(a) Any keeper of animals and/or fowl shall cause food to be provided therefore, to be stored and kept in a rat proof, fly tight building, box or receptacle.
(b) No keeper of any pound, kennel, coop, pen, veterinary hospital or other such place where animals or fowl may be kept or impounded, shall allow the same, by reason of want of care, food, ventilation, cleanliness or otherwise, to be or to become dangerous or detrimental to human life, health or welfare.
(c) No animal or fowl described in this article shall be kept in any place where manure or liquid discharges from such animals or fowl are allowed to collect or accumulate to any degree of offensiveness. Further, all such manure and liquids shall be at once removed to some proper place of disposal and/or effectively stored between periods of removal in closed containers, which shall provide for the maximum practical fly, rodent and odor control.
(d) Stalls, stables, pens, yards and appurtenances in which animals and fowl are kept shall at all times be maintained in a clean and wholesome condition so that no offensive odor shall be allowed to escape there from, and no rodents, flies or other insects will be able to breed therein, or to become attracted thereto.
(e) Buildings, pens, yards and appurtenances constructed for the purpose of housing and impounding of animals and fowl shall be located with adequate drainage and construction so as to facilitate routine cleaning.
(f) Manure shall be stacked or piled at a distance of not less than 100 feet from any building used in whole or in part as a place for human habitation or as a place where food or drink for human consumption is manufactured, stored or sold, or upon any street or public ground in the City.
(g) Nothing in this statute shall allow any person to keep, pasture or maintain horses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, swine or other livestock in the City in violation of Article 505.12 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of St. Marys.
(Ord. 2010-2. Passed 11-3-10.)