[Adopted 5-26-1969 by Ord. No. 233, approved 6-9-1969]
No person, firm or corporation shall keep any hog, cattle, goat or sheep or any hive of bees at any place within the Borough of Masontown.
No person, firm or corporation shall keep any horse or horses at any place within the borough, except with special permission from the Board of Health or such other department or person designated by Council.
A. 
Such permission shall be granted only on the following conditions:
(1) 
The place where such horse or horses are proposed to be kept shall be so located and the stable to be provided is such that no nuisance shall result therefrom.
(2) 
No stable shall be located within 50 feet of any dwelling house or within 30 feet of any street.
(3) 
Every stable shall be kept in a sanitary condition and free from unpleasant odors and conditions contributing to the breeding of flies.
(4) 
Manure and filth shall not be permitted to accumulate to the annoyance of any resident of the vicinity or person traveling thereby.
B. 
Any permission granted by the Board of Health or such other department or person designated by Council under this section may be revoked thereby at any time when any of the conditions of this section are not complied with.
[Amended 6-8-2010, approved 6-8-2010]
No person, firm or corporation shall keep any chickens or other fowl at any place within the Borough of Masontown, including all exotic animals, with the exception of birds such as parrots, parakeets, canaries, etc., that are housed inside.
No person shall bury any horse, cattle, sheep or swine at any place within the limits of the borough. Any person burying any other dead animal within the limits of the borough shall be required to bury the same not less than three feet below the surface of the ground.
[Amended 6-9-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-1, approved 6-9-1987]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, by punishable by a fine of not more than $300 and costs of such proceedings or, upon default of payment of such fine and costs, by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than 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.