[R.O. 2011 §5-66; Ord. No. 2832 §5-63, 5-16-1994]
A.
No person, persons, firm or corporation shall keep any swine of any kind within the City limits of Salem, Missouri, without first securing from the Board of Aldermen a written permit.
B.
No permit shall be granted to any person, firm or corporation for the keeping of swine in pens or small enclosures, nor shall a permit be granted to keep swine in residential districts or congested districts, where the same might be detrimental to health or create an offensive or obnoxious odor.
C.
The Board of Aldermen shall have full power and authority to grant permits and to cancel any permit granted to any person, firm or corporation for keeping swine in the City limits, when the same are kept under such conditions as to be offensive and obnoxious to citizens of said City.
D.
The keeping of swine of any kind in small pens or under such conditions as to give off an offensive or obnoxious odor is hereby declared a nuisance.
E.
Should any person, firm or corporation keep any swine within the City limits without first securing a written permit, or keep any swine more than three (3) days after any permit for keeping such swine has been canceled, they shall be guilty of maintaining a nuisance, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than two dollars ($2.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), and each day that such nuisance is maintained shall create a separate offense.
F.
This Section shall not apply to the stockyards or pens now maintained in the City limits for shipping of stock.