No swine shall be kept within 100 feet of any dwelling house or street, nor in such a place and manner as to be offensive to the persons residing in the vicinity; and their pens and yards must be kept deodorized by the application of dried muck, dry earth or some other effective absorbent or disinfectant; provided, nevertheless, that no person, persons, firm, partnership, corporation or other legal entity shall keep or maintain more than four swine within the limits of the city. No cattle, goats, horses or other animals shall be kept in such a place or manner as to be offensive to the persons residing in the vicinity. Violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a public health nuisance.
No fowl shall be kept within such place or manner as to be offensive or cause a nuisance to persons residing in the vicinity, and the buildings and yards shall be kept deodorized by the application of dry earth or some other effective absorbent or disinfectant. All fowl so kept within the city limits shall be confined in an enclosure, and shall not be permitted to run at large. Violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a public health nuisance.
No person shall put or place, or cause to be put or placed, in any street, lane, alley, or other public place in the city or in the waters thereof, any house-dirt, ashes, garbage, shreds, shavings, filth, offal, oystershells or other kind of rubbish, except in such place and in such manner as the board of aldermen may prescribe. Violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a public health nuisance.
A violation of the provisions of these sections may result in a civil penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $500.
