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Authorized city personnel may use reasonable force and go onto private property <br />1111 to take the animal into custody. <br />• <br />• <br />45. Authorized city personnel will determine on a case by case basis whether <br />forfeited animals may be destroyed or given to new owners who will adequately <br />care for and control the animal. <br />503.178 FARM ANIMALS. <br />1. In addition to the provisions of this chapter, the keeping of farm animals or limited <br />livestock raising may be permitted in rural zoning districts according to the <br />regulations of §1007. <br />2. An exception shall be made to this subsection for those animals brought into the <br />city as part of an operating zoo, veterinarian clinic, scientific research laboratory, <br />or a licensed show or exhibition. <br />3. The keeping of farm animals legally existing at the adoption of this ordinance in <br />residential zoning districts may continue to exist as to type and number of animals <br />with the following provisions: <br />a. the current use shall not be expanded; <br />b. the current use shall cease if discontinued for more than a period of one year; <br />c. a violation of any section of this chapter shall cease the current use. <br />50348503.19 WILD ANIMALS. <br />It shall be illegal for any person to own, possess, harbor, or offer for sale, any man- <br />domestic animal wild animal as defined in Section 503.01 within the City limits. Any <br />owner of such an animal at the time of adoption of this Code shall have thirty days in <br />which to remove the animal from the City after which time the City may impound the <br />animal as provided for in this Section. An exception shall be made to this prohibition for <br />animals specifically trained for and actually providing assistance to the handicapped or <br />disabled, and for those animals brought into the City as part of an operating zoo, <br />veterinarian clinic, scientific research laboratory, or a licensed show or exhibition. <br />503.1 -920 PENALTY. <br />A violation of any section of Chapter 503 is a misdemeanor. Each day on which a <br />violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. <br />Page 19 of 20 <br />