La Mirada Municipal Code Ch. 6.12 Dairies and Cow Herds

(a) "Dairy" means any place or premises where one or more cows are kept and any part or all of the milk or milk products from which cow or cows are sold or offered for sale.

(b) "Dairyman" means any person keeping or maintaining, or causing or permitting to be kept or maintained, any cows or calves, in connection with a dairy or otherwise.

(Ord. 10 § 1 (part), 1960; prior code § 5200).

Every dairyman shall comply with all of the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 10 § 1 (part), 1960; prior code § 5201).

The interior of any barn or other place in which cows are milked or housed, including, but not limited to, walls, ceilings, floors, mangers and gutters, manure traps, shall be kept clean and in good repair.

(Ord. 10 § 1 (part), 1960; prior code § 5202).

All cow yards, hay storage areas and alleys shall be graded and kept drained and clean.

(Ord. 10 § 1 (part), 1960; prior code § 5203).

(a) All animal manure, excrement, and all other fly breeding materials, shall be removed from all areas of any dairy including, but not limited to, cattle yards, barns, sheds, feeding platforms, and mangers, as often as is necessary to prevent the breeding or harboring of flies.

It is further provided that, in any event, all animal manure, excrement, and all other fly breeding materials shall be removed at least once every seven days. Provided, however, that in the event that there is such precipitation that the removal of animal manure, excrement, and other fly breeding materials is impracticable, any dairy or dairyman may apply forthwith to the city administrator for an extension of time beyond the aforesaid seven-day limitation. The city administrator upon receipt of such application shall grant such extension of time only where he shall affirmatively find and determine that by reason of an unusual amount of precipitation that such removal is impracticable. The city administrator may grant such extensions of time as are necessary or convenient to effectuate his determination.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, upon forty-eight hours written notice from the health officer, a dairyman shall remove all manure, excrement, and all other fly breeding materials from his dairy as specified in the notice. The notice may be given by delivery to any responsible person on the dairy or by posting in a conspicuous place thereon. The health officer shall have the authority to issue such notice whenever he shall find that the removal of fly breeding materials and/or abatement of fly breeding conditions is necessary to preserve the health and/ or welfare of the community or adjoining neighborhood.

(Ord. 48 § 1, 1962; Ord. 10 § 1 (part), 1960; prior code § 5204).

(a) All areas of any dairy wherein flies might propagate or be harbored, including, but not limited to, cow yards, barns and sheds, shall be cleaned and sprayed with effective insecticides as often as is necessary to prevent the breeding, propagation, or harboring of flies which constitute a menace to the health and/or welfare of the community or adjoining neighborhood. The health officer shall have the authority to designate the frequency required and such insecticides as are effective as fly insecticides when needed.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, upon written notice by the health officer, a dairyman shall spray or cause to be sprayed, within twenty-four hours of such notice his dairy as specified in such notice. The notice may be given by delivery to a responsible person on the dairy or by posting in a conspicuous place thereon. The health officer shall have the authority to issue such notice whenever he shall find that the cleaning and/or spraying required thereby is necessary to preserve the health and/or welfare of the community or adjoining neighborhood.

(Ord. 10 § 1 (part), 1960; prior code § 52.05).

(a) All areas of any dairy wherein mosquitos and/or gnats might propagate or be harbored, including, but not limited to, cow yards, barns and sheds, shall be so cleaned, drained and/or sprayed with effective insecticides as often as deemed necessary by the health officer or his representative.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, upon written notice by the health officer a dairyman shall abate the mosquito and/or gnats nuisance within twenty-four hours as specified in such notice.

(Ord. 10 § 1 (part), 1960; prior code § 5206).

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in the event of any rain or precipitation within the city, the city administrator may give twenty-four hours written notice to any dairyman to remove all manure, excrement and all other fly breeding materials from his dairy as specified in the notice. The notice may be given by delivery to any responsible person on the dairy or by posting in a conspicuous place thereon. The city administrator shall have the authority to issue such notice whenever, in his opinion, the removal of fly breeding materials and/or abatement of fly breeding conditions is necessary to preserve the health or welfare of the community or adjoining neighborhood.

(Ord. 31 § 1, 1961; prior code § 5206).