St. Charles Parish - File #: 2012-0446

• File #: 2012-0446
• Version: 1
• Name: Amend by revising Chapter 4 Animals and Fowl, Article I.; Section 4-5. Public nuisance, and Section 4-10.1 Penalties
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 12/17/2012
• In control: Parish Council
• Final action: 1/7/2013
• Enactment date: 1/7/2013
• Enactment #: 13-1-4
• Title: An ordinance of the Parish of St. Charles providing that the Code of Ordinances, Parish of St. Charles, be amended by revising Chapter 4 Animals and Fowl, Article I.; Section 4-5. Public nuisance, and Section 4-10.1 Penalties.
• Sponsors: Paul J. Hogan
• Indexes: Animal Control, Nuisances
• Code sections: Ch. 4. Art. I. Sec. 4-5. - Public nuisance
• Related files: 2003-0264, 2004-0327, 2020-0342, 2019-0053, 2002-0063, 2002-0064, 2004-0313, 2009-0259, 2009-0260, 2009-0352, 2009-0353, 2010-0096, 2010-0347, 2011-0303, 2018-0253, 2019-0365

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/9/2013	1	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
1/7/2013	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
1/7/2013	1	Parish Council	Approved	Pass
12/17/2012	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
12/17/2012	1	Council Member(s)	Introduced

2012-0446
INTRODUCED BY: PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT IV
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance of the Parish of St. Charles providing that the Code of Ordinances, Parish of St. Charles, be amended by revising Chapter 4 Animals and Fowl, Article I.; Section 4-5. Public nuisance, and Section 4-10.1 Penalties.
Body
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Code “Section 4-5 Public nuisance.” is amended as follows:
AS WRITTEN:
Sec. 4-5. Public nuisance.
(a) Every owner and/or keeper of animals shall exercise proper care and control of such animals so as to prevent them from creating or becoming a public nuisance; and it shall be unlawful to otherwise harbor or keep any animal which is a public nuisance and/or disturbs the peace by loud noises at any time of day or night. Excessive, continuous or untimely barking, howling, yelping, whining, crowing, calling, crying, screeching, caterwauling, bawling, wailing, puling, ululating or other animal noises so as to disturb the peace and quiet of a neighborhood or its residents or to disturb the health or repose of the residents; attacking or molesting passersby or other animals; being repeatedly at large; chasing vehicles; scratching on or digging into or urinating or defecating upon lawns, shrubs, buildings or any property either public or private other than property of the owner and/or keeper of such an animal shall be deemed to be the creation of public nuisance and the owner and/or keeper of the animal causing such public nuisance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) In the case of a nuisance by defecation, the owner and/or keeper must remove all feces and dispose of them in a sanitary manner.
(c) Premises on which animals are kept shall be maintained so as to prevent disagreeable odors arising there from, or the presence or breeding of flies, mosquitoes and other pests. Provisions shall be made for the removal and disposal of animal and food wastes, bedding, dead animals an...