96-9773 Animals(Published in The Salina Journal December 1996)
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ORDINANCE NUMBER 96-9773
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION
7-31 OF CHAPTER 7 OF THE SALINA CODE PERTAINING TO ANIMALS AND
REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 7-31 of the Salina Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 7-31. Prohibited owning; exemptions.
(a) The owning, harboring, keeping or possessing 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 Wildlife and Parks
Department 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 or to other domestic animals, its history of
attack or wounding of persons or other domestic animals,
the seriousness of these attacks or wounds, or its potential
to inflict wounds in the future. Such declaration shall be
grounds for the impoundment and humane euthanizing of the
animal. If it is determined by the chief of police than an
animal presents a danger to persons, such determination
shall be grounds for immediate impoundment of the animal
pending the determination by the court of whether the
animal is to be declared vicious. Costs of the
impoundment shall be assessed to the animal owner, as
defined in this chapter.
(b) The owning of any fowl,
and pigeons, within the city
except for caged birds kept
structure.
other than domestic chickens
limits is hereby prohibited,
as pets within a residence
(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 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 fly -breeding 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 and publication once in the official city newspaper.
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ATTEST:
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udy . Lo CMC, Ci Clerk
Introduced: November 25, 1996
Passed: December 2, 1996
tristin M. eaton, Vice -Mayor