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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1466 PAGE ELEVEN Sec. 5-18. Proximity to humans. (a) Livestock: Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person who keeps or has upon premises owned, leased, or occupied by him, any livestock, shall keep such livestock within seventy-five (75) feet of any family resi- dence, with the exception of his own. (b) Fowl and rabbits. No person shall keep fowl or rabbits within fifty (50) feet of any family residence or building designated for human occupancy, with the excep- tion of his own. (c) Commercial kennels. (1) Residential structures of one story in height shall maintain a setback of one hundred (100) feet from any pre- existing outside kennel runs of a pre-existing kennel and commercial kennels shall also maintain a set- back of one hundred (100) feet from any pre-existing residential struc- ture. (2) Residential structure of two stories or more in height shall maintain a setback of two hundred (200) feet from any pre-existing commercial kennel, and commercial kennels shall also maintain a setback of two hundred (200) feet fr~m any pre-existing struc- ture of two (2) or more stories. These provisions will not apply to anyone who erects a residential struc- ture of two stories or more in height or to anyone who erects a commercial kennel, if in erecting the structure, or kennel, that person: (a) Provides a barrier that will impair the vision between the kennels and the residential structure to at least the same extent as if a two hundred (200) foot setback were used, and provides sufficient sound retardant materials to produce no more than the same decibel level than if a two-h~ndred (200) foot setback was maintained. The de- cibel level shall be measured both at the kennel and at the residential structure, or, in the alternative. (b) Provides visual and sound standards that in the opinion of the director of building and safety are equal to or greater than those required by the provisions of (a) above. (3) The residence of a commercial kennel operator or owner shall not be deemed a residential structure as applied in the language of this section.