A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of keeping, selling or preparing for sale live fowl or poultry or of slaughtering live fowl or poultry in the Township without first having obtained from the Health Office a license for any such purpose.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
B. 
Before such license is granted, the applicant shall submit to the Health Office an application therefor, in writing, setting forth thereon the description of the premises intended to be so used, the character of the building wherein the business is contemplated to be conducted and also a description of all buildings, if any, located within a distance of 200 feet of the premises to be so used.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
C. 
A license will be denied if the application therefor or any independent investigation reveals that the premises or the intended use thereof:
(1) 
Is within 500 feet of any church, library, hospital, sanatorium or other public building, as measured from the nearest boundary line of the premises intended to be so used; or
(2) 
Is detrimental to the health of the surrounding neighbors; or
(3) 
Does not strictly comply with all the requirements of this code and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health; or
(4) 
Will tend to create a nuisance.
Without in anywise intending to limit the generality of this article, all buildings or places in which poultry slaughtering or the business of selling or preparing for sale live fowl or poultry is conducted shall at all times conform to the following requirements:
A. 
The business shall be conducted on the ground floor only.
B. 
The floors thereof shall be paved with material impervious to moisture and shall be properly sloped to a well-trapped outlet having direct connection with the sewer.
C. 
The walls of every room in which slaughtering is actually carried on shall be covered to a height of at least six feet with smooth, moistureproof material and the remainder of the walls and ceilings shall be finished with a smooth, hard surface.
D. 
No building or place operating under any such license, or any part of such building, shall be used for any purpose other than that provided for in said license.
E. 
Watertight receptacles shall be provided for all refuse and shall be properly covered and the contents thereof removed daily from the premises.
F. 
All live poultry or fowl shall at all times be confined in coops, unless removed for the purpose of slaughter or sale.
G. 
Every room and every other place used for the purpose of slaughtering live poultry or fowl, or either of them, shall be ventilated directly to the open air, and no such ventilation shall in any way enter a ventilating shaft used in connection with residential apartments of any adjoining building.
H. 
All coops shall be constructed of heavy wire and in conventional trade size. All stands or counters shall at all times be built substantially, maintained without tracks or joints and covered with marble, slate or other material impervious to moisture. The stands, counters and coops shall be raised from the floor in such manner as to permit thorough flushing under the same.
I. 
The stands and counters for the sale of poultry shall at all times be arranged to permit a clear and adequate passageway to the public.
J. 
A plentiful supply of hot water shall be provided for cleansing purposes.
K. 
Every such poultry house or poultry slaughterhouse or other place in which the same is sold or prepared for sale shall at all times be kept in a sanitary condition.
All poultry or fowl shall be sold within 24 hours of slaughtering unless the same shall be adequately refrigerated in accordance with the provisions of this code.
No person shall sell or offer for sale any fowl or poultry which is diseased or in any manner unfit for human consumption. This shall apply alike to such fowl or poultry whether alive or slaughtered.