Animal Keeping Bylaw No. 16/2012

Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan · adopted 2012-11-26

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CITY OF MEADOWLAKE BYLAW NO. 16/2012 ANIMALKEEPING BYLAW A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF MEADOW LAKE PROVIDING LIMITED RESTRICTIONS FOR THE KEEPING OF ANIMALS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITSOF THE CITY OF MEADOW LAKE. The Council of the City of Meadow Lake, in the Province of Saskatchewan, hereby enacts as follows: 1. DEFINITIONS (3) (b) (C) (d) (9) (a) (b) (C) Livestock shall mean any animal belonging to a species of animal, other than canine or feline, that is usually raised in captivity for the purpose of the production of offspring, the production of animal products as defined by The Animal Products Act, or for the commercial sale of the animal or any part of it whether it is edible or inedible including fertilized ova, fish and bees; whether or not that animal is actually being raised in captivity for any of those purposes. Poultry shall mean any bird raised in captivity for the purpose of: (1) the production of offspring (2) the production of any animal products as defined by The Animal Products Act; or (3) commercial resale of the bird or any part of it whether edible or inedible, any by-product of the bird including fertilized or unfertilized ova. RA -- Residential Acreage Zoning District means a zoning district established by the City of Meadow Lake Zoning Bylaw. Pet means any animal as defined by the Animal ProtectionAct, 2010. Acreage shall mean a land unit composed of one or more lots owned and/or used as a residential acreage. REGULATIONS No person(s) may possess or house more than four cats per household or residential unit. Subject to Regulations 2(d) and 2(9) of this Bylaw, no person shall be permitted to possess livestock, horses or poultry within thevlimits of the City of Meadow Lake except for the limited purpose of transport or delivery of such livestock or poultry which would necessitate the passage of such livestock or poultry through the City of Meadow Lake and, in such case, possession is permitted only to the minimum extent required to effect such passage unless otherwise authorized by the City of Meadow Lake. No exotic pets such as boa constrictors, pythons, venomous snakes, spiders, crocodiles, scorpions, bees or animals that may create a health hazard as defined by The Public Health Act, shall be permitted within the limits of the City of Meadow Lake. Animal Keeping Bylaw (continued) Page 2 (cl) No owners may have horses other than the three properties listed below. The right to possess horses will lapse once the ownership of these listed properties change or once Council gives proper notice. Current ownership is listed as Bruce & Lorraine Coverchuk, Eileen Piche, Donna Lowe & Oliver Poitras. Legal Description Number of horses allowed Lot 3/Block 3/PlanBA3425 2 horses Lot 4/Block 3/Plan BA3425 4 horses Block A/Plan BU6969 2 horses (e) Where Council, for any reason, revokes the horse keeping privilege, the owner shall be served by registered mail or in person, a letter of notice stating the reason for Council's decision. The recipient of the letter of notice shall, within 30 days of receipt of the letter, take what action is required to remove the horses. (f) Where the aforementioned recipient fails to comply with the letter requesting removal of the horses, Council may direct their agent(s) to take whatever action necessary to accommodate the removal order, the related costs of which willbe the responsibility of the recipient in addition to the penalties set out in the General Penalty Bylaw. (g) Existing agricultural operations willbe exempt from this bylaw until such time as the primary use of the property changes. 3. Any infraction or contravention of this Bylaw shall be subject to the penalties as set out in The General Penalty Bylaw of the City of Meadow Lake. 4. This bylaw shall come into force on the date of its final reading. 5. Bylaw No. 11/2002 is hereby repealed. Introduced and read a first time this 13"'day of November, 2012. Read a second time this 26"'day of November, 2012. Read a third time and adopted this 26"'day of November, 2012. %%%u CITY CLERK /. /is MAYOR ; Ccrifiied True Copy of B515" ll! ,7} /5/.20/.2 ~ d by Rzcoluticn of c'\)I;.iC" on the 976 M day of ?at/cmécr , ?x; __B__ 4/77 445/2/<