[Amended 6-12-2019 by Ord. No. A-1050]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any large animal or wild animal at any place within the Borough of Kane, except where the same shall be permitted under Chapter
250, Zoning, in a park, zoological garden or similar establishment for exhibit to the public or to any portion thereof.
[Amended 6-12-2019 by Ord. No. A-1050]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep
any domestic animals, except household pets, except as provided in
this section:
A. Small animals shall be kept confined in quarters no
part of which shall be closer than 25 feet from the exterior limits
of any dwelling or of any property line.
B. The keeper of every such domestic animal shall confine
the same in an enclosure sufficient to prevent such animal from running
at large, and such enclosure shall be of a size conducive to good
sanitation practices and adequate and sanitary drainage facilities
shall be provided.
C. Every keeper of a domestic animal shall cause the
litter and droppings therefrom to be collected daily in a container
or receptacle of such type that, when closed, it shall be ratproof
and flytight, and after every such collection shall cause such container
or receptacle to be kept closed. At least twice a week, every such
keeper shall cause all litter and droppings so collected to be disposed
of in such manner as not to permit the presence of fly larvae.
D. Every keeper of a domestic animal shall cause all
feed provided therefor to be stored and kept in a ratproof and flytight
building, box, container or receptacle.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep
any household pet, except as provided in this section:
A. If any such pet shall be kept in a dwelling owned
or occupied by its owner, such owner shall be required to follow such
procedures and practices, as to the number of such pets to be kept
there, and as to sanitation, to ensure that no public nuisance shall
be created or maintained and no threat to the health of persons living
elsewhere than in such dwelling shall be created.
B. If any such pet shall be kept in an enclosure outside such dwelling, the provisions of §
78-7 of this article, insofar as the same applies to small animals, shall be applicable to the keeping of such household pet.
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine not exceeding $300, together with costs of prosecution, or, to
undergo imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Provided that
each violation of any provision of this article, and each day the
same continues, shall be deemed a separate offense.
Any violation of this article that would also
violate any state law shall be prosecuted under that state law and
not under this article.