Sec. 4-28(1). Except as otherwise provided, no owner, proprietor, agent or occupant of any premises where horses, cows, donkeys, goats or other domestic animals or dogs, cats or other domestic pets are kept within the city shall deposit, cause to be deposited or allow to accumulate within or about such premises for a longer time than twenty-four (24) hours, any manure, animal bedding or body wastes from domestic animals and pets. Such person shall provide a receptacle of sufficient size for the reception of such manure, animal bedding or body wastes of domestic animals and pets.
Sec. 4-28(2). Such receptacle shall be so constructed that the contents thereof will not be accessible to flies; and such receptacle shall be placed upon the premises owned, occupied or controlled by such person in a location as remote as possible from any surrounding dwelling or street. Such person shall empty and cleanse the same as often as necessary, but not less than twice each week, and oftener when directed to do so by the health officer.
Sec. 4-28(3). Nothing contained in this section shall operate to prevent the owner, proprietor, agent or occupant of a residential premises from placing animal manure produced by herbivorous animals into a residential compost pile or residential compost windrow, provided it is placed into the compost pile or windrow within twenty-four (24) hours from the time it is deposited and provided it is maintained under the conditions set forth in section 15-16(4) of the Tucson Code.
Sec. 4-28(5). It shall be a civil infraction for any person to violate the provisions of this section.
(1953 Code, ch. 4, § 41; Ord. No. 4374, § 1, 7-7-75; Ord. No. 8028, § 1, 4-19-93; Ord. No. 8170, § 1, 12-6-93; Ord. No. 8174, § 1, 12-13-93)