PD 856 Chapter 19 (Nuisance and Offensive Trades and Occupation)

Noxious

Anything offensive to the human senses and/or tends to cause injury

Nuisance

Anything that injures health, endangers life, offends the senses or produces discomfort to a person or group of persons

Offensive trades or occupation

Any trade or occupation that has the potential to cause damage to life and property, injury, pain, unpleasant or nauseating sensation or produces uneasiness and unbearable conditions to a person or group of persons

Abattoir or slaughterhouse

The establishment or premises used in the slaughter of food animals for human consumption

Animal stockade

Any land, building or structure used for the keeping, stabling, feeding, watering, grooming, shoeing, treatment of an animal, or any other veterinary purpose

Domestic animal

Any animal such as horse, cattle, swine, fowl, etc., which has been suppressed by man to live and breed in a tame condition

Guts cleaning

Cleansing, washing or scouring of bowels or entrails of fishes, poultry, mammals and other animals

Livestock

Domestic animals used on a farm, especially those kept as food animals

Manure

Refuse from stables and barnyards, consisting of animal excreta with or without litter

Manure Storing

Stockpiling or deposition of manure

Offal

Glands, tissues or other internal organs of a slaughtered animal

Piggery

Refers to any parcel of land, building or other structure used for keeping, raising or breeding, depasturing,feeding or watering of swine

Poultry

Refers to domesticated fowls, which serve as sources of eggs and meat for human consumption or any other purpose. It includes any species of fowl such as chicken, duck, goose, turkey, quail, pigeon or guinea fowl

Skin curing/tanning

An art or process by which a skin of an animal is exposed to the sun

Stray animal

Animal/s not subject to the control and/or found in a place outside the premises of its owner

Construction site

Any premises that are being used in connection with the erection, demolition or renovation of a structure

Lime burning

The process of burning limestone or shells

Lye

Any strong alkaline solution used for cleansing purposes

Lye making

The process of producing lye from strong alkaline liquor that chiefly contains potassium carbonate

Noise

Means an erratic, intermittent, or statistically random oscillation, or any unwanted sound

Scrap processing

Recovering, preparing, treating, disinfecting, or other means of processing of discarded materials such as scrap metals, leftover food from slaughterhouses or food establishments, or any reusable solid or liquid

Objectionable odor

Any odor present in the outdoor atmosphere which, by itself or in combination with other odors, is or may be harmful or injurious to human health or welfare, which unreasonably interferes with the comfortable use and enjoyment of life and property, or which creates a nuisance

Sound level meter

Means any instrument and its appurtenances used for the measurement of noise and sound level

Soap boiling

The process of boiling, cleansing or emulsifying an agent that is made usually by the action of alkali on fats, fat acids and oil boiling or cold process, consisting essentially of a mixture of water-soluble sodium or potassium salts of fat acids, and may contain other ingredients such as sodium carbonate or other builders, perfume, coloring agents, fluorescent dyes, disinfectants, or abrasive material