§ 7-75. Keeping hogs or pigs, regulated.

It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any hogs or pigs in the city except in pens conforming to the requirements of this section and other ordinances of the city. All hog pens now or hereafter erected or maintained within the city shall be conformed to the following rules for building and maintaining the same:

(1)

All such hog pens shall be floored and the floor thereof shall be raised at least one (1) foot from the surface of the ground, and such pens shall be flushed with clean water once each day and all sour food cleaned therefrom.

(2)

No hog pen of any character shall be erected or maintained and such animals kept therein within that portion of the city embraced within any fire district.

(3)

It shall be unlawful for any hog pen to be kept or maintained anywhere within the city in such proximity to any of the premises of another as, by reason of the noise of such animals or the offensive odors from such hog pen, the same shall be a nuisance to the occupant of such other premises.

(4)

Any person guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall upon conviction therefor be punished as provided in section 1-9 and such judgment may order such hog pen abated and direct the health officer to have the same demolished or removed.

(Code 1963, § 6-11)

State law reference

Power of council to regulate or suppress hog pens, Miss. Code Ann. 1972, § 21-19-1; swine, Miss. Code Ann. 1972, § 69-11-1 et seq.

Cross reference

Fire zones, § 3-30.