§ 6-3. Keeping not to be nuisance.

(a)

No person shall willfully or knowingly keep or harbor on his premises or elsewhere any animal, livestock, or fowl or any kind that makes or creates an unreasonable disturbance to the neighbors or the occupants of adjacent premises or persons living in the vicinity thereof. This includes, but is not limited to, animals making or creating noises by howling, barking, bawling, or creating noxious odors. A person shall be deemed to have violated terms of this section if such person shall have been notified by the animal control officer or any police officer of such disturbance and shall have failed or refused to correct such disturbance and prevent its recurrence. Such a continued disturbance is hereby prohibited and declared to be a nuisance.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any owner of any animal to maintain yards, pens, stables, sheds, coops, or other enclosures in which any animal is confined in such a manner as to give off odors offensive to person of ordinary sensibilities residing in the vicinity, or to breed or attract flies, mosquitoes, or other noxious insects or rodents, or in any manner to endanger the public health, safety or welfare, or to create a public nuisance.

(c)

Manure and droppings shall be removed from pens, stables, yards, coops, and other enclosures regularly, as required, based on size and number of the animal(s). This waste matter must be handled or disposed of in such a way as to keep the premises free of any nuisance.

(Ord. No. 2254, 8-2-04)