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• (a) No hogs or sheep shall be kept in the city except for immediate shipment or slaughter. (b) No goats shall be kept within the city. Sec. 4-9 4-10. Parking vehicles containing livestock. It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle containing livestock on any street within any u ' R 2 or R 3 residential zoning district within the city, as designated by chapter 34 of this Code, for more than one-half hour. A vehicle shall be considered parked for one-half hour if it is not moved at least one (1) block within that period. [NOTE: The preceding six sections, 4-5 through 4-10, are in the current City Code, and are merely being renumbered] . Sec. 4-11. Dogs and cats deemed personal property; rights. a) All dogs and cats shall be deemed nersonal orooertv and may be the subiect of larceny and malicious or unlawful trespass. Owners, as defined in section 4-2, may maintain any action for the killing of any such animals, or injury thereto, or unlawful • detention or use thereof as in the case of other personal property. (b) In addition to any penalty imposed herein, any owner who violates a provision of this Chapter shall be liable for any loss or damage resulting from the violation, including but not limited to reasonable and necessary medical and hospitalization expenses, loss of wages, veterinary bills, the fair market value or replacement cost of any animal killed or euthanized as a result of the violation, and any additional consequential damages. c) An animal control officer or other law enforcement officer finding a stolen dog or cat, or a dog or cat held or detained contrary to law, shall have authority to seize and hold such animal pending action before a general district court or other court. If no such action is instituted within seven days, the animal control officer or other officer shall deliver the dog or cat to its owner d) The presence of a dog or cat on the premises of a person other than its legal owner shall raise no presumption of theft against the owner, and the animal control officer may take such animal in charge and notify its legal owner to remove it. The legal owner of the animal shall oav the actual costs for the keeping of such animal while in the ossession of the animal control officer [NOTE: This section 4 -His new, and follows the language in Virginia Code sec. 3.1- • 796.127.]