[Adopted 12-8-2011 by Ord. No. 4-11]
No person shall keep or maintain any live poultry, or fowl,
even for noncommercial purposes, without first having obtained a license
or permit for that purpose from the Board covering the premises intended
to be so used.
All live poultry shall be confined in coops or runs.
All coops and runs shall be located outside of and completely
apart from any building used wholly or in part for dwelling purposes,
in which people congregate or used as a food or eating establishment.
All coops shall be provided with concrete floors or any other
suitable material, as approved by the Board of Health.
A sufficient number of roosts to provide roosting space for
each individual specimen of poultry or fowl kept in said coop and
a sufficient number of properly placed drop boards beneath each roost,
to catch all droppings excreted by the said poultry or other fowl
while in the roost, shall be provided.
All coops and runs and the entire surroundings of all such places
shall be kept clean at all times and shall be subject to periodic
inspection by the Health Officer of the Borough, or his representative.
Coops and runs shall be disinfected or otherwise treated, when
so directed by the Board.
The floors of all coops shall be kept clean and dry at all times.
All of the droppings shall be removed from each coop and buried,
removed from the premises, or otherwise disposed of in a manner approved
by the Board, at least once each week.
All food for immediate consumption shall be placed in suitable
feed troughs, or similar containers, and all other food shall be stored
in ratproof containers at all times.
The provisions of this article shall not be deemed to authorize
the keeping of live poultry for sale or for the preparation for sale.
No person shall keep any crowing rooster or screaming or chattering
fowl.
No live poultry or other fowl shall be permitted to fly or run
at large.
No coop or run shall be located within 100 feet of any dwelling
unit, or place where people congregate, or within 400 feet of any
food or eating establishment or within 100 feet of any property line.
No person can keep more than one individual specimen of poultry
or fowl in any coop for each three square feet of usable floor space
within said coop.
No poultry food shall be scattered about any premises.
