(a) No person shall maintain any poultry or animal yard within fifty feet of any building used for residence purposes by anyone other than the one maintaining such poultry or animal yard or his immediate family, or within twenty-five feet of any public way other than an alley, or within 100 feet of any church or school building.
(1) For the purposes of this section, “poultry or animal yard” includes any enclosure, shed or structure used to house two or more live fowl. “Fowl” includes chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry, or two or more cattle, horses, sheep, goats or other domestic animals.
(2) Every person maintaining a poultry or animal yard shall keep the same clean and sanitary and free from all refuse. Such yards shall be thoroughly swept at least once every twenty-four hours, and no person shall permit any decaying food or any refuse of any kind to remain in the yard. Refuse from such yards shall, when swept up or collected, be kept in airtight containers until disposed of in accordance with City ordinances, and no person shall permit any such refuse to remain uncovered.
(3) Every poultry or animal yard shall be adequately enclosed so as to be impenetrable against rats or other rodents. The presence of any rats in any poultry or animal yard shall be prima-facie evidence that the yard is maintained in violation of the provisions of this section.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day that a person is in violation shall be considered a separate offense.
(Ord. 53-70. Passed 10-13-70.)