Williams Municipal Code Ch. 6.36 Swine

No person shall keep or maintain within the city any domestic swine which is more than twenty inches at the shoulder or which weighs more than one hundred fifty pounds. Domestic swine within these limitations may be kept as household pets on property on which there is an occupied single-family dwelling, subject the provisions and restrictions of this chapter and title.

(Ord. 154-07 § 3(part), 2007).

A. No person shall keep or maintain any domestic swine in or about any duplex, triplex, fourplex, mobilehome park or apartment unit.

B. No person shall keep or maintain any domestic swine in or about a single-family dwelling located on a lot of less than six thousand square feet.

C. No person shall keep or maintain two domestic swine in or about a single-family dwelling located on a lot of less than ten thousand square feet.

(Ord. 154-07 § 3(part), 2007).

No person shall keep or maintain more than two domestic swine, or any combination of domestic swine and dogs exceeding three.

(Ord. 154-07 § 3(part), 2007).

No person shall keep or maintain any male domestic swine that has not been neutered or any female domestic swine that has not been spayed.

(Ord. 154-07 § 3(part), 2007).

Every domestic swine kept under the provisions of this chapter and title shall have an annual leptospirosis vaccination.

(Ord. 154-07 § 3(part), 2007).

Any person who keeps or maintains any domestic swine in the city shall provide in the yard of the single-family dwelling at which the domestic swine is kept an outdoor, paved and securely fenced enclosure of no less than one hundred twenty square feet. The domestic swine shall be restricted to the enclosure while out-of-doors, unless on a leash or tether under the control of a person physically capable of retaining control of the animal.

(Ord. 154-07 § 3(part), 2007).

It is unlawful for any person to maintain within the city a domestic swine without first obtaining a license, from the county, authorizing the maintaining of such domestic swine within the city.

(Ord. 154-07 § 3(part), 2007).

A. The license required by this chapter shall be issued upon satisfaction of all of the following requirements:

1. Payment of a fee in the amount established by resolution of the county;

2. Showing proof of current leptospirosis vaccination for the swine to be licensed under this title;

3. Certification that the swine has been spayed or neutered;

4. Certification by the animal control officer that the premises where the swine is or is to be kept and maintained comply with the provisions of this title and chapter and are clean and sanitary; and

5. Determination of the animal control officer, upon review of the number and nature of complaints and citations filed against the applicant concerning maintenance and treatment of animals regulated by this title, that the applicant is not likely to violate this title or create a nuisance in the keeping and maintaining of domestic swine during the term of a license.

B. The license shall be issued for a period not to exceed twelve months, commencing upon the date of application, and shall be renewed annually for as long as the domestic swine is kept or maintained.

(Ord. 154-07 § 3(part), 2007).

A. The license fee shall be paid on the date of application. The license fee shall come due on the expiration of the current license. Any person failing to procure and pay for such license on or before the due date shall pay a late fee in the amount established by resolution of the county as a penalty for such failure. Such late fee shall be in addition to the license fee payable for the swine.

B. Any person who acquires ownership, custody or control of swine not currently licensed pursuant to this title shall be immediately liable for payment of the license fee.

(Ord. 154-07 § 3(part), 2007).

The animal control officer shall procure and issue one, permanent, serial-numbered license tag stamped with the name of the county, for each swine licensed under this chapter. Such tags shall only be issued upon the application of the owners who have complied with the provisions of this title. The license tag shall be permanently issued for each swine and shall remain with the swine.

(Ord. 154-07 § 3(part), 2007).

Every domestic swine shall be provided by the owner with a suitable collar or other device to which the license tag shall be attached.

(Ord. 154-07 § 3(part), 2007).

In the event a license tag is lost from the body of any domestic swine for which the same was issued, the owner shall, within ten days thereafter, procure another license tag for the swine from the county for which he or she shall pay a fee in the amount established by resolution of the county. As often as any license tag is lost, the same shall be replaced in the same manner as provided in this section.

(Ord. 154-07 § 3(part), 2007).

The animal control officer shall keep a record which shall establish the license tag number, identity and address of the owner or keeper, physical characteristics of the domestic swine, and vaccination information.

(Ord. 154-07 § 3(part), 2007).