§ 92.27. SLAUGHTERHOUSES.

It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, use, keep or maintain any slaughterhouse, slaughter yard or other place for the killing of animals within the corporate limits in such manner as to render it offensive or injurious to the health or property of any individual. Any person erecting, using, keeping or maintaining the slaughterhouse, yard or other place of killing of animals or who neglects or refuses to abate the nuisance thereof within a 24-hour period after being notified to do so by a Police Officer or Community Service Technician, shall be deemed guilty of maintaining a nuisance. Each 24-hour period the person continues to maintain the nuisance after being notified by the Police Officer or Community Service Technician to abate the nuisance, shall be and constitute an additional offense. Any person slaughtering any animal within the corporate limits in violation of the terms hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and the slaughtering of each animal within the corporate limits in violation of the terms hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. The slaughtering of each animal shall be and constitute a separate offense.

(‘63 Code, § 8-5-5) (Ord. 93-11, passed 4-5-93; Am. Ord. 09-12, passed 4-20-09 Penalty, see § 92.99