§ 10-272. Prohibited locations—For abattoirs.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, establish, enlarge, or expand an abattoir or slaughterhouse in the corporate limits of the city within 3,000 feet of any:

(1)

Church;

(2)

Public park;

(3)

School;

(4)

Hospital;

(5)

College or university; or

(6)

Any dwelling resided in by anyone other than the applicant or employees of such abattoir or slaughterhouse.

(b)

The measurement of such distance of 3,000 feet shall be in a straight line from the nearest point on the nearest real property line of such church, public park, school, hospital, college, university or dwelling to the nearest exterior portion of any building, outbuilding, structure or facility used or useful in connection with such abattoir or slaughterhouse to be erected. No building permit shall be issued by the building official for the erection or construction of any such abattoir or slaughterhouse within such three-thousand-foot distance.

(c)

This section shall not apply to abattoirs or slaughterhouses in existence on January 23, 1957, to the extent that they were then in existence, but shall apply to all additions and extensions to such existing abattoirs or slaughterhouses.

(Code 1968, § 10-324; Ord. No. 81-1458, § 3, 8-4-81; Ord. No. 90-635, § 38, 5-23-90)