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CODES
ARTICLE V
SALE AND BREEDING OF ANIMALS
Section 5.01 Sale and Care of Certain Animals
A. A person commits an offense if he sells,
offers for sale, gives as a prize, barters or displays any
living chickens, ducks, goslings, rabbits or hamsters that have
been artificially colored or any other fowl or animal which has
been dyed, colored or otherwise treated so as to impart to them
an artificial color.
B. A person commits an offense if he sells,
offers for sale, gives as a prize, or commercially displays any
chick, duckling or gosling younger than four (4) weeks of age.
C. A person commits an offense if he offers for
sale or as a prize, or displays any chick, gosling or duck
without providing such animal with a brooder or heating device
as necessary to keep such animal in good health.
D. A person commits an offense if he fails to
provide any animal described in this Section with adequate food
and water at all times.
E. A person commits an offense if he sells or
delivers live chickens, ducklings, goslings, or rabbits less
than eight weeks of age to any person in quantities of less than
five (5).
F. A person commits an offense if a person
gives away any live animal as a prize or inducement for the
purposes of attracting trade or business.
Section 5.02 Keeping of Fowl
A person commits an offense if he:
A. Keeps or maintains more than four (4) fowl
on one-half (1/2) acre or less or at a distance closer than
fifty feet (50') from any habitation located on another's
property; or
B. Keeps or maintains more than ten (10) fowl
on more than one-half (1/2) acre but less than one (1) acre at a
distance closer than fifty feet (50') from any habitation
located on another's property.
C. Keeps or maintains twenty-five (25) fowl or
more on one (1) acre or more at a distance closer than fifty
feet (50’) from any habitation located on another’s property.
D. Fails to keep any fowl of the Order Anseriformes from being
at large; or
E. Fails to keep any fowl of the Order
Galliformes contained within a coop or pen.
F. Keeps or maintains roosters except in an area zoned as
agricultural.
Section 5.03 Livestock
A person commits an offense if he:
A. Keeps or stakes any horse, cow, sheep, goat
or llama at a distance closer than one hundred feet (100') from
any habitation located on another's property;
B. Keeps or stakes any pig, except potbellied
pigs, at a distance closer than five hundred feet (500') from
any habitation located on another's property;
C. Erects or maintains a structure, pen, corral
or other enclosure for any horse, cow, sheep, goat or llama at a
distance closer than one hundred feet (100') from any habitation
located on another's property;
D. Erects or maintains a structure, pen, corral
or other enclosure for any pig, except potbellied pigs, at a
distance closer than five hundred feet (500') from any
habitation located on another's property;
E. Keeps or stakes three (3) or more potbellied
pigs at a distance closer than five hundred feet (500') from any
habitation located on another's property; or
F. Erects or maintains a structure, pen, corral
or other enclosure for three (3) or more potbellied pigs at a
distance closer than five hundred feet (500') from any
habitation located on another's property.
G. Keeps or stakes up to two (2) potbellied
pigs at a distance closer than five hundred feet (500') from a
habitation located on another person's property, when the
animal's primary habitat is located outdoors.
Section 5.04 Exceptions
It is an exception to Sections 5.02 and 5.03 that:
A. The animal or structure was at a veterinary
clinic or hospital, pet store, feed store, farm store or any
similar establishment properly zoned for keeping such animals;
B. The structure, pen, corral or other
enclosure was in existence at the time the premises on which it
is located were annexed by the City of Arlington. However, if
the ownership or primary use of the premises changes, this
exception shall not apply; or
C. The structure, pen, corral or other
enclosure was in existence prior to the time a habitation was
erected on another's property.
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