[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Prospect Park 3-13-1951 by Ord. No. 9 (Ch.
103 of the 1974 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
All manner of domestic and wild birds, and includes fowl,
chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and all other domesticated birds,
but does not include those birds which are household pets.
Includes a corporation, organization, firm or partnership
as well as an individual.
No person shall keep or maintain any live poultry
within the Borough of Prospect Park without first having secured a
written permit therefor from the Board of Health, granted by said
Board at one of its regular meetings. No live poultry shall be kept
in any building any part of which is used, occupied or capable or
being occupied by human beings, nor shall any live poultry be allowed
to run at large in what is commonly known as "poultry runs."
No poultry shall be housed in other than a structure
that is elevated on cement or concrete piers, having a minimum clearance
thereunder of at least 18 inches. Said building shall be rat-proofed
in accordance with that portion of Conservation Bulletin No. 19, issued
by the United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife
Service, that pertains to rat-proofing of poultry houses, which provisions
of said bulletin are on file with the Clerk of the Board of Health
and are made part of this chapter. No part of any poultry house shall
be closer than 20 feet to any building that may be used as a dwelling
or to any church, school or public building nor within 20 feet of
any street line.
The permit fee to keep live poultry shall be
$2 per annum, and permits shall expire on the 30th day of April in
each year and shall be renewed annually. Any permit may be revoked
or renewal thereof denied by the Board of Health, after public hearing,
for any violation of this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to poultry stores or persons dealing in live poultry, but in such
cases a special permit for operating such structure shall be issued
by the Board of Health under such restrictions and conditions as the
Board of Health may deem necessary to preserve the public health.
A permit to operate a live poultry establishment
shall be $25 per year, and each permit shall expire on the 30th day
of April in each year.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be punished upon conviction thereof by a fine
not exceeding $50 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, and every
day of such violation shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct
offense.
