11. Keeping Animals & Birds

SECTION

10-1101. Regulations.
10-1102. Buildings and coops.

10-1101. Regulations. It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, place, maintain or continue any pen, coop, yard or other building upon any lot or ground in the City for the purpose of confining or housing any domestic animal or bird unless the same is at least twenty-five feet (25') distance from any dwelling, house, apartment, hotel, restaurant, food or drinking establishment or rooming house, school, church, or any building wherein people are employed and unless the floor of such building or coop is constructed of such material and in such a manner that it can be kept clean and sanitary at all times, and unless the location of such shall be authorized by the board of health. (1996 Code, § 10-1301)

10-1102. Buildings and coops. All coops and other buildings wherein domesticated animals and birds are kept shall be provided with flytight bins or other tightly closed receptacles for manure, of dimensions sufficient to contain all accumulations of manure as to prevent its becoming a nuisance. No manure shall be allowed to accumulate on the floor or on adjacent ground. (1996 Code, § 10-1302)