(A) Animal waste cannot be kept within 35 feet of any window or door of any inhabited structure or within 100 feet of any church, school, hospital, or place where food products are kept, stored, manufactured, or served to the public.
(B) Every person owning or occupying premises where any manure from any horse, pony, mule, cow, or other animal accumulates must provide for the removal of the manure daily.
(C) Manure accumulated on any premises must be removed daily. Alternatively, boxes, bins, or receptacles of a design and construction acceptable to the Animal Control Officer must be provided by the owner or occupant of the premises, and these boxes, bins, or receptacles must be used only for the purpose of containing the accumulation of manure and be kept tightly closed at all times except when manure is placed or removed.
(D) This section does not apply to manure that is spread as fertilizer over or around cultivated plants, vines, vegetables, lawns, bushes, shrubs, or trees or to manure kept by any nursery for commercial fertilizer purposes unless that manure creates a nuisance, either from fly breeding or excessive, obnoxious odors.
(E) Acceptable boxes, bins, or receptacles will be constructed of brick, stone, concrete, metal, or wood lined with metal or other sound materials and be proofed against by flies.
(F) The contents of these boxes, bins, or receptacles must be removed at least once a week.
(G) This section does not apply to manure kept on the premise of a properly permitted and licensed zoo, so long as the zoo maintains sanitary conditions that do not become a public nuisance or health hazard.
(Ord. 914-C.S., passed 4-20-21)