A.    PURPOSE:  The purpose of this Section is to provide standards for the keeping and raising of animals. It is the intent of this Section to encourage the use and protection of agricultural lands, maintain and enhance the County’s pastoral character and rural lifestyle, and minimize potential adverse effects on adjoining property from the establishment of incompatible uses related to the keeping and raising of animals.

B.    DEFINITIONS:

1. Animals, Large - Horses, mules, donkeys, cattle, goats, sheep, swine, llamas, alpacas, and/or similar livestock.
2. Animals, Small - Common household domestic pets readily classifiable as being customarily incidental and accessory to a permitted residential use when no commercial activity is involved, including, but not limited to, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, fish, snakes, lizards, and small amphibians and reptiles.
3. Poultry - Domesticated birds kept for eggs or meat.

C.    STANDARDS: The keeping and raising of animals shall meet the standards as provided in Table 3.4.  Download the Table as an Adobe PDF document HERE.  All the information on this page wil be included in that file. All animals shall be cared for in a manner that does not create a public health problem or a public nuisance, or interfere with the public welfare of surrounding properties. All animal enclosures, pens, and cages shall be maintained so as to discourage the proliferation of flies, other disease vectors, and offensive odors. (Ord. #2223)