Chapter 5 ANIMALS AND FOWL*
Section 5-2 Animal habitats to be clean, sanitary; inspections authorized.
All structures, pens, coops or yards wherein animals or fowl
are kept or permitted to be, shall
be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times, devoid of all rodents and vermin, and
free from offensive, disagreeable or noxious smell or odor to the injury, annoyance or
inconvenience of any inhabitant of the neighborhood. The interior walls of all such structures
shall be whitewashed or painted annually or oftener as the health officer shall direct. The
enclosed area of all such structures shall be constructed in such a way as to be dry at all times on
the inside. The health officer may at any time inspect, or cause to be inspected, any structure or
premises and issue any such order as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Code 1964, § 5.090)