87-9178 Animals(Published in The Salina Journal April /D, 1987)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 87-9178
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 7-31 OF THE SALINA CODE
PERTAINING TO RESTRICTIONS ON OWNING ANIMALS AND REPEALING THE
EXISTING SECTION.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina,
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Section 1. That Section 7-31 of the Salina Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Section 7-31. Prohibited owning; exceptions.
(a) The owning of any wild, poisonous or vicious
animal within the city limits is hereby prohibited, except for
those wild animals kept under the permit of the Kansas Fish
and Game Commission or the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, or any animal used for educational purposes. The
court shall have the authority to declare an animal vicious
because of the inherently dangerous nature of the animal as
to persons, its history of attack or wounding of persons,
the seriousness of these attacks or wounds, and its potential
to inflict wounds in the future. Such declaration shall be
grounds for the impoundment and humane euthanasia of the
animal unless, without danger to the public, the animal can
be and is removed from the city within forty-eight (48)
hours. If it is determined by the Chief of Police that an
animal presents a danger to persons, such determination
shall be grounds for impoundment of the animal pending the
determination by the court of whether the animal is to be
declared vicious.
(b) The owning of any fowl, other than domestic
chickens and pigeons, within the city limits is hereby
prohibited, except for caged birds kept as pets within a
residence structure.
(c) No livestock, including but not limited to horses,
mules, cattle, sheep, goats, and swine, shall be owned, or
maintained within the city limits, except that horses which
are used for riding purposes only may be stabled within the
city limits only in designated areas which have been given a
special permit for the purpose by the board of
commissioners. Such designated areas, for the purpose of
health and sanitation, shall be under the supervision of the
health officer. If at any time such designated areas shall
become a nuisance or a flybreeding or rat -infested area, the
health officer shall have the authority to revoke such special
permit within ten (10) days after notifying the board of
commissioners.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any veterinarian within the
city to fail to report to the supervisor the examination or
treatment of any animal that is owned or maintained in
violation of this chapter."
Section 2. That the existing Section 7-31 of the Salina Code is hereby
repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption by the Board of Commissioners and publication once in the
official city newspaper.
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[SEAL]
ATTEST:
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
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Introduced: March 23, 1987
Passed: April 6, 1987
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