[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
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$10.00
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Pigeon keeping
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$10.00
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Plan Review
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$100.00
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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.
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.