ORDINANCE NO. O-09-2011

 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT THOMAS, CAMPBELL COUNTY, KENTUCKY, AMENDING SECTION 91.04 OF THE CITY OF FORT THOMAS CODE OF ORDINANCES REGULATING THE RAISING OF CHICKENS AND RABBITS BY SETTING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER A PERSON MAY RAISE; AND BY ALLOWING REVOCATION OF LICENSE BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. 

 

WHEREAS, Section 91.04(D) of the Fort Thomas Code of Ordinances currently allows any person to raise or keep up to 100 chickens or rabbits, with certain other restrictions; and

 

WHEREAS, Section 91.04(E) of the Fort Thomas Code of Ordinances currently permits the “appropriate court of the city” to revoke a license to raise chickens or rabbits for violation of terms of the ordinance; and

 

WHEREAS, the Labor, Law, and License Committee of Council has researched the issue of raising chickens and rabbits and recommends that the maximum number of chickens and rabbits permitted to be kept or raised by any person in the city should be ten; and that the city’s zoning administrator should be given the authority to revoke the permit to raise same. 

 

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT THOMAS, CAMPBELL COUNTY, KENTUCKY, that Section 91.04(D) and (E) of the City of Fort Thomas Code of Ordinances shall be amended as follows:

 

§ 91.04 RAISING CHICKENS OR RABBITS.

 

(D)       It shall be unlawful for any person to raise a rooster in the city or for any one family to keep or raise more than 100 10 chickens and 10 rabbits.  It shall be unlawful to let any chickens or rabbits run at large; and it shall be unlawful to keep or raise chickens or rabbits or to maintain any coop, hutch, building, or enclosure for them in an unclean or unsanitary condition. 

(E)        In the event that any person fails to comply with all of the requirements of this section or violates any of the terms of this section, the license for the raising of chickens or rabbits to that person shall be revoked by order of the zoning administrator appropriate court of the city, or by resolution of the City Council.

 

SECTION II

 

            All ordinances, resolutions or parts thereof, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, are to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.

 

SECTION III

 

            The provisions of this Ordinance are severable.  If any provision, section, paragraph, or part thereof be held invalid, such decision shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this Ordinance.

 

SECTION IV

 

            This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication as required by law.

 

 

 

                                                                                    APPROVED:

 

 

 

                                                                                    ______________________________

                                                                                    Mary H. Brown, Mayor

 

1st Reading:  May 16, 2011

 

2nd Reading: June 6, 2011

 

Publication: June 16, 2011

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

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Melissa K. Kelly, City Clerk