Chapter 8.36
CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC HEALTH

Sections:

8.36.010    Deposit of unwholesome substance.

8.36.020    Allowing vicious animal at large.

8.36.030    Diseased animals—Disposal of carcasses.

8.36.040    Door of public buildings to swing outward.

8.36.010 Deposit of unwholesome substance.

Every person who shall deposit, leave or keep, on or near a highway or route of public travel, on land or water, any unwholesome substance; or who shall establish, maintain or carry on, upon or near a highway or route of public travel, on land or water, any business, trade or manufacture which is noisome or detrimental to the public health; or who shall deposit or cast into the lake or rivers within the town limits the offal from or the dead body of any animal, shall commit a public nuisance. (Ord. 654 § 6.8, 1968)

8.36.020 Allowing vicious animal at large.

Every person having the care or custody of any animal known to possess any vicious or dangerous tendencies, who shall allow the same to escape or run at large in any place or manner liable to endanger the safety of any person is guilty of a misdemeanor; and any person may lawfully kill such animal when reasonably necessary to protect his own or the public safety. (Ord. 654 § 6.9, 1968)

8.36.030 Diseased animals—Disposal of carcasses.

Every person owning or having charge of any animal that has died or been killed on account of disease shall immediately bury the carcass thereof at least three feet underground at a place approved by the town health officer, or cause the same to be consumed by fire. No person shall sell or offer to sell or give away the carcass of any animal which died or was killed on account of disease. Every violation of any provision of this section is a misdemeanor. (Ord. 654 § 6.10, 1968)

8.36.040 Door of public buildings to swing outward.

The doors of all theaters, school buildings, churches, public halls, or places used for public entertainments, exhibitions or meetings, which are used exclusively or in part for admission to or egress from the same or any part thereof, shall be so hung and arranged as to open outwardly and during any exhibition, entertainment or meeting, shall be kept unlocked and unfastened, and in such condition that in case of danger or necessity, immediate escape from the building shall not be prevented or delayed; and every agent or lessee of any building who shall rent the same or allow it to be used for any of the aforesaid public purposes without having the doors thereof hung and arranged as hereinbefore provided, shall commit a public nuisance. (Ord. 654 § 6.11, 1968)