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FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH
REGULATION 715
Dead Animals
No person shall place or deposit or permit to be placed or deposited the carcass of a
dead animal in any street, alley, open excavation, abandoned well or cistern, ditch,
stream, or body of water, or onto the surface of the ground, or in any other manner
deemed improper by the Board of Health. The owner or occupant of the land on
which the carcass of a dead animal is found shall promptly provide for its proper
removal and disposal. The carcass shall be disposed of in a manner to avoid the
creation of a nuisance or the contamination of a water supply, by burning in a
crematory suitable for the purpose, by reduction in a plant operating under license
of the State Department of Agriculture, or by burial under at least four (4) feet of
earth cover at a point not less than fifty (50) feet from any water supply, building of
human occupance, road, stream or body of water.
Revised 8-12-97