§ 8-81. Livestock above or below ground floor.

(a)

It shall be unlawful and shall constitute a public nuisance for any person to stable or confine any horse, mule, cattle, or other livestock in any barn, stable, or other building, on any floor above or below the ground floor, except in buildings of fireproof construction, or buildings thoroughly equipped with automatic fire extinguishers or other adequate means and appliances for extinguishing fires.

(b)

There shall be at least two (2) sufficient exits for such livestock on each floor so occupied by them, and these exits shall be at opposite ends or sides of the respective floors whenever possible, and in any event shall be remote from each other.

(c)

All stalls, pens, runways, passages, doors, gates, and other means of exit upon any such floor or floors, shall be constructed in all respects as to afford easy, adequate, and speedy means of egress and escape for such livestock in case of fire.

(d)

Straw, hay, fodder, and all such combustible materials shall not be kept between such livestock and the exits or means of escape for such animals in such buildings in case of fire.

(e)

It shall be the duty of the fire chiefs and subordinate officers of the fire department, and other police officers, to enforce compliance with the provisions of this section.

(Ord. No. 672-18, § 1, 7-16-18)