[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.