The ability to keep animals and livestock has been and continues to be a defining characteristic of the rural atmosphere that Lindon City seeks to maintain. As identified in the Community Vision Statement within the Lindon City General Plan, the City seeks to protect, preserve, and maintain the rights of land owners to raise animals on their properties. It shall be the purpose and intent of the animal control ordinance to protect the right to keep and maintain animals on residential, commercial, and industrial property in Lindon. The animal control ordinance shall provide a reasonable opportunity for the residents of Lindon to maintain animals on their property within the constraints and limits of this provision. It shall also be the purpose of this ordinance to provide regulations, constraints, and limits on the number of animals kept and the manner in which the animals are maintained in order to minimize the impact on neighboring property owners.

Lindon City recognizes that the keeping of animals and livestock is inherently associated with odors, animal excrete, flies, and some noises. Unless otherwise stated within this Title, a reasonable level of tolerance will be permitted for these inherent characteristics such as odors, flies, and animal noises that are common to the keeping of animals and livestock in order to protect, preserve, and maintain the rights of land owners to raise animals on their properties. (Ord. 2012-16, amended, 2012; Ord. 99-17, adopted, 2001)