[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Carteret 6-9-1978 as Art. XI of the 1978 Revised Ordinances. Section 312-6 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 277, General Provisions, Board of Health, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fees, licenses and permits — See Ch. 294.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of preparing live fowl and/or selling live fowl or poultry and/or slaughtering live fowl or poultry in the Borough of Carteret without having first obtained a written permit from the Board of Health of the Borough of Carteret for that purpose.
B. 
Such permit may be issued by the Board of Health of the Borough of Carteret upon the payment of twenty-five dollars ($25.) as a yearly license fee.
C. 
All licenses or permits shall expire on the 31st day of December in each and every year.
Each applicant shall make a written application to the Board of Health of the Borough of Carteret for the issuance of a license or permit.
A. 
From a store. If the sale of live poultry is to be carried on from a store or building, such application shall state therein a complete description of the store and/or building and the location of the same.
B. 
From a wagon, cart and/or automobile. If the sale of live poultry is to be carried on from a wagon, cart or automobile, such application shall state therein a complete description of such vehicle.
C. 
For slaughtering of live poultry and/or maintenance. If the business of slaughtering and/or maintaining live poultry markets is to be carried on, then such application shall state a complete description of such building and the yard or premises immediately adjoining, together with the location of such building.
The Board of Health of the Borough of Carteret shall refuse the issuance of such permit, where it is found that the granting of a permit would be detrimental to health and/or where such building or vehicle is not suitable or proper from a sanitary viewpoint.
All buildings or places in which the slaughter of poultry or fowl and/or the sale of live poultry is conducted as a business shall conform to the following:
A. 
A separate room with a floor area of at least four hundred (400) square feet shall be provided exclusively for the killing and/or slaughtering of live poultry and/or fowl.
B. 
Such business shall be conducted on the ground floor only.
C. 
All doors, windows and other openings to the outside of said room shall be so constructed so as to keep said premises free from flies, bugs and other insects.
D. 
An adequate washing and toilet room shall be provided with proper plumbing facilities, fixtures and toilet, all of which shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times.
E. 
The building and/or yard adjoining the same, courts and open places shall at all times be kept in a clean and sanitary condition, and said places shall be kept free from the accumulation of refuse, rubbish, garbage and/or other offensive materials.
F. 
Poultry shall not be allowed at large upon the premises but shall be kept in cages or crates, nor shall poultry be displayed in windows and/or on the sidewalks of the Borough of Carteret unless written permission shall first be obtained from the Board of Health of the Borough of Carteret.
G. 
Watertight receptacles shall be provided, and all refuse shall be disposed of daily.
H. 
All cages and/or crates shall be kept in a clean and a sanitary condition at all times.
I. 
A supply of clean water shall be provided for at all times.
J. 
No overfed live poultry shall be permitted to be brought into the Borough of Carteret.
K. 
All poultry shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times before slaughter.
L. 
No live fowl shall be displayed or kept in the same room where foodstuffs are offered for sale for human consumption.
M. 
Diseased or sick poultry shall be immediately removed from cages and/or crates and immediately killed, and any other fowl and/or poultry which may have died from any other causes than by slaughter shall be denatured and placed in metallic garbage receptacles, and any other poultry and/or fowl which may have been slaughtered and thereupon deteriorated and unfit for consumption shall be denatured and placed in metallic garbage cans or receptacles.
A. 
The Board of Health or its regular appointed agent shall have the right to inspect any store, vehicle or slaughterhouse at any reasonable time.
B. 
If, after inspection by the Board of Health or its regular appointed agent, it shall be found that said business is not being conducted in the manner herein set forth and not in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, said license or permit may be revoked by majority vote of the members of the Board of Health; provided, however, that notice shall be served upon such licensee at least five (5) days before either a regular meeting or a special meeting of the Board of Health called for that purpose. Said notice shall contain a written statement of the violations complained of and the time and place of such meeting.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.). A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 277, General Provisions, Board of Health, Art. I.