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7. Miscellaneous maintenance standards. <br />a. On all parcels of land maintaining non -domestic animals, there shall be a roofed <br />or covered structure with walls to protect the animals from the elements. <br />b. A confined exercise area must be provided for the animals. The exercise area <br />shall be fenced off to prevent the animals from roaming at large. Chickens are <br />exempt from fencing requirements <br />c. Manure shall be handled and treated in such a manner so as not to create a <br />public nuisance or impact the environment or groundwater. Corrals, pens, <br />stables, and similar enclosures shall be maintained in a manner to minimize fly <br />breeding. No person shall leave accumulations of manure on any street or <br />sidewalk. <br />d. No non -domestic animal shall be treated cruelly or inhumanely by any person <br />or in violation of state statutes preventing cruelty to animals. <br />e. No animals of any type may be maintained on any parcel within the city, no <br />matter what size the parcel, if the maintenance of said animals creates a <br />nuisance as defined in chapter 30. <br />(c) Domestic Animals <br />(1) Domestic animals are classified as: <br />a. Domestic dogs (excluding hybrids with wolves, coyotes or jackals); <br />i. Domestic dogs are limited to four (4) without a Private Kennel License; <br />ii. Domestic dogs shall be provided an enclosure protected from inclement <br />weather during the winter months (November -March); <br />b. Domestic cats (excluding hybrids with ocelots or margays); <br />c. Rodents, such as hamsters, mice, gerbils, white rats, guinea pigs, chinchillas or <br />hedgehogs, capable of being maintained continuously in a cage; <br />d. Rabbits; <br />e. Captive -bred species of common cage birds <br />f. Small non -venomous snakes; <br />g. Non-poisonous lizards, iguanas, chameleons, salamanders and turtles or other <br />similar small reptiles, unless prohibited by state or federal law; <br />h. Fish, unless prohibited by state or federal law; <br />i. Domestically raised ferrets (must be vaccinated yearly); <br />j. Domestically raised pot-bellied pigs; or <br />(2) Domestic animals shall be up to date on vaccines. <br />(3) Domestic animals are permitted in all residential districts. <br />Article I. — In General, Sec. 10-2. — Animals at large. shall be amended to read as follows (additions <br />indicated by underline, deletions indicated by strikethrough): <br />Sec. 10.2. — Animals at large. <br />No person shall allow any animal of any type, or fowl belonging to them or in <br />their care, to run at large or to be picketed on public grounds; but this <br />prohibition shall not apply to cats or dogs, except as are by this Code forbidden <br />to be at large. <br />8 <br />