As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
Includes all waste material from the tables of hotels, restaurants
and private homes, and all other waste products from kitchens, stores,
bake shops or other places where food is prepared, consumed, handled
or sold for human use.
PERSON
Includes firm, partnership, corporation, an individual or
one or more individuals.
PIGS
Includes hogs, swine, shoats and pigs more than 60 days of
age.
TANKAGE
Sterilized, dehydrated, ground animal protein.
The granting of a permit hereunder shall in no way authorize
the creation of a nuisance or the maintenance of an obnoxious condition
and shall in no way regulate or prevent the passing of future ordinances
concerning the prohibition of or the limitation upon the keeping of
pigs or the bringing of garbage into this Township.
The prohibition contained in §
157-3 shall not apply to farmers raising not more than 100 pigs in the regular pursuit of their agricultural operations where said pigs are fed exclusively on produce raised on the farm whereon they are kept, or are fed on produce raised on the farm where they are kept supplemented by commercial grain rations and tankage.
Any person having or keeping pigs under a license issued under
this chapter shall comply with the following provisions:
A. All buildings, yards or enclosures in which any pigs shall be kept
shall be at all times in a neat, orderly, clean and sanitary condition.
B. All buildings used for the keeping of pigs shall be provided with
a concrete or other nonabsorbent floor built above the surface of
the surrounding ground, with a concrete or other nonabsorbent sidewall
on all enclosed portions extending 36 inches above the floor and so
joined with the floor as to furnish a cove or curved surface for easy
cleaning.
C. All feeding shall be done under cover upon a concrete floor or floor
of nonabsorbent character.
D. A suitable receptacle for manure and other waste material shall be
constructed of concrete or other nonabsorbent material, shall be under
cover, shall be watertight on the sides and bottom and shall be covered
by a tight removable top to prevent the escape of odors and access
of flies or other insects to the same. Compliance with this subsection
shall not be necessary if manure is spread daily. Dung, manure and
feed residue shall be removed from the area where pigs are kept at
least once daily. When the material is spread upon the ground, it
shall be spread in thin applications so as to dry quickly, but the
same area shall not be spread more often than once in every 30 days,
unless the ground is plowed under in the interval between spreading.
E. All liquid waste, including water used to wash down the sidewalls,
liquids from the sheds, the barns, from the manure pit or loading
area, and any water from washing trucks or other equipment, shall
be conducted by a suitable drain to an underground cistern and disposed
of either in an approved sewage disposal field or pumped into a closed
tank and spread upon the fields in such a manner and at such time
as to prevent it from gathering in pools or running off the land.
F. There must be an available supply of water kept under at least 20
pounds' pressure, equipped with sufficient hose connections to allow
all parts of the building wherein pigs are kept to be completely hosed
down at least once in each seven days or at such times as the Board
of Health shall indicate.
G. All buildings where pigs are kept shall be whitewashed semiannually.
H. Proper equipment and material shall be constantly kept on hand and
used as required to control flies and other insects.
I. All dead animals shall be buried or removed within 24 hours of death.
J. All runs or yards used for pigs, except those used for brood sows, shall be of concrete or other nonabsorbent material and be drained as specified in Subsection
E above.
K. All runs shall be securely fenced or enclosed and no depressions
containing liquids shall be allowed.
No person operating under a license issued hereunder shall locate
any building, pig run, yard or pasture wherein pigs are kept closer
than 500 feet to any highway or closer than 1,000 feet to any dwelling
or residence other than the dwelling or residence on the farm whereon
said pigs are kept.
No garbage or vegetable matter and no flesh of any animal, fowl
or fish shall at any time be transported upon the highways of this
Township or brought into this Township for the purpose of feeding
the same to pigs within the Township. This section shall not be effective
prior to January 1, 1952, as to existing piggeries as of May 19, 1951.
Where there are presently existing commercial piggeries within
the Township, the following rules shall govern:
A. If there are more applicants than licenses to be granted, piggeries
already in existence shall have preference.
B. If the buildings being used at the time of the adoption of this chapter violate §
157-6 hereof, the requirements of that section shall be waived for a period of six months, but no additional building shall be constructed in violation thereof. No license shall be renewed until all the provisions of §
157-6 have been complied with.
C. The requirements of §
157-6 may be suspended for six months so far as they apply to buildings presently used for pigs, provided the licensee carries out all sanitary directions given by the Township Board of Health. This exemption shall not apply to buildings constructed subsequent to the enactment of this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 135, General
Provisions, Board of Health, Art. I)]
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than $10 nor
more than $500. Each and every day that any violation of this chapter
occurs or is allowed to continue after occurring shall constitute
a different offense, subjecting the violator, upon conviction thereof,
to a fine for each offense. The Township Board of Health may revoke
the license of any person who fails to pay his fine within five days
of the same being imposed. Any person having three convictions shall
be barred from having a renewal of his license.