(A) Nuisance characteristics (non-agricultural uses). No noise, odors, vibration, smoke, air pollution, liquid or solid wastes, heat, glare, dust or other such adverse influences shall be permitted in any district that will in any way have an objectionable effect upon adjacent or nearby property. All wastes in all districts shall be disposed of in a manner that is not dangerous to public health and safety, nor will damage public waste transmission or disposal facilities. These regulations shall not apply to normal farm operations.
(B) Livestock and animals.
(1) All parcels of property shall comply with the regulations and density requirements for livestock and feedlots as regulated in Ch. 152.
(2) Any building or open feedlot enclosure, not to include pastures, in which livestock are kept shall be a distance of 100 feet or more from any other parcel. These regulations shall not apply to normal farm operations which existed prior to the adoption of this chapter; provided, no expansion shall take place, except in accord with these regulations.
(3) In all districts, the manure from livestock and domestic pets shall be properly treated and disposed with best management practices, and not allowed to accumulate in any manner which may cause public health problems.
(4) The County Board may order the owner of any animals to apply for a conditional or interim use permit if it is deemed to be in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare.
(5) Keeping four or more dogs on any parcel for any reason shall be deemed a kennel. Kennels are permitted by interim use in the AG and A/R Districts only.
(C) Miscellaneous nuisances.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to store or keep any vehicle of a type requiring a license to operate on the public highway, but, without a current license attached thereto, whether such vehicle be dismantled or not, outside of an enclosed building in residential or agricultural districts, except as provided in § 155.077 of this chapter.
(2) It shall be unlawful to create or maintain a junkyard or vehicle dismantling yard, except as provided herein.
(3) It shall be unlawful to create a nuisance affecting the health, peace or safety of any person.
(4) The following are declared to be nuisances affecting public health or safety:
(a) The effluent from any cesspool, septic tank, drainfield or human sewage disposal system, discharging upon the surface of the ground, or dumping the contents thereof at any place, except as authorized;
(b) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream or lake, canal or body of water by sewage, industrial waste or other substances;
(c) Carcasses of animals not buried or destroyed or otherwise disposed;
(d) The placing or throwing on any street, alley, road, highway, sidewalk or other public property of any glass, tacks, nails, bottles or other nuisance which may injure any person or animal or damage any pneumatic tire when passing over the same; and
(e) The ownership, possession or control of any unused refrigerator or other container, with doors which fasten automatically when closed of sufficient size to retain any person to be exposed and accessible to the public without removing the doors, lids, hinges or latches or providing locks to prevent access by the public.
(Ord. 16-2, passed ---; Ord. 16-6, passed 10-18-2016; Ord. 23-1, passed 5-2-2023)