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INTROD UCED AS A ~ILL BY COUNCILMAN BROWN.
BY JUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. 0 , SERIES OF 1977
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II, ~11, CHAPTER 11,
TI TL E XI, CONTROLLING, RESTRICTING AND PROHIBITING CERTAIN
ANI MALS, FOWL AND ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS • .
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OP ENGLEWOOD,
COLO RADO, as follows:
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II, Sect~ 11, Chapter 11, Title XI of amended?t~--read as follows:
1 1-11-211 DEFINITIONS
When used in this Article II, .the words and phrases
defined in this chapter, for the purposes of this title,
h ave the meaning• respectively ascribed to them in this
c hapter.
(a) Animal. "Animal" means any animate beinq which
is endowed with the power of voluntary motion;
all living creatures not human.
(b) Cattle. "Cattle" means animals of the bovine
genus regardless of sex.
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Direptor. Director of Community Development
for the City of Englewood or his designee.
Enclosure or inclosure. "Enclosure" also
"lnclosure" means land surrounded by some
visible obstruction such as a fence.
Fowl. "Fowl"·means a bird of any kind except
those birds maintained within a residence and
a cage not exceeding twenty-five (25) cubic feet.
Goat. "Goat" means any of various hollow-
horned ruminant mammals (esp. of the genus
Capra) regardless of sex.
Hog. "Hog" means .swine, pigs or any of various
stout-bodied ·short legged omnivorous manunals
(family Suidae) •
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(h) Horse. "Horse• means an animal of the gen~s
equvs and species caballus regardless of sex.
(i) Livestock. •Livestock• means farm animals,
Including but not limited to, cows, horses,
sheep and pigs.
(j) Neighborhood. "Neighborhood" means a place
near, ari adjoining or surrounding district,
a more immediate vicinity.
(k) Pigj. "Pig•• means swine, hog or any of ·
var ous stout-bodied, short legged onmivorous
mammals (family Suidae).
(1) Premises •. "Premises• means the area or tract
of land surrounding the residence, or place
of business, of the owner or custodian of any
animal or fowl, which area or tract of land
appertains to the residence or place of business.
(m) Rabbit. •Rabbit• means any member of the hare
family regardless of sex.
(n) Sheep. "Sheep• mean• any of numerous reminant
mammals (genus Ovia) regardless of sex •
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(o) Swine. "Swine• mean• hog, pig or any of
varlou• stout-bodied short legged omnivorous
mammal• (family Suidae).
11-11-221 P'REMISES KEPT CLEAN
Any person who own• or control• any lot, barn, stable,
shed, building or other place where domestic fowls or apimala
are kept, shall keep the building and premises in a clean and
sanitary condition and shall remove all manure from the premises
at least once each week.
11-11-23: LIVESTOCK RUNNING AT LARGE
It is unlawful for any person who is the owner, posses-
sor or custodian of any animal including but not limited to
horses, asses, mules, cattle, sheep, swine, fowl or goats, to
suffer or permit the same to run at large within the City of
Englewood. Any such animals found running at large may be taken
up, impoun ded, and disposed of by the police department in the
manne r provided by law .
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. . 11-11-24: DISTURBANCE OP NEIGHBORHOOD PROHIBITED
It is unlawful for any person to keep ·or maintain any
animal or fowl within the City which habitually or continuously
disturbs the peace and quiet of the neighborhood and the keeping
of any such animal or fowl shall be declared to be a nuisance.
11-11-25: BULLS PROHIBITED
It is unlawful for any person to keep or harbor within
the City of Englewood any Bull or uncastrated male cattle.
11-11-26: HOGS PROHIBITED
It is unlawful for any person to keep or harbor within
the City of Englewood any hogs, pigs, or swine.
11-11-27: CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS OR HORSES-RESTRICTED
It i• unlawful for any person to herd, keep, maintain
or harbor any cattle, sheep, goats or horses or other livestock
within the city limits except as provided in this Article II.
11-11-28: CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS AND HORSES-~PERMIT REQUIRED
(a) No person shall keep or maintain cattle, sheep,
goats or horses within the city limits unless such person has a
valid permit so to do.
(b) Application for a permit to keep cattle, sheep,
goata or horse• shall be made in writing to the Director and
shall contain an adequate description of the real property upon
which cattle, sheep, goat• or horses are to be kept and maintained.
Following application, the Director shall cause the premises to
be inspected, and if all the requirements of this code are com-
plied with, he shall authorize issuance of the permit. The
Director shall issue all permits upon the payment of a fee of
five dollars. A permit shall continue to the end of the calendar
year unlesa revoked as herein provided.
11-11-29: CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS AND HORSES
CONDITIONS REQUIRED POR PERMIT
The Director shall authorize issuance of a permit to
keep and maintain cattle, sheep, goats and horses on certain
described premises within the City upon his determination that
the following conditions or requirements are complied with:·
(a) Permits may be issued only to resident owners
or lessees of real property having a minimum lot area of
16,000 square feet •
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(b) A maximum of two (2) cattle, sheep, qoats or
hprses or combination thereof may be kept or maintained on the
first 16,000 square feet of land described in each permit and
one (1) additional cattle, sheep, qoats, or horses or combination
thereof may be kept or maintained for each additional 16,000
square feet of land described in each permit. Any real property
included in a permit issued hereunder shall not be included in
another permit except a permit for rabbits and fowl.
11-11-301 RABBITS AND FOWL --RESTRICTED
It is unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, or
harbor any rabbits or fowl within the city limits except aa
provided in this .chapter.
11-11-31: RABBITS AND FOWL --PERMIT REQUIRED
(a) No person shall keep or maintain any rabbits or
fowl within the city limits unless such person has a valid
permit so to do.
(b) Application for a permit to keep rabbits and/or
fowl shall be made in writing to the Director and shall contain
an adequate description of the real property upon which rabbits
and/or fowl are to be kept and maintained. Following application,
the Director shall cuase the premises to be inspected, and if all
the requriements of this code are complied with, he shall
authorize issuance of the permit. The Director shall issue all
permits upon the payment of a fee of five dollars ($5.00). A
permit shall continue to the end of the calendar year unless
revoked as herein provided.
11-11-32: RABBITS AND FOWL--CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR PERMIT
The Director shall authorize issuance of a permit to
keep and maintain rabbits and/or fowl on certain described pre-
mises within the City upon his determination that the followinq
conditions or requi~ements are complied with: .
(a) Permits may be issued only to ·resident owners or
lessees of real property havinq minimum lot area of 16,000 square
feet.
(b) A maximum of ten (10) rabbits and/or fowl or
combination thereof may be kept or maintained on the first
16,000 square feet of land described in each permit and an
additional ten (10) rabbits and/or fowl or combination thereof
may be kept or maintained for each additional 16,000 square feet
of land described in each permit. Any real property included in
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a permit issued hereunder shall not be include~ in another
permit except a permit for cattle, sheep, goats and horses •
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(c) Exception: Where there are maximum of ~--(2)
rabbits, no minimum lot area or permit is required.
11-11-331 BUILDINGS FOR ANIMALS
(a) Any shed, coupe, barn or stable in which
cattle, sheep, goat, horses, rabbit• or fowl or any other
animal ia kept or maintained shall not be closer than twenty-
f i ve feet to any building occupied as a residence or used
for human habitat ion.. · · · · ·
Ali property where any animals are. to be kept or
maintained shall be fenced with an adequate fence to contain
them within said enclosure.
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11-11-341 REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PERMIT
(a) The Director may revoke any permit issued
hereunder upon the grounds that the permittee is violating or
has violated any of the provisions in Article II. A copy
of the notice of revocation shall be mailed the permittee by
the Director. Said revocation to be effective thirty (30)
days from the date of notice. The Permittee shall appeal
within ten (10) days after receipt of said notice of revocation
by filing a notice.of appeal with the Secretary of the Board
of Adjustment and Appeals who shall notify the Director of
said appeal. Thereafter the Secretary of the Board of Adjust-
ment and Appeals shall cause a written notice to be mailed to ~·
the permittee and the Director notifying each that a hearing
on the revocation will be held at a meeting of the Board of
Adjustment and Appeal~ said meeting to be held not less than
ten (10) days from the date of mailing such notice. Such
notice shall specify the time and place of the hearing. If,
upon such hearing, the Board of Adjustment and Appeals finds
that the permittee has violated any of the provisions of this
Article II, the Board of Adjustment and Appeals shall not
overrule the revocation of the permit or permits and the
permittee shall be allowed forty-eight hours within which to
remove all animals covered hereunder and ten (10) days to
remove any offensive or prohibited material.
(b) Upon the denial of a permit under the provisions
of this Article II, the Director shall cause written notice
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of such denial to be mailed to the applicant, notifying the
applicant thereof. An applicant deairinq to appeal such
denial shall within ten (10) daya of receipt of the notice
of denial, file with the Secretary of Board of Adjustment and
Appeals ·a written request for a hearinq before the Board of
Adjustment and Appeals. Upon receipt of a request for hearing,
the Secretary of Board of Adjustment and Appeals shall give
notice of the hearing to applicant and the Director in the
manner provided in paraqraph (a) of this section for hearings
upon revocation. The Board of Adjustment and Appeals shall
following such hearing, either direct ~hat the permit be issued
or denied.
11-11-35: SLAUGHTERHOUSES PROHIBITED
No slaughterhouse or other place for slaughterinq
animals shall be kept within the City.
11-11-36: HI DBS
It shall be unlawful for any pereon to keep, within
the City, any green, unsalted hidea for a period exceedinq
twenty-~our hours.
11-11-37: DISPOSITION OF DEAD ANIMALS
When any animal shall die within the City, it shall
be the duty of the owner or keeper thereof to remove the body
of such animal forthwith beyond the limit• of the City. If
such body is not forthwith removed, the same shall be deemed a
nuisance and such owner or keeper the author of a nuisance.
When the body of any dead animal shall be in any street,
highway or public qrounda in the City, it shall be the duty of
the Chief of Police or other police officer, when knowledge
thereof shall come to him, to cause such body to be removed
forthwith beyond the limits of the City.
Introduced, read ln full and passed on First Readinq
on the 21 day of November, 1977.·
Published aa a Bill for an Ordinance on the 23 day
of November, 1977 •
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Read by title and passelt on final reading on the
day of December, 1977. ....----
Published by ti~le .. "as Ordinance No.
on the day of De~er, 1977.
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ATTEST:
ex officio city urer
I, Willi~ D James, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing '~a true, accurate and complete copy of
the Ordinance, pass.-cf on final reading and published by title,
as Ordinance No. Series of 1977. ·
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ex of Clerk-Treasurer
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