[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.