[Adopted 5-25-2011 by Ord. No. 1974[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. III, Poultry, adopted 3-19-1975 as Ch. 33, Art. III, of the 1975 Code, as amended.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
FARM ANIMAL
Horse, cattle, donkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, llamas, geese, guinea fowl, pea fowl, domestic fowl, roosters, swans, turkeys and nonpoisonous snakes, native to Ridley Township. These shall include hybrids, micro or miniature variations of any of the above animals.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any farm animals within the limits of the Township or any structures, buildings, shelters or pens for any farm animals on any lot less than one acre in area.
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Every structure, building, shelter or pen any animal is kept in shall be constructed of such material and in such manner that it can be kept clean and sanitary.
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The Health Officer shall require such measures necessary in order to avoid a nuisance and that such other measures be taken that may be necessary to ensure proper protection of the public health and safety and compliance with this article.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal to permit said animal to create a nuisance to any citizen in the Township by causing any unseemly noise for extended periods of time, whether confined inside a structure, building, shelter, corral, pen or coop or any other outside area.
Any person who keeps a prohibited farm animal in contravention of this article shall dispose of the animal by removal of the animal from the Township. Any person who holds a permit for any of these animals at the time of the passage of this article has until the end of the calendar year to remove the animal from the Township.
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The Board of Health of the Township of Ridley and its duly appointed agents, including the Health Officer of the Township of Ridley, are hereby directed to enforce the provisions of this article.
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Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provisions of this article shall, upon conviction before a Magisterial District Court, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such fine and cost shall be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 30 days. Each day such a violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
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In addition to the foregoing, the Township may, at its sole discretion, cause to be seized any animal which is located in the Township of Ridley in violation of this article. Furthermore, the Township may seek injunctive relief in the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County requiring any animal located in the Township of Ridley in violation of this article to be removed. These remedies available to the Township are not mutually exclusive, and the Township may, at its sole discretion, fine any person, cause to be seized any animal and/or request injunctive relief regarding the same for violations of this article.