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Chapter 12 - Licenses and Permits

(h) Skin. Wrinkles may or may not be present. Hair will lay evenly over the
back with seasonal variation. The color shall be black or black and white.

(i) Disposition. All pot-bellied pigs should be tractable and nonaggressive.

(3) LICENSE REQUIRED. No pot-bellied pig shall be allowed in the Village unless
licensed in compliance with the following license requirements:

(a) Pot-bellied pigs are to be inoculated for erysipelas, pneumonia, rhinitis,
rabies (once every 3 years).

(b) Pot-bellied pigs are to be spayed or neutered. Breeding of pot-bellied pigs
is prohibited in the Village.

(c) Pot-bellied pigs shall ideally weigh no more than 50 lbs. at one year and are
not to exceed 95 lbs. at any time. Proof of weight shall be required.

(d) The number of pot-bellied pigs per household is limited to one.

(e) Pot-bellied pigs shall be licensed upon verification of weight, spay or
neuter and current shot records as defined herein by a licensed veterinarian.
The Clerk shall collect the license fee as provided in Section 12.01 and
issue the license tag. No license shall be issued unless applicant presents
certification or other evidence of weight and current shot records. After
issuance of license, the pot-bellied pig shall bear an ID tag with the owner’s
name, address and telephone number.

(f) No owner or keeper of any pot-bellied pig shall permit the same to run at
large in the Village.

(g) A pot-bellied pig shall be deemed to be at large unless under the control of
a person by means of a chain, rope, cord or cable of sufficient strength to
control the action of the pot-bellied pig or such other personal presence and
attention as will positively control the conduct of the pot-bellied pig.

(h) Whenever any officer or constable shall find any pot-bellied pig running at
large as herein defined, he shall, if possible, pick up and impound the
animal in such a place as the Village Board may direct. Whenever any
impounded pot-bellied pig shall bear an identification mark, such as a collar
or license tag, the owner shall be notified. Upon notification, the owner
shall claim the pig and pay the impoundment fee in Section 12.01.

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