[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of
Clayton 10-10-1961. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The regular meetings of the Board of Health shall be held on
the second Tuesday of each month at 8:00 p.m. Special meetings may
be called at any time by the President, or by any three members requesting
the Secretary in writing so to do, and a majority of the Board shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
The officers of the Board of Health shall consist of a President,
Secretary, Health Officer, Plumbing Inspector, Registrar of Vital
Statistics, Physician and Solicitor, who shall be so elected by the
Board of Health after the final adoption of this chapter and shall
thereafter be elected annually on the second Tuesday of December.
Such officers shall hold office for one year or until their successors
are chosen. The Secretary and the Registrar may be one and the same
person. The Secretary and the Registrar may be elected from the members
constituting the Board, but the Health Officer, Plumbing Inspector
and Solicitor shall not be elected from the members of the Board.
The Sanitary Inspector shall be elected for three years.
The President shall preside at the meetings of the Board and
appoint all committees unless the Board or law shall order otherwise.
The President shall conduct all regular meetings in a businesslike
manner, according to parliamentary procedure. In case of the absence
of the President, the Board shall choose a Vice President. During
the intervals between the meetings of the Board, the President or
Secretary, if she is a member of the Board, shall have the power to
grant permits, make orders for the execution of the ordinances of
the Board, suspend the execution of permits and orders, order inspections
of premises and fully represent the Board.
[Amended 5-10-1979 by Ord. No. 79-4; 10-14-2021 by Ord. No. 19-2021]
No person shall allow any ducks, geese, fowl, cattle, swine, goats or horses to run at large in the Borough of Clayton, and no person shall keep or permit to be kept any fowl, duck, geese, cattle, swine, goats or horses unless the lot area is a minimum of two acres, and the keeping of such fowl, duck, geese, cattle, swine, goats or horses is permitted within the applicable zoning district per Chapter 88. Any person in violation of any provision of this section shall pay a fine of $50.
[Amended 5-10-1979 by Ord. No. 79-4; 10-14-2021 by Ord. No. 19-2021]
A.
The keeping of fowl shall not be permitted on any property in the Borough of Clayton unless it is within the Agricultural/Low Density Residential District and the keeping of such fowl has been approved by a determination of the Borough of Clayton Planning Board and the keeping of such fowl is in compliance with §88-8B(1)(b).
B.
Where permitted under § 116-5A above, all houses, buildings or enclosures wherein chickens or fowl are kept must be maintained in a clean manner and remain free from all foul odors, and all such houses or enclosures must not be situate within 50 feet of a dwelling house, living quarters or residence of any neighbor or neighbors. Any person or persons in violation of the provisions of this section shall pay a fine not exceeding $50.
[Amended 5-10-1979 by Ord. No. 79-4]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to carry on the
business of buying or selling rags, old paper and junk in the Borough
of Clayton without a license for that purpose first had and obtained
from the Board of Health of said Borough. The Secretary of the Board
of Health is hereby empowered to grant to any person or persons who
shall apply therefor in writing, and who shall pay a license fee of
$10, a license to engage in and carry on in said Borough the business
of buying and selling rags, old papers and junk, which said license
shall expire at the end of one year from the date of its issuance.
All vehicles used for transportation or carrying rags, old paper and
junk shall have permanently painted on both sides of the wagon the
name of the licensee and the number of his license. No person or persons
shall keep or allow to be kept in any building or premises or on any
ground of which he may be the owner, lessee or occupant any rags,
old paper, junk or refuse from which there shall be cast off or arise
any impure or obnoxious or foul odor, smell or gas, annoying, hurtful
or dangerous to any person, or which shall decay or be in any other
unsanitary condition. It shall be the duty of any person licensed
under this chapter to keep his or her shop or store in a good sanitary
condition and free and clear of all impure, obnoxious, foul or offensive
odors or smells. It shall be the duty of the Health Officer to look
after and report on all violations of this chapter and to make complaint
against all persons so violating this chapter. Any person or persons
offending against any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit
and pay a penalty of $20 for each and every offense.
