The following words and terms when used in this
article shall be deemed to have the meanings herein stated:
CLEANING
The thorough removal of contaminating material or materials.
HARBORER
Any person feeding and/or sheltering a hoofed animal on premises
for a period longer than 24 consecutive hours.
HOOFED ANIMAL
Any animal which is a solid-hoofed or cleft-hoofed quadruped,
including but not limited to horses, ponies, sheep, goats, cows, mules,
donkeys and swine, whether mature animals or their young.
KEEPER
Any person having the custody, care or control over a hoofed
animal, or knowingly permitting a hoofed animal to remain on his premises
for a period longer than 24 consecutive hours.
OWNER
Any person having a property right or ownership interest
in a hoofed animal or a fee ownership interest in premises where a
hoofed animal is kept, housed or maintained.
PERSON
An individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association
of persons.
An annual permit fee in the amount set forth in Chapter
373, Fees, shall be paid for each permit issued, which permit fee shall be paid prior to the issuance of a permit. Each permit shall expire on June 30 of each year unless sooner revoked by the Board of Health.
Every person who owns, keeps, harbors or maintains
a hoofed animal within the Borough of Harrington Park shall keep and
maintain the property on which said animals are kept, and all buildings
and facilities thereon, in accordance with the following:
A. Barring acts of nature which render compliance with
this subsection impractical:
(1) All stables, buildings, corrals, sties and other places
in which a hoofed animal is kept, harbored or maintained must, where
soiled by urine or feculent matter, be limed or cleaned daily and
cleaned weekly.
(2) Feculent matter and soiled bedding materials must
be stored in closed containers.
(3) All feculent matter and soiled bedding materials must
be removed at least bimonthly from the premises, or they must be so
spread and treated bimonthly with lime and such other chemicals as
shall be necessary to minimize odor and the attraction of insects.
B. No person owning, keeping or harboring a hoofed animal
shall willfully permit such animal to soil or defile or commit any
nuisance upon any public sidewalk, public street, public park, public
playground, school playground or the property of persons other than
the owner or the person or persons owning or having the care, custody
or control of such animal. Said person shall be responsible for cleaning
and removing said material on the same day of occurrence.
C. All stables and buildings in which a hoofed animal
is kept, harbored or maintained shall be fogged or sprayed regularly
with a residual insecticide which is designed to kill flies and insects
and regularly used for that purpose. Spraying must be performed weekly
from May 1 through September 30 of each calendar year.
D. Grain feeds, including but not limited to oats and
corn, shall be kept in covered, solid-walled containers to prevent
the attraction or sustenance of rodents.
All hoofed animals kept, harbored or maintained
in the Borough shall be kept free from sickness and contagious disease.
In the event that the Health Officer or the Board of Health of the
Borough of Harrington Park shall have reasonable cause to question
the health of any hoofed animal kept, harbored or maintained within
the Borough, the Health Officer or the Board of Health shall have
the authority to require an examination of said animal by a doctor
of veterinary medicine within 48 hours after notice to the owner,
harborer or keeper of said animal. Said examination shall be conducted
at the expense of the owner, harborer or keeper of the hoofed animal.
The Health Officer shall give written notice
to the owner, keeper or harborer of any violations of the provisions
of this article, giving notice of specific violations. Should such
violations remain uncorrected for a period of 10 days after the giving
of written notice, at least five days' written notice shall be given
by the Health Officer requiring the owner, keeper or harborer to appear
at a hearing before the Board of Health. After findings by the Board
of Health (pursuant to said hearing) of a violation of the provisions
of this article, and the willful continuance of such violation during
the entire ten-day period following the receipt of the notice referred
to above, the Board of Health may thereafter revoke any permit. No
new permit shall be reissued to any owner, keeper or harborer whose
permit has been revoked pursuant to this section, except upon a showing
of good and sufficient reason and upon reapplication pursuant to the
provisions of this article.
The Health Officer and the Board of Health of
the Borough of Harrington Park are charged with the responsibility
of administering and enforcing the provisions of this article. The
Health Officer of the Board of Health of the Borough of Harrington
Park is hereby authorized and shall, upon reasonable notice, be permitted
by the adult owner, keeper, harborer or maintainer of any hoofed animal
to enter upon the premises of said person for the purpose of administering
and enforcing the terms and provisions of this article. Prior to inspection
of the premises, the Health Officer of the Board of Health shall identify
himself to said adult owner, keeper, harborer or maintainer.
Any person who violates any of the terms and provisions of this article shall be in violation of the law and, upon conviction, shall be liable to the penalties in Chapter
352, Article
III, Enforcement and Penalties, for each offense. Each day for which a violation of this article continues shall be considered to be a separate violation hereunder.