Ordinance No. 1053

ARTICLE VI—LIVESTOCK AND FOWL

Section 3.29     Livestock—Keeping Restrictions.

No person shall stable, keep, pasture, or maintain livestock within the city limits of the city, unless expressly allowed to do so by the city’s Zoning Ordinance.  No person owning any interest in any lot or parcel of real property within the limits of the city shall permit livestock to be owned, kept, possessed or maintained upon such lot or parcel of real property unless expressly permitted by the zoning code.  This section shall not be applicable to any circus, carnival, or show otherwise permitted to operate temporarily within the limits of the city.  A violation of this section is an infraction punishable as provided by law.

Section 3.30     Livestock—Standards of Care.

No person owning or having the custody or control of any livestock shall permit or allow such animal to trespass upon or be kept upon private property without the property owner’s consent.  The owner or other person in control or custody of any such animal shall provide it with necessary and appropriate food, drink and shelter, and at nighttime shall secure it in a pen, corral or barn, or by such other humane means as will effectively restrain it from roaming at large.  Every person who stables, keeps, pastures or maintains livestock in the city shall at all times keep the stable or enclosure in which such livestock is kept, clean and free from manure, mud, and everything of a foul and unclean nature. 

Section 3.31     Livestock in Streets—Restrictions.

No person shall drive or herd any animal or animals on or along any street or alley.  Animals may be ridden or driven in harness or by means of rope, halter or similar device, subject to traffic regulations and the orders of any city police officer whose duties include the direction of street traffic.  A violation of this section is an infraction punishable as provided by law.

Section 3.32     Fowl—Keeping Restrictions.

No person shall keep fowl within the city limits of the city, unless expressly allowed to do so by the city’s Zoning Ordinance.  No person owning any interest in any lot or parcel of real property within the limits of the city shall permit fowl to be owned, kept, possessed or maintained upon such lot or parcel of real property unless expressly permitted by the Zoning Ordinance.  A violation of this section is an infraction punishable as provided by law.

Section 3.33     Fowl—Conditions for Keeping Within the City.

            a.         No person shall keep on any premises owned, occupied or controlled by him/her any fowl unless such fowl is kept in an enclosure sufficient in all respects to confine such fowl within such enclosure and no part of such enclosure shall be situated within twenty-five (25) feet of any dwelling built for occupation on the site or closer than fifty (50) feet to any property line.

            b.         Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no person shall overcrowd in any crate, box or other receptacle fowl or fail to provide proper food, water, shelter or sanitation for the same.

            c.         A violation of this section is an infraction punishable as provided by law.