ORDINANCE # 537, ANIMALS AND FOWL
Pertinent Sections
- SEC. 3-1. DEFINITIONS
- (14) Running at Large means an animal not completely confined by a building, cage, container, wall, leash,
rope, chain, vehicle, or fence of sufficient construction to restrain the animal, whether on or off the owner's
premises. An animal being physically held by the owner within the limits of the owner's private property is not
an animal running at large.
- SEC. 3-4. DANGEROUS ANIMALS
- (1) Prohibited. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly or intentionally possess, keep, or harbor a
vicious animal or a wild animal in the city.
- SEC. 3-5. SWINE
- Prohibited: The harboring of any swine, hogs or pigs (wild, domestic, or pot belly) within the city.
- SEC. 3-6. ABANDONMENT
- A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally discards an animal in the city, whether
alive or dead.
- SEC. 3-7. ANNUAL REGISTRATION
- (1) Required. The owner of a dog/cat that is four months of age or older must register each dog/cat
with the city.
- (3) Annual renewal The owner of the dog/cat shall annually renew the registration with the city. The same
proof of current vaccination and payment of the fee that is required for the initial registration, is required
for a renewal.
- (4) New residents. A person moving into the city from an area outside of the city has 30 days to comply with
this section.
- SEC. 3-8. VACCINATIONS
- Required annually. The owner of a dog/cat shall have the animal vaccinated against rabies by the time the
animal is four months of age and annually thereafter.
- SEC. 3.12 FOWL/BIRDS
- More than three birds (fowl) may be kept on single family residentially zoned property in the city if the
owner of the birds complies with the following restrictions:
- (1) The birds must be kept on a lot or tract of land under one ownership
containing a minimum of 15,000 square feet;
- (2) The birds must be kept at least 100 feet from an adjacent residential or
commercial structure.
- (3) The birds must be kept in a manner that does not create a nuisance; and
- (4) A maximum of 20 birds may be kept pursuant to this subsection.
- SEC. 3-14. INJURIES TO PERSONS OR ANIMALS CAUSED BY OTHER ANIMALS
- (1) Reporting animal bites. Any person having knowledge of an animal bite to a human or to an animal,
shall report the incident to the local rabies control officer as soon as possible, but not later than 24 hours
from the time of the incident. The owner of the biting animal is then required to quarantine the animal in
accordance with this chapter.
- SEC. 3-16. ANIMAL NUISANCES
- Certain Conditions. The following circumstances and conditions are declared to constitute a public nuisance:
- (1) the harboring of an animal, which causes frequent or continued barking, crying,
bellowing, braying, crowing, or bleating noise, for a period longer than 10 minutes that
reasonably disturbs any person;
- (2) the harboring of an animal in a manner that endangers the public health by the accumulation of animal
wastes which create foul and offensive odors or create a breeding place for flies and mosquitoes, including,
but not limited to animal pens, stables, or enclosures in which an animal may be kept or confined;
- SEC. 3-17 REASONS FOR IMPOUNDMENT
- (1) An animal can be impounded for any of the following reasons
- (A) Dogs not wearing a current metal registration tag;
- (B) Any animal kept under conditions which could endanger the lives or health
of a person or animal, such as a rabid animal;
- (C) Any animal that creates a nuisance as defined in this chapter;
- (D) Any dog running at large;
- (E) Any animal treated in a manner determined by the animal control officer
and verified by a licensed veterinarian to be cruel or inhumane;
- (F) Any animal that has bitten a human or requires observation for a
suspected case of rabies;
- (G) Any animal that has been abandoned within an enclosure upon posted 48 hour
notice;
- (H) Any animal found in violation of this ordinance.
- SEC. 3-22. RESPONSIBILITY
- (1) Chief of Police. The enforcement of this chapter shall be the responsibility of the chief of police and
his designated animal control officer. The chief of police is designated as the local rabies control officer.
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