Stables etc., construction of near water
12 Stables etc., construction of near water
Buildings of any description shall not be used as or constructed for a stable, cow‑shed, goat‑shed, sheep‑pen, pig‑sty or fowl‑house, and any animal or bird shall not be housed or yarded within 300 m of high‑water mark or of any well or bore or in a position that stormwaters may wash any manure or refuse therefrom into any reservoir or feeder.
Every such structure within the catchment area shall have attached thereto for containing all liquid and solid manure a watertight receptacle approved by an inspector.
(a) Land sloping to a feeder on which any such structure stands shall be excavated to a depth of at least 30 cm and the soil so obtained shall be used as an embankment around the area so excavated.
Such work shall be done by and at the expense of the owner or occupier of such premises.
[By‑law 12 amended: Gazette 29 May 2001 p. 2707.]
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