(A) The owner or person in possession of any animal or animals shall keep yards, pens and enclosures in which animals are confined in a manner so as not to give off odors offensive to persons of ordinary sensibilities residing in the vicinity, or to breed or attract flies, mosquitoes or other noxious insects, or, in any manner, to endanger the public health or safety or create a public nuisance.
(B) All persons keeping the animals shall comply with the following sanitary regulations.
(1) Manure and droppings shall be removed from pens, stables, yards, cages and other enclosures at least twice weekly and handled or disposed of in a manner as to keep the premises free of any nuisance.
(2) Mound storage of droppings or manure between the removals shall be permitted only under conditions as to protect against the breeding of flies and to prevent migration of flies (maggots) into surrounding soil.
(3) The feeding of vegetables, meat scraps or garbage shall be done only in impervious containers on an impervious platform.
(4) Watering troughs or tanks shall be provided which shall be equipped with adequate facilities for drainage of the overflow so as to prevent the flies from breeding, mosquitoes from breeding or other insects from breeding.
(5) No putrescible material shall be allowed to accumulate on the premises and all material used to feed which is unconsumed shall be removed and disposed of by burial or other sanitary means.
(6) The distances and square footage required by other provisions of this chapter shall be maintained.
(Ord. 102-15, passed 12-16-14) Penalty, see § 10.99