Chapter 7.04
ANIMAL CARE, CUSTODY, AND CONTROL

Sections:

7.04.010    Animal care.

7.04.020    Keeping wild animals.

7.04.030    Limitation on number of dogs and cats.

7.04.040    Running at large prohibited—Impoundment.

7.04.050    Dogs prohibited in food establishments.

7.04.060    Excessive noise or barking prohibited.

7.04.070    Sanitary enclosures.

7.04.080    Restrictions in keeping certain livestock and other animals.

7.04.010 Animal care.

All animal owners shall at all times ensure that their animals have adequate food and water, proper, clean, and sanitary shelter, protection from the weather and veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering, and ensure the humane care and treatment of all such animals at all times. No person shall beat, cruelly ill-treat, torment, tease, overload, overwork, or otherwise abuse an animal, nor cause, instigate, or permit any dogfight, cockfight, or combat between animals or animals and humans, excluding police dogs, within the city, nor shall any parent allow or permit his or her minor child to so treat any animal. (Ord. 1120 § 2 (part), 2009)

7.04.020 Keeping wild animals.

Except as otherwise expressly authorized by state or federal law, no person shall have, keep, or maintain any wild animals within the city. (Ord. 1120 § 2 (part), 2009)

7.04.030 Limitation on number of dogs and cats.

No person shall own or harbor more than three dogs nor more than three cats, over the age of four months, at or in any one dwelling unit, as defined by the city’s zoning code, or at or in any other single industrial or commercial establishment within the city. This limitation shall not apply to duly licensed and lawfully operating business or commercial operations engaged in the sale or care of animals including, but not limited to, pet stores, animal breeders, kennels, catteries, animal shelters, animal care facilities, animal hospitals/clinics, or veterinarians; provided, however, that nothing herein shall relieve such business or commercial operations from complying with all applicable local, state, or federal laws concerning the operation of those businesses or commercial operations. Violation of this section may be charged as an infraction or a misdemeanor in the discretion of the prosecuting authority. (Ord. 1120 § 2 (part), 2009)

7.04.040 Running at large prohibited—Impoundment.

Except in a designated dog park, no person shall allow or permit his or her dog to be or remain at large on any public street, road, alley, park, square, school, or other public place or upon any private property other than the property of the owner or custodian of such dog without the consent of the owner of such property, within the corporate limits of the city. An animal services officer may seize and impound any dog found running at large, and, except as otherwise set forth herein, such animals will be impounded at the city’s animal shelter. Violation of this section shall constitute an infraction. (Ord. 1120 § 2 (part), 2009)

7.04.050 Dogs prohibited in food establishments.

Except for service dogs, dogs used by law enforcement personnel or other dogs as permitted by state or federal law, no person shall allow, permit or take any animal whether loose, on leash or in arms, into any restaurant, grocery store, or food establishment in the city. Violation of this section shall constitute an infraction. (Ord. 1120 § 2 (part), 2009)

7.04.060 Excessive noise or barking prohibited.

No person owning or harboring any animal shall permit or allow the animal to make loud or disturbing noises without provocation so as to constitute a nuisance, including, but not limited to, chronic howling, yowling, barking, whining, or other utterances. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to apply to reasonable animal noises emanating from legally operated veterinary hospitals, humane societies, animal shelters, farm or agricultural facilities, or areas where keeping of farm animals is permitted. Violation of this section shall constitute an infraction. (Ord. 1120 § 2 (part), 2009)

7.04.070 Sanitary enclosures.

A.    Every person keeping any animal shall at all times keep cages, coops, kennels, runs, pastures, or other enclosures wherein such animal is kept in a clean and sanitary condition, and shall remove animal waste material therefrom at least every day, or more often as is necessary so as not to become a nuisance to any person in the neighborhood. This section is not intended to apply to the open back yard areas of the owner’s residence.

B.    No person shall at any time maintain any premises, or any portion thereof, in the city, upon which any animal is kept in an unsanitary condition. No person shall maintain any such premises, or portion thereof, upon which any animal is kept, in such condition as to cause the same to be infested with flies or insects or to create any noxious or offensive odors.

C.    Violation of this section may be charged as an infraction or a misdemeanor in the discretion of the prosecuting authority. (Ord. 1120 § 2 (part), 2009)

7.04.080 Restrictions in keeping certain livestock and other animals.

A.    No horse, mule, burro, cow, bull, goat, sheep, hog, or donkey shall be kept or maintained in the city within seventy-five feet of any dwelling house, school, church, public hall or public building and in the event any such animals are kept or maintained within one hundred fifty feet of any such building, any shelter maintained for such animals shall be maintained in a sanitary manner in accordance with such standards as may be established for the maintenance of such shelter by the city health officer or chief of animal services.

B.    Not more than one horse, mule, burro, cow, bull, goat, sheep, hog, or donkey shall be kept or permitted upon any premises of an area of less than six thousand square feet and not more than two horses, mules, burros, cows, bulls, goats, sheep, hogs, or donkeys shall be kept or permitted on any premises of an area less than ten thousand square feet and an additional four thousand square feet of land must be available for each such animal over two.

C.    Turkeys and geese shall not be kept within any zoning district of the city other than agricultural and agricultural combining districts. Additionally, not more than any combination of two chickens, ducks, pigeons and/or rabbits shall be kept as pets within any zoning district of the city other than agricultural or agricultural combining districts, and said animals shall be kept or maintained at least twenty feet from any property line.

D.    Nothing herein shall relieve any property owner from complying with any other applicable law concerning the keeping of animals upon property, including, but not limited to, the city’s zoning code.

E.    Violation of this section may be charged as an infraction or a misdemeanor in the discretion of the prosecuting authority. (Ord. 1120 § 2 (part), 2009)