Chapter 3 ANIMALS*
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 3-8. Keeping livestock prohibited; exceptions.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep and maintain within the
city any livestock or keep or maintain, in any kind of enclosure whatsoever, any
livestock, except on property zoned for agricultural uses or which was
previously zoned as agricultural and has been continually and principally used
for agricultural uses since it was annexed into the city. Any person owning or
occupying real estate within the city which property is properly zoned and used
for agricultural purposes, as previously set forth, shall be permitted to
maintain properly secured enclosures for livestock if the same is not located
within five hundred (500) feet of the nearest dwelling place. This section shall
not apply to any person maintaining slaughterhouses and stockyards where
livestock are kept only for a short period of time provided, however, that the
property on which such slaughterhouse or stockyard is maintained is properly
zoned for such use. Violation of this section is declared to be a municipal
infraction. The penalty for violation shall be the sum of twenty-five dollars
($25.00) per animal. (Code 1953 § 3.8; Ord. No. G-80-12, § 1, 7-17-80;
Ord. No. G-97-44, § 1, 11-20-97)
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