[R.O. 2011 §5-66; Ord. No. 2832 §5-63, 5-16-1994]
A. No
person, persons, firm or corporation shall keep any swine of any kind
within the City limits of Salem, Missouri, without first securing
from the Board of Aldermen a written permit.
B. No
permit shall be granted to any person, firm or corporation for the
keeping of swine in pens or small enclosures, nor shall a permit be
granted to keep swine in residential districts or congested districts,
where the same might be detrimental to health or create an offensive
or obnoxious odor.
C. The
Board of Aldermen shall have full power and authority to grant permits
and to cancel any permit granted to any person, firm or corporation
for keeping swine in the City limits, when the same are kept under
such conditions as to be offensive and obnoxious to citizens of said
City.
D. The
keeping of swine of any kind in small pens or under such conditions
as to give off an offensive or obnoxious odor is hereby declared a
nuisance.
E. Should
any person, firm or corporation keep any swine within the City limits
without first securing a written permit, or keep any swine more than
three (3) days after any permit for keeping such swine has been canceled,
they shall be guilty of maintaining a nuisance, and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than two dollars ($2.00) nor more than one
hundred dollars ($100.00), and each day that such nuisance is maintained
shall create a separate offense.
F. This
Section shall not apply to the stockyards or pens now maintained in
the City limits for shipping of stock.
[R.O. 2011 §5-67; Ord. No. 2832 §5-64, 5-16-1994]
No person shall keep a dog or dogs in any pen or enclosure on
property owned or controlled by him/her, the exterior boundary of
which pen or enclosure is closer than twenty-five (25) feet at the
nearest point to the dwelling of another, a church, school or place
of business of another.
[R.O. 2011 §5-68; Ord. No. 2832 §5-65, 5-16-1994]
A. No
person shall keep a cow, bull, mule, jack, jennet, horse, goat or
sheep in an outdoor enclosure or pasture, the exterior boundary of
which is within one hundred (100) feet of the dwelling house of another,
a church, school or place of business of another.
B. No
person shall keep more than one (1) cow, bull, jack, horse, goat or
sheep or any combination of such animal in an outdoor enclosure or
pasture, unless such enclosure or pasture shall have an area of twenty-one
thousand seven hundred eighty (21,780) square feet for each of such
animals.
C. Any
person desiring to keep livestock within the City of Salem, Missouri,
must at all times keep such livestock securely fenced in a lot or
enclosure and shall not allow any livestock to run at large upon the
streets or alleys or the premises of any other person residing in
said City.
[R.O. 2011 §5-69; Ord. No. 2832 §5-66, 5-16-1994]
No person shall keep, allow or permit to be kept on any premises
occupied by him/her or under his/her charge and control any animal
or animals or fowl in a pen or other enclosure of any kind, under
such conditions that an offensive or noxious smell or odor shall arise
therefrom to the injury, annoyance or inconvenience of any inhabitant
in the neighborhood.
[R.O. 2011 §5-70; Ord. No. 2832 §5-67, 5-16-1994]
A. The
term "chickens or other domestic fowl" as used in
this Article shall include turkeys, guineas, ducks, geese, pigeons
or any other domestic fowl.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to allow any chicken, chickens
or other domestic fowl to run at large upon any street or alley of
the City or upon the premises or property of any other person residing
in said City.
2. Any person desiring to keep chickens or other domestic fowl within
the City of Salem, Missouri, must at all times keep such chickens
or other domestic fowl securely fenced in a lot or enclosure and shall
not allow any chicken or other domestic fowl to trespass upon the
streets or alleys or the premises of any other person residing in
said City.
3. Any person permitting or allowing any chicken or chickens to run
at large, either upon a street or alley of the City, or upon the premises
of another, shall be guilty of an ordinance violation.
No person may keep any lion, tiger, leopard, ocelot, jaguar,
cheetah, margay, mountain lion, Canada lynx, bobcat, jaguarundi, hyena,
wolf, bear, non-human primate, coyote, any deadly, dangerous, or poisonous
reptile, or any deadly or dangerous reptile over eight (8) feet long
in any place other than a properly maintained zoological park, circus,
scientific or educational institution, research laboratory, veterinary
hospital, or animal refuge.