(A) The owner, agent, employee, servant, or other person having charge of the premises and of any animal which is kept thereon shall clean the yard, cage, stall, pen, coop, sty, or any enclosure, where the animal is kept. They shall remove and dispose of all defecation, droppings, manure, hair, and feathers in an appropriate trash receptacle for residential or commercial disposal in the city, and shall disinfect the area to the extent necessary to maintain a sanitary condition. When cleaning requires the use of water or sanitizing liquid(s) the waste materials may not be allowed to contaminate adjoining properties, and or structures. Non compliance with the above shall be deemed a violation of this section.
(B) It shall be deemed a violation of this section to maintain yards, cages, stalls, pens, coops, sties, or enclosures where the animals are kept in such a condition that odors from the premises can be detected by persons inhabiting residences of adjoining lots or structures and those places so maintained are declared to be sanitary nuisances.
(C) (1) It shall be deemed a violation of this section to fail to maintain yards, cages, stalls, pens, coops, sties, or enclosures where the animals are kept in such a condition that creates an insect breeding and/or attraction site due to an accumulation of excreta.
(2) Anyone cited under this section may not keep said animal or animal of similar species in said area, if it is believed by the Officer and not proven otherwise, that the area can not be sanitized or cleaned without contaminating the adjoining properties. The Animal Control Officer prohibiting the confinement of said animal or similar species must issue written notice of prohibited area. Non compliance with the above shall be deemed a violation of this section.
(D) A violation of this section occurs when the animal or similar species of animal has been confined in prohibited area. Non compliance with the above shall be deemed a violation of this section.
(Ord. 2000-63, passed 6-13-00) Penalty, see § 90.99