Oink! Pigs would be required to be vaccinated, microchipped and spayed or neutered. They would also have to stay inside except to exercise or eliminate waste.
One resident suggested the city put a size limit on pigs allowed to be kept as pets. Tressler said that would lead to situations where the city would have to separate beloved pigs from their families because there is no reliable way to tell how big a pig might grow.
Tressler said while the government's role is to protect citizens, that does not mean it is the government's role to protect citizens from themselves. He said that if residents want to get a pig and are injured by it, that is a risk they took on themselves.Millican said that while some on the council are in favor of liberty for residents, there are reasons speed limits and laws to wear helmets and seatbelts exist.
Councilmember Hank Dugie said the city already has laws in place for nuisances and damage if that occurs due to pigs, and he was therefore in favor of the ordinance update.Councilmember Andy Mann clarified that even if the city allows pigs as pets, that does not mean every neighborhood would. Some homeowner associations might be more restrictive than the city and not allow pets, Mann said.
A motion to postpone a decision on the ordinance update failed 4-4. The first reading to update the ordinance to allow pigs as pets passed 6-2 with Hallisey and Millican opposed.
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