It is the policy and intent of the City to enter into an agreement with the County to establish and maintain a City-County Board of Health, to have jurisdiction over that area included within the City, as provided by Montana Code Annotated Section 50-2-106, as amended. The Mayor will execute such agreement, as may be approved by the City Council, for this purpose.
(R.O. 1947 §§ 86, 87; amd. Ord. 673; Ord. 853 § 2)
It shall be unlawful and a nuisance for any person to slaughter or kill any cattle, calves, sheep or swine within the City limits, or within 1/2 mile of the City, or to occupy or use any yard, pen, enclosure or building for such purpose, without written consent from the City Council. Upon conviction of a violation of this section, such nuisance may be abated as provided in Chapter 18 of this Code, and in addition thereto, the person convicted shall be punished as provided in Section 1-9 of this Code.
(R.O. 1947 § 940)
For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Establishment.
Any parcel of land, house, garage or building which is vacant or is used for the carrying on of a business therein or as a residence.
Notice.
Personal service of the writing provided for upon any person entitled to notice hereunder, or the mailing of same to him or her by certified or registered mail, the period of such notice shall commence on the date of such personal service or the date of such mailing.
Offensive.
Any condition which is injurious or obnoxious because of noise, odor, vibration, smoke, gas, filth or unsightliness.
Unwholesome.
Any condition that is injurious to health.
(Ord. 778 § 1)
The operation or maintenance of any offensive or unwholesome establishment within the City limits or within three miles thereof is prohibited.
(Ord. 778 § 2)
A. 
Established: Upon complaint, in writing, being made to the Mayor and City Council by any person or any officer of the City that any establishment within the City limits, or within three miles thereof, is offensive or unwholesome, and good cause appearing therefor, the Mayor and City Council shall notify in writing the owner or operator or resident of such establishment of a public hearing to be held before the Mayor and City Council within 30 days of the date of service of such notice upon such owner or operator or resident. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing. The Mayor and City Council shall hold such public hearing at the time and place provided in the notice and shall then and there receive evidence and testimony, under oath, from the complainant and his or her witnesses as well as such owner or operator or resident of such establishment and his or her witnesses; at the termination of the hearing, or within a reasonable time thereafter, the Mayor and City Council shall make a finding of the merits of the complaint; if such finding is that the establishment is offensive or unwholesome, the owner or operator or resident of such establishment shall be so notified in writing and shall be ordered to remove or correct the offensive or unwholesome condition existing thereon or if same cannot reasonably be removed or corrected, to cease operating or maintaining such establishment within 30 days thereof.
B. 
Dismissal: If the finding of the Mayor and City Council is that the establishment is not offensive or unwholesome, the complaint shall be dismissed and the person charged in such complaint shall be notified in writing.
(Ord. 778 § 3)
Failure of the owner or operator or resident of such establishment to comply with the notice of finding and order of the Mayor and City Council following such a public hearing shall constitute an offense punishable as provided in Section 1-9 of this Code.
(Ord. 778 § 4)