Town of Franklin, MA
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2023-01-09
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Division 2: Bylaws
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Division 3: Board of Health Regulations
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Chapter 193 Animals
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Article I Keeping of Animals
- Division 1: Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 2: Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 8 Aging, Council on
- Ch 16 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 18 Cultural District Committee
- Ch 25 Human Resource Management
- Ch 33 (Reserved)
- Ch 37 Town Properties
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 43 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 47 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 48 (Reserved)
- Ch 52 Amusement Devices
- Ch 56 Bazaars
- Ch 63 Buildings
- Ch 65 Collection Containers
- Ch 71 Demolition Delay
- Ch 73 Departmental Revolving Funds
- Ch 75 Dogs
- Ch 82 Fees, Municipal Service
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- Ch 84 Fire Alarms
- Ch 85 Smoke Detectors, Installation of
- Ch 86 Fire Lanes
- Ch 91 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 95 (Reserved)
- Ch 99 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 104 Junk, Accumulation of
- Ch 105 Junk, Secondhand Goods, and Antique Dealers
- Ch 108 Library Board of Directors
- Ch 110 Licenses
- Ch 121 Pawnbroking
- Ch 125 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 128 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 130 Property Owner Public Safety Notification
- Ch 131 Public Way Access Permits
- Ch 132 Plastic Checkout Bags
- Ch 135 Poles and Wires
- Ch 139 Sewers
- Ch 143 (Reserved)
- Ch 147 (Reserved)
- Ch 151 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 153 Stormwater Management
- Ch 155 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 160 Taxpayers, Delinquent
- Ch 165 Transient Vendors
- Ch 168 Vacant Properties
- Ch 170 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 174 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 179 Water
- Ch 181 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 185 Zoning
- Division 3: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 193 Animals
- Ch 193 Art I Keeping of Animals
- § 193-1 Permit required.
- § 193-2 Condition of buildings and pens.
- § 193-3 Condition of barns and stables.
- § 193-4 Keeper of the animals regulations.
- § 193-5 Confinement of fowl.
- § 193-6 Removal of manure.
- § 193-7 Fowl in dwellings prohibited.
- § 193-8 Roosters in residential areas prohibited.
- § 193-9 Interviewing of abutters.
- § 193-10 Spreading of manure.
- Ch 196 Bare Feet
- Ch 198 Biotechnology Regulations
- Ch 200 Blasting and Sanding, Abrasive
- Ch 202 Body Art
- Ch 205 Building Material Disposal
- Ch 207 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 209 Burying
- Ch 214 Dispensing Containers
- Ch 218 Dumpsters
- Ch 222 Floor Drains
- Ch 226 Food-Service Establishments
- Ch 230 Hazardous Materials Enclosures
- Ch 232 Infectious Waste Transport
- Ch 235 Laundromats
- Ch 238 Manicurist Establishments
- Ch 240 Massage Therapy/Facility
- Ch 244 Mobile Food Units
- Ch 246 Motor Oil Sellers
- Ch 250 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 254 Smoking
- Ch 255 Solid Waste Collection
- Ch 258 Stables
- Ch 260 Tanning Facilities
- Ch 261 Tobacco Products
- Ch 262 Tobacco Products and Smoking
- Ch 263 Water
- Ch 264 Violations and Penalties
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Rules and Regulations
- Ch 271 Conservation Commission Bylaws
- Ch 273 (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 305 Taxis
- Appendix
- Ch A310 General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted ]
No person shall keep within the limits of this
Town, in any building or on any premises of which he may be the owner,
lessee, tenant or occupant, any cows, goats or any live animal, bird
or reptile without a permit from the Board of Health. All such permits
expire annually on ________ and may be revoked by the Board at any
time for cause. Applications therefor shall be on forms provided at
the office of the Board and shall be acted upon within 30 days or
such other definite time as the Board may find reasonable for its
purposes.
The owners or persons in control of any building
or premises in which cows, goats, live fowl, horses or swine or any
live animal, bird or reptile is kept shall keep the buildings and
premises clean and free from decaying food, filth, dirt and stagnant
water. The buildings and pens shall be whitewashed or disinfected
and put in such condition as may be ordered by the Board of Health.
The owner or other person or persons having
control of an existing building or buildings hereafter erected or
converted into a barn or barns for the stabling of horses or other
domestic animals shall keep the barns, stables and yards clean and
shall provide a pit constructed of cement or other suitable material
for the reception of manure and other refuse matter. Wherever a public
sewer is accessible, the Board of Health may, if it deems it advisable,
order the connection of such building with such public sewer.
[Amended 3-4-2020]
On a parcel under five acres any related structure shall be
to the rear of the property's primary building, and at least
25 feet from side and rear property lines.
Live fowl shall be confined at all times and
shall not be permitted to run at large.
During the months of May, June, July, August
and September, manure shall be removed from all pits once every seven
days unless kept in covered or screened manure pits.
No person shall keep any fowl in any building
used as a dwelling.
No roosters shall be kept in a residential area.
The Board or its agent may interview abutters
for their approval or objection before acting on such applications.
Manure shall be spread upon land only when such
land is in condition to plow, and any manure so spread shall be plowed
under within 48 hours.
