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7.3 refuses to provide identification (name, address, and date of birth) and
proof thereof to an Officer upon request;
7.4 provides false or misleading information to an Officer.
8. An Officer, including an Animal Control Officer, is hereby authorized to use live
traps, nets or any other similar means to effect capture of Livestock. The Town
or its Contractor shall not be held liable for the death or injury of any Livestock.
Keeping of Hens
9. Every Owner who wishes to participate in the "Keeping of Hens" within the
corporate boundaries of the Town of Rocky Mountain House shall pay to the
Town of Rocky Mountain House a yearly License fee for their Coop as set out in
the Fees and Rates Bylaw.
10.
Where a License is required and has been paid for by the tender of an
uncertified cheque, the License is automatically revoked if the cheque is not
accepted and cashed by the bank on which it was issued.
11.
Every Owner who fails to purchase a License on or before the 3pt day of
January in any year, shall be guilty of an offence and subject to the penalties
provided for in this Bylaw.
12.
An Owner is guilty of an offence if the Owner harbours Roosters within the
Town of Rocky Mountain House corporate boundaries;
13.
An Owner is guilty of an offence if the Owner harbours more than four (4)
Hens per Detached Dwelling, or a side by side Duplex unit on a parcel, as
defined by the Land Use Bylaw;
14.
A person is guilty of an offence if that person slaughters any Livestock on a
parcel;
15.
An Owner is guilty of an offence if the Owner or a person on behalf of the
owner buries a dead Hen on a Town parcel. Dead Hens shall be disposed by
delivering it to a farm, abattoir, veterinarian, mobile slaughter unit, or other
facility that has the ability to dispose of Hens lawfully;
16.
The maximum size of a Coop (including Henhouse and Run area) is 9.29
square metres (100 square feet.), and the minimum size of a Coop is 4.88
square meters (52.53 square feet). The Coop can be no more than 2.0 m (6.56
ft.) in height. Both the Henhouse and Run area are required to be fully enclosed
in a secure fence and structure.
17 .An Owner is guilty of an offence if the Owner or a person on behalf of the Owner
fails to locate a Coop in the rear and side yards of those properties with an
existing Detached Dwelling, or a side by side Duplex unit on a parcel. Further,
Redacted under Sect. 17 of the FOIP Act.
Redacted
under
Sect. 17 of the
FOIP Act.