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.42 TUESDAY ~H 22, 1960 Any enclosure in which such a.'limals are kept and maintained pursuant to such permit shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the director of public health. Manure in which flies breed or are likely to breed is hereby declared to be a nuisance detrimental to public health. The natural presence of fly larvae in manure shall be evidence that flies are breeding there. Any person owning or maintaining arw enclosure for the keeping of such animals or fowl shall comply Yiith such methods and procedures as may be provided by the director of public health or his representative for the control or elimination of flies and rodents. Any person, firm or corporation now keeping any horse, mule, COllI", chicken, turkey, duck or other like animal or fowl in violation of the limit;:ltions as to distance under the provisions of this Section shall be allowed to contirme to keep such animal or fowl, so long as the keeping is otherwise lawful, subject to the follO'.'ling provisions: (1) Such person must make application to the director of public health for a non-conforming permit to keep such an animal, such permit to be granted if the director of public health is satisfied that such enclosure in -.'Thich such animal is kept and maintained is in a clean and sanitary condition. (2) Such applicant shall comply with the provisions of Section 2-4 (c) and (d) hereinafter set forth. (C) Except as otheTIuse provided in this Ordinance, the director of public health or his representative shall administer this Ordinance, in: luding the receiving of applications for permits, the irnpection of premises and the issuance of permits. No permit of occupancy shall be issued by him unless the applicant complies with the provisions of this Ordinance. Applications for ei ther a permit of occupancy or a non-conforming permit shall be made upon application forms supplied by the director of public health and shall be accompanied by a fee of One Dollar ($1.00). In applying for a permit under this section, the applicant thereby authorizes the drrector of public health or his representative to enter upon the premises as often as he deems advisable to determine the sanitary condition of such premises and to determire if the provisions of this section are being violated. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to eliminate the necessity of compliance with the Building and Zoning Codes of the City of Martinsville. (d) Failure to obtain a permit from the director of public health or the violation of an; of the provisions of this section as herein- before provided s1121l constitute an unlawful act aYld shall subject the occupant of the premises to punishment as provided by Section 1-6, Chapter I, Part II of this Code, and the nuisance thereby created shall be ordered abated.