No person shall keep or maintain any live poultry or fowl, even for noncommercial purposes, without first having obtained a license or permit for that purpose from the Board covering the premises intended to be so used.
A. 
All live poultry 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 used as a food or eating establishment.
C. 
All coops shall be provided with concrete floors or any other suitable material as approved by the Health Officer or his/her designee.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
D. 
A sufficient number of roosts to provide roosting space for each individual specimen of poultry or fowl kept in said coop and a sufficient number of properly placed drop boards beneath each roost to catch all droppings excreted by the said poultry or other fowl while on the roost shall be provided.
E. 
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 Township or his representative.
F. 
Coops and runs shall be disinfected or otherwise treated when so directed by the Board.
G. 
The floors of all coops shall be kept clean and dry at all times.
H. 
All of the droppings 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 each week.
I. 
All food for immediate consumption shall be placed in suitable feed troughs or similar containers, and all other food shall be stored in ratproof containers at all times.
J. 
The provisions of this article shall not be deemed to authorize the keeping of live poultry for sale or for the preparation for sale.
K. 
No person shall keep any crowing rooster or screaming or chattering fowl.
L. 
No live poultry or other fowl shall be permitted to fly or run at large.
M. 
No coop or run shall be located within 50 feet of any dwelling unit or place where people congregate or within 200 feet of any food or eating establishment or within 50 feet of any property line.
N. 
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 said coop.
O. 
No poultry food shall be scattered about any premises.