(a) It shall be a violation of this chapter, and is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, for any person, including but not limited to an owner, manager, or tenant of real property, to allow or to fail to prevent the presence of livestock on any land located within the watershed area of a drinking water reservoir except pursuant to a valid permit issued pursuant to this section.

(b) A permit for grazing livestock within the watershed area of a drinking water reservoir shall be issued by the general manager upon the taking of adequate precautionary measures by the applicant to mitigate the potential for pollution of the city's drinking water supply caused by livestock grazing. Such precautionary measures may include, but are not limited to, restricting the amount of livestock on the land and/or fencing the land in such a manner as to restrict the extended presence of livestock in the more sensitive portions of the watershed area. The city shall not require unreasonable measures to be taken by an applicant, and shall in no event prohibit or impose requirements that would have the effect of prohibiting the agricultural use of any land.

(c) No permit issued pursuant to this section shall be valid for a period of more than one year. Any permit issued pursuant to this section may be revoked by the general manager at any time for failure to adhere to the criteria described above in subsection (b) of this section. The denial or revocation of a permit may be appealed to the city manager or designee, and an informal hearing may be requested by the aggrieved party. The city manager or designee shall consider only the adherence to or the deviation from the criteria described above in subsection (b) of this section, and his or her decision is final.

(d) For the purposes of this section, the term "livestock" shall mean any domesticated animal, including but not limited to horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, peacocks, turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, or other poultry, fowl, or mink.

(e) For the purposes of this section, the term "watershed area" shall mean land which is located within the corporate boundaries of the city and which is designated by the general manager as draining into a drinking water reservoir. The designation of land as being within a watershed area may be appealed by the landowner in the same manner provided in subsection (c). (Ord. No. 2023-44, § 52, 9-11-2023; Ord. No. 2005-74, § 1, 10-10-2005; Ord. No. 97-04, § 1, 3-3-1997)