6.04.035 Miniature pot-bellied pigs, livestock, and small livestock.
A. The keeping of miniature pot-bellied pigs, livestock and small livestock in nonagriculturally zoned areas is for the personal use of the household only.
B. Miniature pot-bellied pigs are allowed to be kept within the city limits. No more than two such animals per household are permitted. Owners of miniature pot-bellied pigs must comply with the licensing provision of EMC 6.04.030 and pay the fees for the license as defined therein.
C. Livestock is not permitted in nonagriculturally zoned areas, with the exception of miniature goats and potbellied pigs, subject to:
1. Miniature breeds of goats include the following: pygmy, Nigerian dwarf and pygora or similar breeds (based on height and weight). Adult goats shall not exceed twenty-five inches measured from the withers or weigh more than eighty-five pounds. The wither is the ridge between the shoulder blades of the goat.
2. Up to three miniature goats may be kept on lots over ten thousand square feet of a single-family residential dwelling unit. Nursing offspring may be kept until weaned, no longer than twelve weeks after birth.
3. Male goats must be neutered.
D. Small livestock is permitted in nonagriculturally zoned areas, subject to:
1. Chickens:
a. Up to six chickens on lots up to ten thousand square feet;
b. Up to eight chickens on lots ten thousand to fifteen thousand square feet;
c. Up to ten chickens on lots fifteen thousand to thirty-five thousand square feet;
d. One additional chicken per five thousand square feet, for lots over thirty-five thousand square feet;
2. Other fowl (ducks, geese, turkeys, etc.):
a. Peafowl are not permitted;
b. Up to six fowl on lots up to fifteen thousand square feet;
c. Up to eight fowl on lots fifteen thousand to thirty-five thousand square feet;
d. One additional fowl per five thousand square feet, for lots over thirty-five thousand square feet;
3. Other small livestock:
a. Mink and foxes are not permitted;
b. Up to six rabbits on lots smaller than ten thousand square feet;
c. Up to eight rabbits on lots ten thousand to fifteen thousand square feet;
d. Up to ten rabbits on lots fifteen thousand to thirty-five thousand square feet;
e. One additional rabbit per five thousand square feet, for lots over thirty-five thousand square feet;
f. Nursing offspring may be kept no longer than twelve weeks after birth;
g. At no time should the combined total number of small livestock exceed twelve animals per ten thousand square feet.
E. Grandparent Clause. Anyone with a current facilities license under this chapter will be permitted to keep existing animals until the license expiration date, unless an animal control officer has probable cause that the owner is not complying with the owner’s responsibilities specified in facilities permit regulations per EMC 6.04.050 and the animal control manager, after reviewing such evidence, revokes the license per EMC 6.04.060. (Ord. 3984-23 § 2, 2023.)