Ione Municipal Code Ch. 6.06 Equine and Bovine Animals

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, and particularly Chapter 17, it is lawful for any person to maintain goats, horses, sheep, cattle or other bovine or equine animals within any pen or stable so long as the exterior boundaries of the pen or stable are at least 100 feet from any school, church, public building, hotel, restaurant, hospital or other building specially designed or used for the care of the sick or injured or of a residence of any person other than the residence occupied by the owner of the animal or animals. If the distance from the pen or stable is less than 100 feet, then a conditional use permit obtained pursuant to Chapter 17 shall be required. The conditional use permit shall be subject to revocation if the requirements of Section 6.06.020 are not met.

Any person owning bovine or equine animals as of the date of passage of the ordinance codified in this chapter may apply to the Ione city clerk for a conditional use permit within 30 days thereof and such permit shall be granted without the requirement of fee or hearing.

(Ord. 242 §1(part), 1983).

No animal herein described shall be kept unless proper provisions have been made for a sanitary building or pen where the animal is kept and unless the premises are maintained in a sanitary manner.

(Ord. 242 §1(part), 1983).

Every person who is in violation of the provisions of this chapter or such additional provisions as may be prescribed by ordinance of the city or by the state Department of Public Health is guilty of an infraction. Every 24-hour period a violation exists shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter.

(Ord. 242 §1(part), 1983).