Tehama Municipal Code § 6.08.050 Permit required

The city council finds that:

A. There is a menace to the health, safety and well-being of the inhabitants of the city by reason of certain animals being kept, maintained or fed within the corporate limits; and

B. That the keeping of any such animal constitutes a nuisance.

(Ord. 145 § 4, 1994)

"Other animals" means all other animals, other than cats or dogs or pets which are normally kept within a residential structure.

The term "poultry" as used in this chapter means any and all feathered fowl including, but not limited to, chickens, guinea, turkeys, geese, ducks and capons.

(Ord. 145 §§ 1, 2, 1994)

Except as provided in Sections 6.08.050, 6.08.060 and 6.08.070, it is unlawful for any person, natural or fictitious, to keep, maintain or feed within the corporate limits of the city any animals referred to in Section 6.08.020.

(Ord. 145 § 3, 1994)

Nothing contained in the preceding sections shall be deemed to waive and/or limit the right of the city to abate the nuisance of keeping certain animals in accordance with existing law.

(Ord. 145 § 5, 1994)

Before any person may keep, maintain or feed poultry or other animals, other than cats or dogs, within the city, there shall be presented to the city council written application for a permit to do so.

(Ord. 145 § 6, 1994)

The application for such permit shall state the name of the person seeking permission to keep, maintain or feed poultry or "other animals," the proposed location of such enterprise and the statement, plan or drawing of the proposed enclosure, structure, or building and the manner of proposed operation thereof; in addition, the application shall set forth the location of the nearest dwelling and the distance between such dwelling and the proposed enclosure, structure or building wherein it is proposed to keep, maintain or feed such animals.

(Ord. 145 § 7, 1994)

The application referred to in Section 6.08.060 shall be considered by the city council, and, if in its judgment, the keeping, maintaining or feeding of such animals will not create a nuisance, the city council may permit the establishment and maintenance of such enclosure, structure or building for such period of time as the same does not constitute a nuisance to adjoining owners of property or others. Such permit shall be granted upon such conditions and limitations as the city council may see fit to impose.

(Ord. 145 § 8, 1994)

The city council having granted the permit as aforesaid may revoke the same when in its opinion any such keeping, maintaining or feeding of said animals within any such enclosure, structure, or building becomes a nuisance to adjoining property owners or others.

(Ord. 145 § 9, 1994)

Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in the sum of not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by confinement in the county jail of the county of Tehama for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 145 § 10, 1994)