Article 2. Animals and Fowl Generally
2-201 Livestock keeping; permit required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any hogs, pigs, swine, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens, geese and other fowl or other farm animals within the corporate limits of the city, without a permit therefor having been first obtained from the governing body of the city.
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2-202 Permit; application; issuance.
Any person desiring to keep or pasture any hogs, pigs, swine, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens, geese and other fowl or other farm animals within the city shall file an application with the city clerk for permission therefor, and the city clerk shall thereupon deliver said application to the city council at the next meeting. If in the opinion of a majority of the council present it appears that the keeping of such livestock as a set out in the application and the manner of keeping of the same shall not be offensive or a nuisance or unsanitary they may issue a permit therefor and specify therein the conditions and manner in which such livestock may be kept upon the location set out in the application.
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2-203 Permit; revocation.
If at any time the council shall find that any person to whom a permit has been issued for the keeping of livestock, is keeping the same in an offensive or unsanitary manner or detrimental to the health of the people in the neighborhood or the people of the city, they shall revoke the permit issued of said person but no such permit shall be revoked until after 10 days notice is given to the person holding such permit and the haring thereon has been had by the city council.
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2-204 Animals near dwellings.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to build, establish, or maintain any pen, shelter or quarters for any of the animals or fowl set out in section 2-201 within 200 feet of the dwelling of another, or to keep any of said animals or fowl within 200 feet of the dwelling of another. Any permit issued under the provisions of this article shall be subject to this section, and no permit shall be construed to exempt the holder from complying with this section.
(Ord. 846)
2-205 Abandoning animals.
It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon any animal of any kind within the city.
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2-206 Penalty.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined a sum not to exceed $100, or be imprisoned not to exceed 30 days, or be both so fined and imprisoned.
(Ord. 846)