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~68 TH"lJRSDAY FEBRUAIIT 16~ 1961 Any enclosure in which such animal or fowl 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. M2nure in vvhich flie~J breed or are likely to breed is hereby declared to be a nillsance and detrimental to public health. The natural presence of fly larvae in manure shall be evidence that flies are breeding therein. Any pel's on, firm, or corporation owninr, or maintain:Lnl!, any enclosure for the keeping of such animal or fowl shall comply .with 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, fjrm, or corporation nOVi keeping any horse, mule, cow, chicken, t1..lI'key, duck or other like an:Lmal or fowl in violation of the limitations as to distance under the provisions of this Section shall be allowed to continue to keep such animal or fowl, so long as the keeping is othervdse lawful, subject to the follovring provisions: (1) Such person, firm, or corporation must annually make application to the director of public health for a non- cOY1~orming permit to keep such an animal or fowl, such permit to be granted if the director of public health is satisfied that such enclosure, in which such animal is kept and maintained, is in a clean 2nd sanitary condition. (2) Such applicant shall comply vd.th the provisions of Section 2-4 (c) and (d) hereinafter set forth. (c) Except as otherwise provided in this ordinal1ce, the director of public health or his representative shall administer this ordina.nce, inc luding the receiving of applications for permits, the inspection of permises and the issuance of permits. No pernit of occupancy shall be is,;uc,} by h:L':1. unless the applicant complies -\vi th the provisions of this orcl.inance. Applications for either 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 ($l.OO). In applying far' a permit under this section, the applicant thereby authorized the ciirector of public health or his representative to enter upon the premises as often as he deems advisable to determine the sani- tary condition of such promises and to d3 tcrmine if the provisions of this section are being violated. Permits issued by the director of public health pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance shall expire JLme 30th of each year unless other>vise revoked. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to eliminate the necessity of compliance .with the BuildinC and Zoning Codes of the City of Martinsville.