HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD461ORDINANCE NO.461
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
APACHE JUNCTION,ARIZONA,AMENDING THE APACHE JUNCTION
CITY CODE,CHAPTER 6 ANIMALS,BY RENUMBERING ARTICLE 6-7
KEEPING OF ANIMALS TO CONFORM AND BY ADDING SECTION
6-7-3(E);REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS;PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY;PROVIDING PENALTIES;AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
APACHE JUNCTION,ARIZONA,AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I IN GENERAL
That the Apache Junction City Code,Chapter 6 ANIMALS,be amended
by renumbering Article 6-7 KEEPING OF ANIMALS to conform and by adding
Section 6-7-3(E),to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6-7 KEEPING OF ANIMALS
Section 6-7-1
Section 6-7-2
Section 6-7-3
Section 6-7-4
Definitions
Maintenance of Property
Sanitary Regulations
Enforcement
Section 6-7-1 Definitions.
A."Animal"shall mean all mammals (excluding man),birds,fowl and rodents,
and shall include all equine such as horses,mules and donkeys.
B."Manure"shall mean refuse of stables,yards,corrals,or barn yards
consisting of mammal or fowl excreta with or without litter.
C."Sanitary Premises"shall mean those premises on which problems arising
from odors,insect and rodent breeding,or any other condition which
constitutes a nuisance are prohibited or non-existent.
Section 6-7-2 Maintenance of Property
A.No person,firm or corporation shall be premitted to keep
animal in such a manner that the condition of such animal
fly breeding,rodent breeding,cause noxious or offensive
constitute a nuisance.
or harbor any
shall cause
odors or
B.All corrals,barns,enclosures or other structures used for the purpose
of housing,keeping or caring for any animal or animals shall be
structurally sound so as to contain such animals safely and securely.
Section 6-7-3 Sanitary Regulations
A.Manure shall be completely removed form any yard,corral,barn,enclosure
or any other structure used for the purpose of housing,keeping or caring
for any animal or animals as often as necessary to maintain a sanitary
premises.
B.Drinking troughs shall be provided with adequate overflow drainage and
such drainage shall be controlled so as to prohibit any flow onto
adjoining properties or the breeding or mosquitos or other noxious
insects.
C.Manure shall not be accumulated in any place or in any manner whereby i t
may affect a source of drinking water or groundwater.
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D.Spillage and leftovers from animal feedings shall be disposed of in
such a menner that fly breeding,rodent breeding and/or obnoxious
odors do not exist.
E.Manure shall be contained on the property on which the animal or
animals generating the manure are kept or harbored so as to prevent
the manure from entering onto an adjoining property.Containment
procedures must consider acts of nature such as rainfall and wind,
as well as natural drainage courses and sloping terrain.
Section 6-7-4 Enforcement
A.All animals shall be kept or harbored with adequate food,water and care
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.I t shall be the duty
of the humane officer to take into custody any animals which are main-
tained in such conditions as to be in violation of this code in
accordance with the provisions as contained in Article 6-2 of this
chapter.
SECTION I I REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance or any part of the code adopted herein by reference are hereby repealed.
SECTION III PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
I f any section,subsection,sentence,phrase,clause or portion of this ordinance
or any part of the code adopted herein by reference is,for any reason,held to
be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent juris-
diction,such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
thereof.
SECTION IV PROVIDING PENALTIES
Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this code,except as
otherwise provided in this code,shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one -thousand
dollars or by imprisonment for a period of not to exceed six months,or by
both such fine and imprisonment.Each day that a violation continues shall
be a separate offense punishable as hereinabove described.
SECTION V EMERGENCY CLAUSE
I t being necessary for the preservation of the peace,health and safety of the
City of Apache Junction that this ordinance become effective immediately,
an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall become
effective upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE
JUNCTION,ARIZONA,THIS 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER ,1985 .
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN CONNELLY
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
NORMAN S.HILL
Mayor