Legal Documents of Sweetwater

No person shall keep any cattle, cows, swine, sheep, horses, mules, or goats within three hundred (300) feet of any residence or place of business in the city without a permit so to do from the health officer and/or animal control officer. The health officer and/or animal control officer shall issue permits only when in his sound judgment the keeping of such animals in the yards or buildings under the circumstances as set forth in the application for the permit will not injuriously affect the public health. Any person aggrieved by the health officer's and/or animal control officer's decision in such cases may appeal same to the mayor and board of commissioners. (1982 Code, § 3-103, modified)