44-04 Amend Chapter 505 Animals & Fowl

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505.21 HUNTING PROHIBITED. (a) The hunting of animals or fowi within the Municipality is prohibited. No person snail hunt, kill or attempt to kill any animal or fowl by the use of firearm~ or any other means. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. 505.22 COLORING RABBITS OR BABY POULTRY; SALE OR DISPLAY OF POULTRY. (a) No person shall dye pr otherwise color any rabbit or baby pqultry, Including, but not limited to, chicks and ducklings. No person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, raffle or give away any rabbit or baby poultry, which has been dyed or otherwise colored. No pouitry younger than four weeks of age may be sold, given away, or otherwise distributed to any person in lots of less than six. Stores, shops, vendors and others offering young poultry for sale or other distribution shall provide and operate brooders or other heating devices that may be necessary to maintain poultry in good health, and shall keep adequate food and water available to the poultry at all times. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. 505.23 REPO.RT OF ESCAPE OF EXOTIC OR DANGEROUS ANIMAL. (a) The owner or keeper of any member of a species of the animal kingdom that escapes from his custody or control and that is not indigenous to this State or presents a risk Of serious physical harm to persons or property, or both, shall, within one hour after he discovers or reasonably should have discovered the escape, report it to: (1) A law enforcement officer oftheMunicipallty and the sheriff ofthe county where the escape qccurred; and (2) The Clerk qf the Municipal legislative Authority. (b) If the office of the Clerk of the legislative Authority is closed to the public at the time a report is required by subsection (a) hereof, then it is sUfficient compliance with'subsection (a) hereof if thl¡! owner or keeper makes the report within one hour after the office is next open to the public. (c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. 505.99 PENALTY. (EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 501.99 for penalties applicable to any misdemeanor cl¡lssification.) shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: 505.01 ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. (a) The Animal Control Officer shall hold the position as established by ordinance and shall be appointed by the Director of Public Safety. The Animal Control Officer shall not be on the classified list of the Division of Police, npr eligible for participation in the Police Pension Funq. (b) It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer, and the Animai Control Officer shall haVe the authority, to enforce the provisions of the Codified Ordinances of the City and laws of the State, relative to the licensing, Impounding, boarding and disposition of animals, livestock or poultry within the corporate limits; however, no police or other officer of this City, charged with the responsibility of enforcing the ordinances of this City and the laws of this State, shall be relieved of such responsibility. (c) The Animal Control Officer shall be provided with a badge designating his office, and such other uniform, vehicles and equipment necessary to carry out his dutie~; however, any vehicles used for picking UP and impoundin~ animals, livestock or poultry shall be clearly marked on both sides with the following: 'Animal control". (d) In the exercise of his duties, the Animal Control Officer is hereby authorized to issue, on a form provided by the City, a citation to any per:;on found by him to be in Violation of this chapter.