[Adopted 5-18-1950 by Ord. No. 18]
Pigsties or piggeries shall not be built or maintained within the Township of Whitemarsh unless and until the following requirements are complied with:
A. 
Pigsties or piggeries shall not be built or maintained on marshy ground or land subject to overflow, nor within 200 feet of any stream or other source of water supply, nor within 300 feet of an inhabited house or public meetinghouse of an adjoining property.
B. 
When garbage is fed to pigs, provisions shall be made in that all unconsumed garbage shall be removed daily and disposed of by burial or incineration.
C. 
No organic material furnishing food for flies shall be allowed to accumulate on the premises. All garbage shall be handled and fed upon a platform of concrete or other impervious material. Unslaked lime, hypochloride of lime, borax or mineral oil shall be used daily in sufficient quantities to prevent offensive odors and the breeding of flies.
D. 
Each pigsty or piggery shall have an adequate water supply for the purpose of keeping the place clean and sanitary.
E. 
All floors of pigsties or piggeries, in addition to being constructed of concrete or other impervious materials, shall have adequate provision for drainage to a cesspool approved by the Secretary of the Township or to a sewer or treatment works approved by the Department of Health[1] of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 95, Sewers.
Failure to comply with any of the above requirements shall be considered a nuisance and shall be punishable by a fine as hereinafter provided and/or shall be abated by proceedings in courts of equity as provided by the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided.
The provisions of this article shall be considered as supplements to rules and regulations established by the Department of Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.[1] Should there be a conflict, it is intended herein that the rules and regulations of the Department of Welfare shall take precedence.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 71 P.S. § 1466 et seq.
[Amended 3-18-1982 by Ord. No. 425]
The enforcement officer of the terms of this article shall be the Township Manager until such time as a Board of Health is appointed. Said Township Manager shall be authorized to employ, with the consent of the Supervisors, such individual or individuals as may be necessary to inspect and enforce the provisions of this article.
[Amended 3-18-1982 by Ord. No. 425; 12-8-1988 by Ord. No. 565]
Any person or persons, corporation, partnership or other entity whatsoever violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed the maximum fine of $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such costs and prosecution, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days; provided, however, that if the District Justice determines that the defendant is without the financial means to pay the fines and costs immediately or in a single remittance, such defendant shall be permitted to pay the fines or costs in installments and over such periods of time as the District Justice deems to be just.