03/24/2015 Ordinances 9531 ORDINANCE NO. 9531
An ordinance to amend Chapter 5 of Grand Island City Code; to amend Section 5-
4; to clarify and/or make general corrections to various code sections, to repeal 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 5-4 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
§5-4. Enforcement; Jurisdiction; Agencies; Duties
(A) This chapter shall be enforced only within the corporate limits of the City of Grand
Island.
(B) The Code provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the agency with which
the City contracts to enforce said provisions and the Police Depai tment. All employees of said
Animal Control Authority shall be designated animal control officers for the purposes of this
chapter.
(C) The Health Department shall assist in enforcement of code provisions relating to
public health, safety and welfare.
(D) This Chapter shall not apply to:
(1) Care or treatment of an animal by a veterinarian licensed under the Nebraska
Veterinary Practice Act until December 1, 2008, and the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
Practice Act on and after December 1, 2008;
(2) Commonly accepted care or treatment of a police animal by a law enforcement
officer in the normal course of his or her duties;
(3) Research activity carried on by any research facility currently meeting the
standards of the federal Animal Welfare Act, 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq., as such act existed on
January 1, 2003;
(4) Commonly accepted practices of hunting, fishing, or trapping;
(5) Commonly accepted practices occurring in conjunction with rodeos, animal
racing, or pulling contests;
(6) Humane killing of an animal by the owner or by his or her agent or a veterinarian
upon the owner's request;
(7) Commonly accepted practices of animal husbandry with respect to farm animals
-- and commercial livestock operations, including their transport from one location to another and
nonnegligent actions taken by personnel or agents of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture or
the United States Department of Agriculture in the performance of duties prescribed by law;
Ordinance 9531 (Cont.)
--- (8) Use of reasonable force against an animal, other than a police animal, which is
working, including killing, capture, or restraint, if the animal is outside the owned or rented
property of its owner or custodian and is injuring or posing an immediate threat to any person or
other animal;
(9) Killing of house or garden pests;
(10) Commonly followed practices occurring in conjunction with the slaughter of
animals for food or byproducts; and
(11) Commonly accepted animal training practices;
(12) The Nebraska State Fair; and
(13) Post-secondary educational institutions.
SECTION 2. Any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and
hereby are,repealed.
SECTION 3. 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: March 24, 2015.
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Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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