[CC 1974 §74.030]
No person owning any chickens, guineas, geese, ducks, turkeys
or other domestic fowls shall allow or permit the same to run at large
except on premises owned or controlled by such person.
[CC 1974 §74.040]
No person shall keep chickens or other fowls in any pen having
an area of less than one hundred forty-four (144) square feet and
the boundary of which is less than one hundred (100) feet from the
dwelling or place of business of another. If more than twelve (12)
chickens are kept in a pen, the pen shall have an area equal to twelve
(12) square feet for each chicken kept in said pen.
[CC 1974 §74.050]
No person shall keep chickens or other fowls in a battery located
in a building or structure, other than a lawfully operated hatchery,
unless the battery is located at least one hundred (100) feet at the
nearest point from the dwelling or place of business of another. All
batteries shall be constructed in such manner as to prevent dropping
from falling on the ground or floor.
[CC 1974 §74.060]
No person shall keep or cause or allow or permit to be kept
on any premises occupied by him/her or under his/her charge or control
any goats, cattle, horses, sheep, ducks, geese, turkeys, rabbits,
guinea pigs, white rats, white mice, hamsters or monkeys so that an
offensive or noxious smell or odor shall arise therefrom to the injury,
annoyance or inconvenience of any inhabitant of the neighborhood thereof.
[CC 1974 §74.070]
No person shall keep any goats within one hundred (100) feet
of the dwelling house or place of business of another. Nor shall any
person keep two (2) or more goats unless such shall be kept at a distance
of at least two hundred (200) feet from the dwelling house or place
of business of another.
[CC 1974 §74.080]
No person shall keep any sheep within one hundred (100) feet
of the dwelling house or place of business of another. Nor shall any
person keep two (2) or more sheep unless such sheep be kept at a distance
of at least two hundred (200) feet from the dwelling house or place
of business of another.
[CC 1974 §74.090]
A.
No
person other than one operating a lawfully operated stockyard or slaughterhouse
shall keep or permit the keeping of hogs on premises owned or controlled
by him/her, save and except as to premises which were taken into the
City by extension of the City limits, or which may hereafter be taken
into the City by extension of City limits, as to which premises hogs
may be kept under the following conditions:
1.
Hogs were kept on such premises at the time of such extension of
the City limits and such keeping has not since been discontinued.
2.
Such premises consist of at least five (5) contiguous acres.
3.
The number of hogs shall not exceed one (1) per each one-half (½)
acre of such premises where they are permitted to be kept, and that
they are not kept in a common pen or sty.
4.
Such hogs are not kept within three hundred (300) feet of the dwelling
house or place of business of another.
[CC 1974 §74.100]
No person shall keep a cow, bull, mule, jack or horse in a building,
enclosure or pasture, the exterior boundary of which is within two
hundred (200) feet of the dwelling house or place of business of another.
No person shall keep more than one (1) such animal unless there shall
be at least twenty-one thousand seven hundred eighty (21,780) square
feet for each such animal. No animal shall be pastured in such a manner
as to permit him/her to get upon a sidewalk or street.
[CC 1974 §74.110]
Every stable, shed or other building where a horse, cow or other
animal is kept shall have either within or immediately adjoining it
a flyproof, covered, watertight box, bin or other receptacle for receiving
and holding manure and litter accumulating between the times of removal
from the premises. Such receptacle shall be kept tightly closed at
all times except when being filled or emptied. Such receptacle shall
be completely emptied whenever filled, such emptying to take place
at least once each week from April first (1st) to November first (1st).
Such receptacle shall be cleaned and disinfected with a solution of
lime or other disinfectant whenever so ordered by the Mayor or his/her
representative.
[CC 1974 §74.120]
The floors of buildings described in the preceding Section shall
be cleaned daily and all manure and litter removed and deposited in
the receptacle required by said Section. Such floors shall be disinfected
with a solution of lime or other disinfectant whenever so ordered
by the Mayor or his/her representatives.
[CC 1974 §74.130]
All yards surrounding stables or buildings where animals are
housed shall be kept well drained and free from standing water and
filth.
[CC 1974 §74.140]
No manure shall be thrown or deposited in any alley, street
or public place or on any vacant lot. Provided, that the scattering
of manure on lawns or gardens for fertilizing purposes shall be permitted
if same is not of such a nature as to be a nuisance to the surrounding
neighborhood. No manure shall be transported over the streets in such
a manner as to permit it to drop out on such streets and no vehicle
hauling manure shall stand on any street except for the purpose of
loading or unloading.
