7.16.010 Generally.
A. It is unlawful for any person to intentionally or carelessly injure any animal or fowl within the city or fail to immediately report the incident to the animal control authority, or fail to render aid to any injured animal or bird or to otherwise deal with it in other than a humane and compassionate manner.
B. Sanitary Keeping. It is unlawful to keep any fowls or animals within the city unless the places where they are kept are at all times maintained in a sanitary condition. If the animal control authority determines that the condition of the place where the fowls or animals are kept is unsanitary, the party so keeping the same shall have a period not to exceed five days in which to place the same in a sanitary condition in accordance with the direction of the animal control authority. If the unsanitary condition is not abated within the five days, the premises may be abated as a nuisance.
C. Castration. It is unlawful for any person other than an accredited veterinarian to castrate or spay any animal.
D. Abandonment. It is unlawful for any person to transport any animal within the city limits for the purpose of abandoning it either within or without the city limits, or to place any animal on public or private property for the purpose of abandonment.
E. Transporting or Confining in an Unsafe Manner. It is unlawful for any person to willfully transport or confine or cause to be transported or confined any domestic animal or animals in a manner, posture, or confinement that will jeopardize the safety of the animal or the public.
F. Mistreatment. It is unlawful for any person to keep or harbor an animal within the city without providing a suitable dry place for the housing thereof, or to fail to provide a suitable amount of wholesome food and clean water for the nutrition and comfort thereof, or to leave the premises upon which such animal is confined, or to which it customarily returns, for more than 24 hours without providing for the feeding and care of such animal in the absence of such person.
G. Spoiled Feed.
1. It is unlawful for any person to sell, give, barter, trade, or convey hay or feed of any kind that is mildewed or musty, or otherwise unfit for feed for stock or poultry; and
2. It is unlawful for any person to feed such unfit feed to cattle or poultry.
H. Injury by Vehicle.
1. It is unlawful for any person to willfully injure, beat, abuse, or run down any animal with a vehicle.
2. Any person who kills or injures an animal while driving a vehicle shall stop at the scene of the accident and render such assistance as practicable, shall make a reasonable effort to locate and identify himself to the owner of the animal, and shall report the accident immediately to the police department or the animal control authority.
I. Coloring or Dyeing. It is unlawful to color young chicks or rabbits or any other animals with dyes or powders, or any other substance.
J. Sales or Gifts of Young Domestic Fowl. It is unlawful to sell, give away or otherwise dispose of young domestic fowl to any one person in lots of less than six.
K. Carnival Restrictions. No person operating a carnival, concession, bazaar, etc., shall give away any live fowl or animal in connection therewith, or use any live fowl or animal for rings to be thrown over or to be shot at in any manner. [Ord. 10468 § 2, 1993].