[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the City of Burlington 12-29-1898 (Ch. 7.04
of the 1996 Municipal Code); amended in its entirety by the Common
Council of the City of Burlington at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Subsequent amendments noted where
applicable.]
The County of Burlington shall provide public health services
of a technical and professional nature through the County Health Department,
as agent of the City Municipal Board of Health in compliance with
the Local Health Services Act, N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-1 et seq. The County
Health Department shall provide public health services as further
provided herein and which meet the standards of performance indicated
in the Local Health Services Act.
There shall be a Health Officer whose duty it is to perform
inspections and other functions to ensure compliance with City ordinances.
It shall be lawful for the Health Officer and/or other representative
of the County Health Department, inspector, or any person acting under
and by authority of the County Health Department or the City, on showing
such authority, to enter into or on any lands, tenements, buildings
or other premises for the purpose of ascertaining that City ordinances
are complied with.
No person shall have, use or maintain any place or building
within the City for the purpose of slaughtering or killing animals
without first obtaining a permit from the Board of Health.
A.
No person shall have or keep any pigs within the City without a permit
from the Board of Health.
B.
Every permit granted shall designate the number of animals such person
shall be allowed to keep.
C.
No permit shall be granted for a longer time than one year and shall
expire on the first day of January of the succeeding year, unless
limited to a shorter period.
D.
The place or pens in which such pigs may be permitted by the Board
of Health to be kept shall at all times be kept clean and in such
condition as to be free from all noxious or unhealthy odors.
E.
All permits shall be revocable by the Board of Health at any time
for violation of any order of the Board of Health, or whenever in
the opinion of the Board the public health demands it.
F.
All denials of permits may be appealed to the Board of Health.
G.
All permit applicants must comply with all zoning and other applicable
laws.
