PD 856 - CHAPTER XIX: NUISANCE AND OFFENSIVE TRADE AND OCCUPATION

Abbatoir and Slaughter House

The establishment 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 purposes.

COnstruction Site

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

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.

Lime Burning

The process of burning limestone or shells.

Livestock

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

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.

Manure

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

Manure Storing

Stockpiling or deposition of manure.

Noise

Erratic, intermittent, unwanted sounds

Noxious

Anything offensive to the human senses / tends to cause injury.

Nuisance

Anything that injures health / produces discomfort to a person or group of person.

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.

Offensive Trades/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.

Piggery

Any parcel of land used for keeping and feeding or watering of swine.

Poultry

Refers to domesticated fowls, which serves as source of eggs and meat for human consumptions.

Premise

Includes any land, building, structure or part thereof.

Scrap Processing

Recovering, preparing, treating, disinfecting, or other means of processing of discarded materials.

Skin Curing / Tanning

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

Sound Level Meter

Any instrument and its appurtenances used for the measurement of noise and sound level.

Stray Animal

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