[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Kittanning 5-7-1946 (Ch. XIII,
Part 5, of the 1970 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, partnership,
firm or corporation, engaged in the business of butchering or exposing
meat or poultry for sale, to willfully kill or slaughter, within the
limits of Borough of Kittanning, in the County of Armstrong, and State
of Pennsylvania, any hog, sheep, calf, steer, cow, chicken, turkey,
duck, or other animal, or to bring within the limits of said Borough
the dead carcass of any such animal, as aforesaid, and therein remove
the intestines, hide, feathers, of any such animal; and it shall further
be unlawful for such person or persons, firm, partnership, or corporation,
to use any house, shed, or other building or structure, or lot, within
the limits of said Borough, as a slaughterhouse or slaughter place.
[Amended 2-10-1970 by Ord. No. 111-1970; 4-10-1989 by Ord. No. 333-1989]
Any person or persons, partnership firm or corporation, violating
any provisions of this chapter shall, for every such violation, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs
of prosecution, and, in default of payment of fine and costs, to undergo
imprisonment for not more than 30 days. Provided: Each day's
violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute a separate
violation.
[Amended 2-10-1970 by Ord. No. 111-1970]
Any violation of any section or part of this chapter shall be
deemed, and is hereby declared, to be a public nuisance, and the Borough
of Kittanning, by its proper officers and agents, is hereby authorized
and empowered to proceed for the suppression or abatement of said
public nuisance, either in equity, or by criminal proceedings, or
in any other legal manner according to law.
