No person shall keep or maintain any live poultry,
pigeons or other 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, pigeons or other fowl 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 use as a food or eating establishment.
C.
All coops or runs shall be constructed in accordance with the regulations, if any, of Chapter 168, Zoning, and Chapter 85, Construction Codes, Uniform, of the Code of the Borough of Riverdale.
D.
All coops hereafter constructed shall be provided
with adequate floors, roosts and properly placed drop boards beneath
each roost.
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 Borough 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 feeding troughs or similar containers, and all other food
shall be stored in ratproof containers at all times.
The provisions of this article shall 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 Article VIII of this chapter shall apply.
A.
No person shall keep any crowing rooster or screaming
or chattering fowl.
B.
No live poultry or other fowl shall be permitted to
fly or run at large.
C.
No coop or run shall be located within 25 feet of
any dwelling unit or place where people congregate or within 200 feet
of any food or eating establishment or within 20 feet of any property
line.
D.
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.
E.
No poultry food shall be scattered about any premises.
