Chapter 400. Board of Health Regulations
Article IV. Nuisances
§ 400-4.8. Cows, goats, swine, poultry and other animals.
A.
No person shall keep within the limits of this City in any building, or on any premises or tract of land of which he may be the owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant, any cattle, swine, horses, birds, poultry, fowl, reptiles or any other animals without a permit from the Board of Health and then only in such places and manner as it shall direct. All such permits expire annually on December 31 and may be revoked by the Board at any time for cause.
B.
No person shall keep any bird, fowl, reptiles, swine, cattle, horses, or any other animals when the Board of Health may deem such keeping detrimental to the health, or to create a nuisance to the residents of the neighborhood, or to those who may pass thereby; and said Board shall have the power to remove or cause to be removed therefrom any such cattle, swine, horses, birds, poultry, fowl, reptiles, or any other animals so kept.
C.
No person or persons shall keep any birds, fowls, reptiles, swine, cattle, horses, or any other animals in any part of a dwelling house or store, nor in any coop or pen within 25 feet of a dwelling house. No person hereafter shall erect or convert a building, coop, or pen for the keeping of birds, fowl, or poultry of any kind unless said building, coop, or pen shall be located not less than 50 feet from the line of any street, court, or passageway, unless a permit in writing so specifying shall have been granted by the Board of Health. All poultry, fowl, or birds shall be kept within said building, coop, or pen.
D.