11/13/2007 Ordinances 9142ORDINANCE NO. 9142
An ordinance to amend Chapter 5 of the Grand Island City Code; to amend
Sections 5-12 and 5-18 pertaining to registration fees and number of animals; to repeal Sections
5-12 and 5-18 as now existing, and any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and
to provide for publication and the effective date of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 5-12 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
§5-12. Registration Fee; Amounts; Delinquent
(A) The owner of any dog or cat over the age of three months in the City of Grand Island shall pay an
annual pet license fee for said dog or cat. Such fee shall be adopted by the governing body and identified in the City
of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
The annual pet license as provided in this section shall be for the period of January 1 through December 31
of the licensing year. The pet license provided for by this section shall be secured by each new owner or new
resident within thirty days of establishing residency in the City or after acquiring said animal, notwithstanding the
fact that the dog or cat may have been registered within the annual period by a previous owner or that the dog or cat
had been registered with another authority other than the City of Grand Island.
(B) The fee required in (A) above shall become due on January 1 of the licensing year and shall become
delinquent on February 1 of each year. The owner of any dog or cat in the City of Grand Island registering the same
after said fee has become delinquent shall pay a surcharge in accordance with the fees adopted by the governing
body and identified in the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
(C) No dog or cat shall be registered and licensed unless and until the owner shall display a certificate of a
licensed veterinarian showing that such dog or cat has been vaccinated for rabies.
(D) The owner of any dog or cat that has been declared "potentially dangerous" or "dangerous" shall pay,
in addition to the pet license above, an annual kennel inspection fee. Such fee shall become due at the time of the
declaration, and then shall be paid annually thereafter with the annual fee becoming due on January 1 of the year
following the declaration, and shall become delinquent on February 1 of said year. The kennel inspection fee shall
be adopted by the governing body and identified in the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
SECTION 2. Section 5-18 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
§5-18. Number of Animals; Limits
(A) No residential property shall have more than one of the following animals over weaning age per half
acre of outdoor enclosure area where said animals are of the following livestock species:
(1) horses;
(2) mules;
(3) donkeys;
(4) cows;
(5) sheep;
(6) goats; and
(7) llamas;
(i.e. two acres of outside enclosure area may be occupied by two horses and two cows, not four horses and
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four cows).
(B) No person, except for commercial retail establishments that offer live fowl (including chickens) for
retail sale and governmental and/or non-profit educational facilities, shall keep or maintain on his or her property
any fowl (including chicken hens) in a number that exceeds four (4) per one acre with a minimum of land being one
(1) acre (i.e., two acres may be occupied by eight (8) fowl).
(C) All properties which do not comply with subsection (A) or (B) shall either be brought into compliance
by October 3, 2006 or shall obtain a conditional use permit as provided by §36-82 of this Code. The issuance of the
conditional use permit shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) A description of the species and numbers of animals to be kept on the premises
during the term of the conditional use permit shall accompany this application.
(2) Written waivers approving the proposed conditional use permit shall be obtained
from all persons residing within one hundred fifty (150.0) feet of the subject property and
shall accompany the application.
(3) If the subject property shall be brought into compliance with Section (A) or (B)
above for one hundred eighty (180) or more consecutive days, the conditional use permit
shall terminate and shall not be renewed or reissued.
(D) No residential property shall have more than thirty (30) rabbits at any one time.
(E) No residential property shall have more than 64 birds over six months of age at any one time.
(F) For the purposes of this section, the number of animals permitted to be kept under subsection (A) shall
be reduced by one if rabbits are also kept on said property, and also by one if birds or fowl are kept on said property.
(G) No residential property shall have more than four dogs and/or cats over three months of age.
(H) No residential property shall have more than four different species of animals sheltered and/or enclosed
outside the residence.
SECTION 3. Sections 5-12 and 5-18 as now existing, and any ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 4. The validity of any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase
of this ordinance shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, subsection,
sentence, clause, or phrase thereof.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after
its passage and publication, within fifteen days in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law.
Enacted: November 13, 2007.
Margaret ornady, Mayor
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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