Fairfax Board Approves Livestock Ordinance

FAIRFAX, MO — Aldermen at Fairfax recently approved an ordinance restricting large livestock from being kept within city limits. The new city law is summarized as follows: No person shall keep a cow, bull, mule, jack, horse, goat, sheep or any form of animal commonly known as livestock, or chickens, ducks, geese, guinea hens or any form commonly known as fowl in an outdoor enclosure or pasture, the exterior boundary of which is within 100 feet of the dwelling house of another, a church, a school, a business or other such structure intended for human habitation on a permanent or temporary basis; no hogs, swine or pigs shall be kept within the city under any conditions.