§ 97.46  KEEPING ANIMALS AND BIRDS; GENERAL.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, place, maintain or continue any pen, coop, yard or other building upon any lot or ground in the city for the purpose of confining or housing any domestic animal or bird unless the same is at least 25 feet distant from any dwelling, house, apartment, hotel, restaurant, food or drinking establishment or rooming house, school, church or any building wherein people are employed and unless the floor of the building or coop is constructed of the material and in a manner that it can be kept clean and sanitary at all times and unless the location of such shall be authorized by the Health Officer.
   (B)   All coops and other buildings wherein domesticated animals and birds are kept shall be provided with fly-tight bins or other tightly closed receptacles for manure of dimensions sufficient to contain all accumulations of manure as to prevent its becoming a nuisance.  No manure shall be allowed to accumulate on the floor or on adjacent ground.
(Ord. 1153, passed 8-30-1989; Am. Ord. 1216, passed 3-2-1993)  Penalty, see § 97.99