§ 6-51. Keeping of bovines and equines.

It shall be unlawful to keep or maintain bovines and equines within the city other than for the purposes and at the locations indicated below:

(a)

Exhibition at stock shows, fairs and circuses;

(b)

When located at and on the property of any vocational school, with facilities properly constructed as determined by the director;

(c)

Slaughtering establishments;

(d)

When offered for sale at stock yards or auction barns adjacent thereto;

(e)

When kept at the home of an FFA (Future Farmers of America) member under the supervision of a high school FFA advisor or of a 4-H member under the supervision of the county agricultural agent, subject to the following conditions:

(1)

Each enrollee shall obtain a permit from the director before commencing a project. The form of application for permits shall be prescribed by the director. No fees shall be charged for such permits.

(2)

Bovine must have water present at all times through a large container or a self-filling trough.

(3)

The open and adjacent areas must be kept clean.

(4)

Enrollees must be under close supervision of a FFA advisor or the county agricultural agent. If an enrollee does not conform to city regulations, such advisor will report the violation to the director and maintaining bovine or equine at the location shall be terminated immediately; and

(5)

Enrollees must be certified by letters to the director by the county agricultural agent for 4-H members and by the high school principal for FFA members giving the names of the vocational agriculture teachers or advisors supervising the enrollees and their projects, and such other information as the director may require. Such officials shall notify the director of the termination of an enrollee's projects.

(f)

Any boarding stable or riding stable or academy must contain at least four hundred (400) square feet of space, of which one hundred (100) square feet is under roof, for each of such animals kept or maintained on the premises. The other provisions of this section shall not apply if the premises are zoned for operation of a riding stable or academy.

(g)

Animal shelters, veterinary establishments, animal hospitals operated by a licensed veterinarian, or commercial animal establishments located on property zoned for such purposes. Such establishments, however, must meet sanitation requirements and keep animals securely caged or penned.

(h)

An individual issuing a certificate or permit under 4-H/FFA rules that violates this section or is aware of the violation of this section and still issues a permit or certification is liable and subject to the penalty provisions contained in this article.

(Ord. No. 2018-20, § 1, 8-13-2018)