which are not in conformance with the terms and provisions of this chapter and whenever animals are kept and maintained on properties that are not now within the corporate limits of the city, and that are hereafter annexed to the city, and if the keeping and maintenance of such animals is not in conformance with the terms and provisions of this chapter, then the keeping and maintenance of such animals in the circumstances as provided in this section shall be terminated on the first of the following events to occur:
A. 
Within five years from the adoption of this title for all properties that are within the corporate limits of the city;
B. 
The failure to keep and maintain animals on any property as such nonconforming uses for any continuous period of six months.
(Prior code § 9757)
Nothing in this chapter to the contrary withstanding, no terms or provisions of this chapter shall prohibit the keeping and maintenance of any animal excepting poisonous reptiles in connection with the conduct of a retail pet shop or veterinary hospital in the appropriate zone. Nor shall any term or provision of this chapter prohibit the keeping and maintenance of any animal excepting poisonous reptiles in an accredited educational institution or in connection with an educational program.
(Prior code § 9758)
No person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of any dog shall cause, permit or allow the same to be or to run at large, upon any highway, street, lane, alley, court or other public place, or upon any private property or premises other than those of the person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of such dog in the city, unless such dog is restrained by a substantial chain or leash not exceeding six feet in length and is in the charge, care, custody or control of a competent person and any person violating any of the provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior code § 4720)
Except for Mills, Lowell Brandt, Kuns and Lincoln parks, where leashed dogs are permitted, no person shall permit any dog or other animal owned by him or her or under his or her control to enter any public park within the city; provided, however that the prohibition shall not apply to service animals.
(Prior code § 4728; Ord. 1044 § 3, 2014)
A. 
No person shall own or harbor any dog, cat, bird or other animal within the city which, by frequent barking, howling, screeching or other noise creates a disturbance of such intensity as to disrupt the peace of the immediate neighborhood. Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.
B. 
Whenever it shall be affirmed in writing by three or more persons having separate residences in the neighborhood, that any animal or bird is a habitual nuisance by reason of excessive noise, that animal or bird shall be permanently removed from the residence by its owner.
C. 
If the owner or occupant of the premises described in subsection A of this section refuses to remove the animal or bird, a warrant may be obtained by a humane officer or a police officer from a magistrate to authorize entry and removal of the animal or bird.
D. 
If no person is in possession of the premises described in subsection A on or about the date of the disturbance, any humane officer or police officer may enter the private property to remove the animal or bird from the premises.
E. 
Any animal or bird so removed shall be impounded in the city animal shelter and may be returned to its owner upon payment of impound and any boarding fees for such animal or bird during the time it was in such shelter.
(Prior code § 4741; Ord. 710 § 2, 1985; Ord. 837 § 1, 1992)
Dogs not within a solidly enclosed, roofed structure between ten p.m. and seven a.m. may be impounded by the Humane Society officer or police officer who may enter private property for such purpose if such dog is reported to be a nuisance by a neighbor and the occupant of the premises is either not in attendance on the property or who after being given notice by the Humane Society officer or police officer does not immediately put the dog in a solidly enclosed, roofed structure. Dogs so impounded by the Humane Society may be returned to the owner upon payment of the boarding of such dog during the time it was impounded. If the dog is so impounded, notice thereof will be given by mail within twenty-four hours to the address the dog was taken of such impounding.
(Prior code § 4745; Ord. 655 § 1, 1982)
No person owning or harboring any vicious dog or any dog of a predatory nature shall allow such dog to be upon the public street, sidewalk or any public place or place open to the public except when muzzled and held under leash. A violation of this section shall be an infraction which may be enforced through a citation or an administrative citation.
(Prior code § 4743; Ord. 710 § 2, 1985; Ord. 1044 § 6, 2014)
A person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of a dog (except a visually impaired person with a guide dog) is required to remove the dog's feces immediately from public property or private property not owned or possessed by the custodian of the dog. The dog's feces must be disposed of in a sanitary manner, such as into a public trash receptacle, or a trash receptacle owned or controlled by the dog owner. Violation of this section constitutes an infraction, enforceable pursuant to Municipal Code Chapter 1.24.
(Ord. 1123, 11/20/2023)