§ 4-5. Nuisances.  


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  • The following acts or conditions are unlawful and a nuisance. No person shall commit such an act or allow such a condition to exist on property under his care, custody or control:

    (1)

    The keeping of any animal which by causing frequent or long continued barking, cry or noise shall disturb any person of ordinary sensitivities in the vicinity.

    (2)

    The keeping of any animal in such a manner as to endanger the public health; to annoy neighbors by the accumulation of animal wastes which cause foul and offensive odors, or are considered to be a hazard to any other animal or human being; or by continued presence on the premises of another.

    (3)

    All animal pens, stables or enclosures in which any animal may be kept or confined which, from use, have become offensive to a person of ordinary sensitivities.

    (4)

    The keeping of bees in such a manner as to deny the lawful use of adjacent property or endanger personal health and welfare.

    (5)

    Persistent laxness in supervision of cats so that their running at large results in disturbance to persons of ordinary sensitivities.

    (6)

    The keeping of any prohibited animal (section 4-6) and or the keeping of any vicious animal (section 4-7).

(Ord. No. 689, 9-22-04)