THE practice of citizens rearing animals on a large scale on their premises has been condemned by the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC).      “This type of activity cannot be encouraged in the City of Georgetown. Persons who are engaged in this activity must desist from doing so. Council would have no other option but to initiate actions to abate such nuisances,” a release from the M&CC said yesterday. From reports forwarded to the council, some premises on which animals are reared are very dirty while emitting an offensive odour.
Meanwhile, areas cited for these contraventions include Sophia, Charlestown, Albouystown, La Penitence, Meadow Brook, and Turkeyen.
“It is within the interest of citizens to refrain from acts and actions that would compromise their health and that they seek at all times to maintain a clean and friendly environment.
“M&CC continues to be troubled and alarmed with the manner in which some citizens keep their immediate environment. Some premises have been kept in such a manner, as to be a nuisance to neighbours. This is unacceptable and incompatible with standards of a healthy city,” the release said.
According to official reports from the city’s Public Health Department, for the month of May 2013, the officers of the environmental sanitation section served notices on several citizens in different wards in the city for contravention of the Public Health Ordinance.
These included overhanging trees, defective roof gutters, overgrown bushes, weeds and long grasses, absence of water closet, and the rearing of animals (goats, chickens and pigs) in such a manner as to be a nuisance.
“The Council wishes to remind citizens that they should keep their premises in an environmentally friendly manner. Dirty surroundings contravene environmental laws as well as compromise the health of those who dwell there and the community,” the release added.