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TOWN OF IMPERIAL
BYLAW # 5-2019
A BYLAW TO CONTROL THE OWNERSHIP OF ANIMALS
The council of the Town of Imperial in the Province of Saskatchewan enacts as follows:
1.
This bylaw may be referenced as "The Animal Ownership Bylaw".
2.
For the purpose of this bylaw, the expression:
"even-toed hoofed mammals" shall mean mammals having reduced number of functional toes
and that rest their weight equally on the third and fourth toes of each foot - Examples include but
are not restricted to pigs, deer, cattle, antelope, camels, llamas, sheep, goats, giraffes;
"odd-toed hoofed mammals" shall mean mammals having a reduced number of toes, each
encased in a protective horny sheath or hoof, and the weight is carried mainly by the middle digit
of each foot - Examples include but are not restricted to horses, asses, mules, zebras, tapirs,
rhinoceroses;
"poultry" shall mean domestic animals kept for their meat, feathers, eggs or as pets - Examples
include chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys;
"Municipality" shall mean the Town of Imperial;
"Other Agricultural Land and Improvements" class of property as defined in The Municipalities
Regulations 39(b)(i)(ii)(iii), which includes only land and improvements, other than occupied
dwellings for which the predominant potential use is cultivation, determined as the best use that
could reasonably be made of the majority of the surface area; used for dairy production, raising
poultry or livestock, producing poultry or livestock products, bee-keeping, seed growing or
growing plants in an artificial environment; or used for other agricultural purposes, except for
land and improvements classified as Non-arable(Range) Land and Improvements.
3.
No person shall herd "even-toed hoofed mammals" and/or "odd-toed hoofed mammals" at any time
within the limits of the Municipality except in the Other Agricultural Land and Improvements class of
property in accordance with subsections 7 and 8.
4.
No person shall graze "even-toed hoofed mammals" and/or "odd-toed hoofed mammals" at any time
within the limits of the Municipality except in the Other Agricultural Land and Improvements class of
property in accordance with subsections 7 and 8.
5.
No person shall keep "even-toed hoofed mammals" and/or "odd-toed hoofed mammals" at any time
within the limits of the Municipality except in the Other Agricultural Land and Improvements class of
property class in accordance with subsections 7 and 8.
6.
No person shall keep "poultry" at any time within the limits of the Municipality except in the Other
Agricultural Land and Improvements class of property in accordance with subsection 7 and 8.
7.
No person shall keep more than 20 cattle within the limits of the Municipality pursuant to Section 3.
8.
No person shall keep more than 4 horses within the limits of the Municipality pursuant to Section 3.
9.
Any person found guilty of an infraction of any of the provisions of this bylaw shall be liable to the
penalties provided in the General Penalty Bylaw.
10.
Bylaw #7/08 is hereby repealed.
___________________________________________
Mayor
(SEAL)
___________________________________________
Administrator
Section 8(1)(k) The Municipalities Act
Read a third time and adopted
this ____ day of ___________, 2019.
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Administrator