1771.18 SANITARY MAINTENANCE OF HORSES AND FARM ANIMALS.
(a) No person shall use any structure as a stable or housing for any horse, mule, donkey, bovine, sheep, or goat, that is situated upon a lot that permits water and sewer connections, unless the portion of the lot used as a stable or housing has running water and an impervious floor constructed so as to drain into the public sewer.
(b) It shall be the duty of every person in charge of any stable, pen, coop, runway, or other place where animals or fowls are kept, to maintain the same in a clean condition, free from any accumulation of filth, garbage, rubbish, or other waste.
(c) No person shall keep any horse, mule, or donkey in any stable or other structure situated nearer than twenty-five (25) feet to any place of human habitation or to any food establishment or food service operation.
(d) No person shall keep any bovine, sheep, or goat upon any premises not directly connected with a stock yard or with a slaughtering establishment, unless such premises are at least one hundred (100) feet from any place of human habitation or from any food establishment or food service operation.
(e) No person shall keep any swine upon any premises not directly connected with a stock yard or with a slaughtering establishment.
(f) No person shall own, keep, brood, raise, or harbor any live fowl or poultry within the City of Hamilton except in a district which is zoned for agricultural use.
(g) The prohibition in subsection (f) herein is not intended to prevent the ownership and enjoyment of pet fowl which are caged such as, but not limited to, canaries, parakeets, parrots and the like, provided such pet is confined within the residence of the owner, person in control, or person responsible for it.
(h) The provisions of subsection (f) herein are not intended to prevent the brooding of chicks and other fowl or poultry by a school for educational or scientific purposes, provided the activity is conducted in a safe and sanitary manner in an enclosed structure on school property.
(i) The provisions of subsection (h) above are not intended to permit the private keeping of such live fowl or poultry after the educational or scientific program is concluded.
(Ord. 2022-4-26. Passed 4-13-22.)