There are hereby established the following minimum standards
for the maintenance of the types and kinds of animals listed below,
in this municipality:
A. Not more than one cow per acre of land shall be housed or maintained.
B. Not more than one horse per acre of land shall be housed or maintained.
C. Not more than seven goats per acre of land shall be housed or maintained.
D. Not more than seven sheep per acre of land shall be housed or maintained.
E. Minimum standards for maintenance of swine have heretofore been established
in the Township by Ordinance No. 302, which is still in full force
and effect and to which reference is hereby made for such minimum
standards.
No person, firm or organization shall maintain any animal or
animals in a larger or greater quantity or in a smaller area than
listed in the minimum standards hereof.
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of a violation of
any of the provisions of this article shall suffer a penalty of:
A. If a person, a fine of not exceeding $200 or imprisonment in the
common jail of the County of Ocean for a term not exceeding 90 days,
or both; or
B. If a firm or corporation, a fine of not exceeding $200.
If any person, firm or corporation shall violate any of the
provisions of this article on more than one day, the violator may
be prosecuted by a separate action for any violation committed on
any day.
All the provisions of §§
165-14 through
165-17 of said article shall apply only to commercial farms, each having 10 or more animals of any type or types referred to in §
165-14 of said article. The following categories are exempted from the provisions of said article being amended and supplemented hereby:
A. Any person engaged in a 4-H project.
B. Any person keeping a riding horse or horses for use of himself, the
members of his immediate family and his guests.
C. Any riding academy in business before the adoption of said article.