6.12.040 Dead animals—Disposal.
6.12.050 Resisting or hindering community services officer or police officer.
6.12.060 Excessive number of dogs and cats deemed nuisance.
6.12.080 Slaughterhouses prohibited.
6.12.090 Running at large prohibited.
6.12.110 Keeping swine or hogs prohibited.
6.12.120 Notice of impounding.
6.12.130 Disposal of impounded animals.
6.12.140 Recovery of impounded animals.
(1)
"Animals" means and includes all brute creatures and domestic pets.
(2)
"Dog" means and includes all members of the canine family four months or more of age, including foxed and other canines.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be in accordance with Section 1.12.510 of this code.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)
It is unlawful for any person to inflict unnecessary cruelty upon any animal, or to ride, drive or work it when sick or unfit for work, to override, overwork, overload, ride when overworked, torture, torment, or to beat or whip cruelly any animal; and it is unlawful for any such person, business, firm, organization or corporation owning or having charge of any animal to fail to provide it with proper food, drink, shelter or protection from the weather.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)
6.12.040 Dead animals—Disposal.
It is unlawful for any person, business, firm, organization or corporation who has possession, ownership or custody of any animal that may die within the city to permit such dead animal to remain within the city for a longer period than may be necessary under the circumstances to remove the dead animal, and under no condition longer than twenty-four hours. Any dead animal not so removed shall be removed by the community services officer at the expense of the person, business, firm, organization or corporation in whose possession the animal died.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)
6.12.050 Resisting or hindering community services officer or police officer.
It is unlawful for any person, business, firm, organization or corporation in the city to resist, hinder or oppose the community services officer or any police officer of the city or any other person, business, firm, organization or corporation acting under their authority in the performance of any of the duties imposed upon them by this chapter.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)
6.12.060 Excessive number of dogs and cats deemed nuisance.
It shall be a nuisance to keep more than four dogs or more than four cats, or a total of four dogs and cats on the premises of any real estate lot of less than one acre in size. This provision shall not apply to a veterinarian or boarding establishment for animals, provided such person or business entity is in compliance with all licensing and zoning laws. Any person, business, firm, organization or corporation harboring or maintaining custody or control over dogs or cats in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day of a continuing violation of this section shall be deemed as a separate violation.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)
Any fowl, bird or animal which shall by sound, odor or sight materially interfere with or affect the comfort, peace or quiet of the people is declared to be a nuisance. Any person, business, firm, organization or corporation harboring, possessing, owning, or having in custody or control any such fowl, bird or animal, who shall fail or refuse to take whatever action is necessary to abate the nuisance within forty-eight hours after receipt of a written request to do so by the community service officer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable to the maximum extent permissible under state law for municipal ordinance violations.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)
6.12.080 Slaughterhouses prohibited.
No person, business, firm, organization or corporation shall be licensed or allowed to establish, in any manner or form, any butcher pen, slaughterhouse, or abattoir within the corporate limits of the city. A violation hereof shall be a misdemeanor punishable to the maximum extent permissible under state law for municipal ordinance violations.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)
6.12.090 Running at large prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person, business, firm, organization or corporation, either the owner or possessor thereof, to allow dogs, cats, horses, mules, cattle, hogs, goats or other stock to run at large within the city upon either public property or private property of any other person, business, firm organization or corporation.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)
(Ord. No. O-08-10, 7-22-2010)
It shall be the duty of the community service officer or his designee to capture and impound any animal found running at large, as defined in Section 6.12.090.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)
6.12.110 Keeping swine or hogs prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person, business, firm, organization or corporation to keep any kind of hog, pig, midget pig, pot-bellied pig, shoat, or other swine, regardless of whether domesticated or house-trained, on any lot or premises situated within the corporate limits of the city; provided, that this section shall not apply to licensed brokers or dealers keeping such animals for immediate sale.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)
6.12.120 Notice of impounding.
It shall be the duty of the community services, officer, immediately after impounding any animals found running at large, to make a diligent effort to determine the ownership of any animal impounded in accordance with the procedures for the impoundment of dogs.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)
6.12.130 Disposal of impounded animals.
Any impounded animal will be disposed of in the same manner as in Article II of this chapter.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)
6.12.140 Recovery of impounded animals.
The owner of any animal impounded under the preceding sections of this chapter may redeem such animal under the same terms and conditions of Section 6.12.200 of this code.
(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)