Hallsville Limitation upon Number of Dogs and Cats Kept; Enclosures to Be Kept Clean of Filth ordinance (§ 205.110)

No person shall, at any time, keep, harbor, or own, at one (1) location within the City, more than four (4) dogs or cats over the age of six (6) months. This provision shall not apply to a lawfully operated commercial kennel, a kennel maintained in connection with a small animal hospital, or the City Pound. All structures, pens, coops or yards wherein animals or fowl are kept or permitted to be, shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times, devoid of all rodents and vermin, and free from offensive, disagreeable or noxious smell or odor to the injury, annoyance or inconvenience of any inhabitant of the neighborhood. The interior walls of all such structures shall be whitewashed or painted annually or more often, as the Animal Control Officer shall direct. The enclosed area of all such structures shall be constructed in such a way as to be dry at all times on the inside. The Animal Control Officer may at any time inspect, or cause to be inspected, any structure or premises and issue any such order as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section.