[Adopted 7-8-1974 as Ch. 7, Art. 12, of the 1974 Code]
[Amended 12-18-2017 by Ord. No. 17-942-C]
A. 
No person shall keep or maintain any live poultry, pigeons or other fowl, even for noncommercial purposes, without first having obtained a license for that purpose from the Board covering the premises intended to be so used.
B. 
License fees.
Fowl, raising
$10.00
Pigeon keeping
$10.00
Plan Review
$100.00
C. 
No person shall keep or maintain any live cattle, sheep, horses even for noncommercial purposes without having first obtained a license for that purpose from the Board.
D. 
Plans and specifications.
(1) 
Submission of plans. Without impinging upon or substituting for any jurisdiction of the Planning Board, Zoning Board or Construction Office, whenever a run or stable or coop is constructed or renovated and whenever a structure is converted for such use or alterations are made that will significantly change the nature of the operation, plans and specifications pertaining to the health and sanitary aspects of the operation shall be submitted to the health authority for review and approval before construction, renovations or conversion is begun. The health authority shall review these plans and respond accordingly within 30 days of the date of submission. No coops, run or stables shall be constructed, renovated or converted except in accordance with plans and specifications previously submitted to and approved by the appropriate health and construction authorities.
(2) 
Preoperational inspection. Whenever plans and specifications are required to be submitted to the regulatory authority, the regulatory authority shall inspect the establishment prior to the start of operations to determine compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
E. 
License issued or approved under the provisions of this chapter shall expire annually on December 31 of each year and application for renewal thereof shall be submitted, together the with required fee, prior to January 1 of each year.
F. 
Suspension, revocation.
(1) 
Every license permit or certificate issued hereunder, at any time during the term for which it was issued, may be suspended by the Board, or in an emergency by the Health Officer, pending hearing to be granted the holder thereof pursuant to a notice to show cause to the Board, why the license, permit or certificate shall be suspended further or revoked.
(2) 
Termination of activity during suspension. During the period of any such suspension, every license, permit or certificate so suspended shall be ineffective and the holder thereof shall, during the entire period of such suspension, cease the operation of any business or discontinue every activity or use permitted under the license, permit or certificate of suspension.
(3) 
Grounds for revocation. Any license, permit or certificate issued under the provisions of these Codes may be revoked at any time by the Board for just cause, or if the licensee, permittee or certificate holder, or any of the employees, agents or servants of such licensee, permittee or certificate holder, shall violate:
(a) 
Any of the provisions of the Codes of the Borough of Saddle River or any amendment or supplements thereto; or
(b) 
The Sanitary Code of the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey specifically applicable to the subject matter for or upon which such license, permit or certificate was issued.
(4) 
Hearing. Before any license permit or certificate may be revoked, the holder thereof shall be given a hearing and an opportunity to be heard on the complaint made or violation charged against him. The time or place of any hearing shall be fixed at the discretion of the Board, provided that an unreasonable period of time shall not be permitted to elapse between the date of suspension and the date fixed for the hearing. Notice of the time and place of any hearing held as set forth herein shall be given by the Board to the holder of the license, permit or certificate so involved, in writing and served either personally or sent to him by registered or certified mall, addressed to him at the address stated in the license, permit or certificate. A licensee, permittee or certificate holder who fails to appear at the time and place fixed for the hearing shall not be entitled to any further hearing and his license, permit or certificate may be forthwith revoked.
G. 
A license or approval of a license is not transferable,
H. 
Violations and penalties: Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association found to be in violation of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Chapter 1, Article III § 1-21 of the Saddle River Code.
A. 
All live poultry, pigeons or other fowl shall be confined in coops or runs.
B. 
All coops and runs shall be located outside of and completely apart from any building used wholly or in part for dwelling purposes, in which people congregate or which is used as a food or eating establishment.
C. 
All coops or runs shall be constructed in accordance with the regulations, if any, of Chapter 210, Zoning.
D. 
All coops hereafter constructed shall be provided with concrete floors.
E. 
A sufficient number of roosts to provide roosting space for each individual specimen of poultry or fowl kept in the coop and a sufficient number of properly placed drop boards beneath each roost, to catch all droppings excreted by the poultry or other fowl while on the roost, shall be provided.
F. 
All coops and runs and the entire surroundings of all such places shall be kept clean at all times and shall be subject to periodic inspection by the Health Officer of the Borough or his representative.
G. 
Coops and runs shall be disinfected or otherwise treated, when so directed by the Board.
H. 
The floors of all coops shall be kept clean and dry at all times.
I. 
All of the dropping shall be removed from each coop and buried, removed from the premises or otherwise disposed of in a manner approved by the Board at least once per week.
J. 
All food for immediate consumption shall be placed in suitable feeding troughs or similar containers, and all other food shall be stored in ratproof containers at all times.
K. 
No coop or run shall be located within 30 feet of any dwelling unit or place where people congregate or within 200 feet of any food or eating establishment or within eight feet of any property line.
L. 
No person shall keep more than one individual specimen of poultry or fowl in any coop for each three square feet of usable floor space within the coop.
M. 
No poultry food shall be scattered about any premises.
N. 
Pigeons may be flown if properly supervised but for a period of no longer than one hour per day.
The provisions of §§ 219-5 and 219-6 do not apply to the keeping of live poultry, pigeons or other fowl for sale or for the preparation for sale, but in those cases the provisions of § 219-10 apply.
No person shall keep any crowing rooster or screaming or chattering fowl, which fowl or rooster emits frequent or long-continued loud and raucous noises so as to disturb the comfort or repose of any person in the vicinity.
No person shall allow any poultry or other fowl to fly or run at large to the injury or annoyance of others. Such action is declared to be a nuisance and dangerous to the public health and safety.
A. 
No person shall engage in the business of selling or preparing for sale live fowl or poultry or slaughter live fowl or poultry in the Borough without first having obtained from the Board a license for such purpose.
B. 
Before such license is granted, the applicant shall submit to the Board an application therefor, in writing, setting forth thereon the description of the premises intended to be so used, the character of the building wherein the business is contemplated to be conducted and also a description of all buildings, if any, located within a distance of 200 feet of the premises intended to be so used.
C. 
A license will be denied if the application therefor or an independent investigation reveals that the premises intended to be so used:
(1) 
Is within 200 feet of any church, library, hospital, sanitarium or other public building, as measured from the nearest boundary line of the premises intended to be so used.
(2) 
Is detrimental to the health of the surrounding neighbors.
(3) 
Does not strictly comply with all the requirements of this article and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health.
(4) 
Will tend to create a nuisance.
D. 
All poultry or fowl shall be sold within 24 hours of slaughtering unless the same shall be adequately refrigerated.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
E. 
No person shall sell or offer for sale any fowl or poultry which is diseased or in any manner unfit for human consumption. This shall apply to such fowl or poultry whether alive or slaughtered.