[Ord. 110, 5/2/1950, § 1; as amended by Ord. 185,
6/18/1956, § 1]
The following words when used in this Part shall have the meaning
ascribed to them in this section except when the context clearly indicates
a different meaning:
Horses, mules, cows, dogs, pigs and all other animals.
Chickens, turkeys, ducks, pigeons and all other fowl and
poultry.
The Mayor of the Borough of Liberty.
Pens, coops, crates, stables, run-yards and all other enclosures.
Every natural person, copartnership, association or corporation.
Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing a fine, the term
"person," as applied to copartnerships or associations, shall mean
the partners or members thereof, and as applied to corporations, the
officers thereof.
[Ord. 110, 5/2/1950, §§ 2 — 10; as amended
by Ord. 423, 9/9/1987, § 2-102]
1.
All fowl and animals shall be confined to pens and shall not be permitted
to run at large.
2.
All fowl and animals shall be kept and maintained in such manner
so as not to cause a nuisance.
3.
All pens shall be white-washed and otherwise treated at least two
times a year or at the direction of the Mayor.
4.
All pens shall be equipped with removable drop boards which must
be thoroughly cleaned at least once a week. An approved type of litter
must be kept on the floor. No fowl or animal manure shall be allowed
to accumulate so as to cause objectionable smell or offensive odors
and shall be disposed of in a manner approved by the Mayor.
5.
All feed including fruit and vegetable matter given to fowl or animals
shall be removed from the pens and satisfactorily disposed of before
it becomes stale and/or decayed, so that no objectionable or offensive
odor will be created.
6.
All fowl and animal yards must be spaded and the ground turned at
least twice between April 1 and October 31 each year or at the direction
of the Mayor.
7.
No pens, other than pens in bona fide stores handling fowl, shall
be located within 35 feet of any dwelling or inhabited building, or
within 75 feet of a public street, excluding alleys.
8.
Live fowl shall not be kept, handled, stored, or offered for sale
or sold in any cellar or in any room which is dark, damp, poorly ventilated,
dirty or unsanitary, or in any store or room where other foodstuffs
are stored or exposed for sale. All stores where fowl are killed or
dressed shall have a room constructed and equipped for that purpose;
the room shall have proper sanitary sewer connections, cement floor
with floor drain and with cement walls extending up from floor at
least 18 inches, walls to ceiling to be of impervious material, suitable
to be washed daily and to be of light material or light color if painted,
to have ample light and ventilation, said ventilation to be either
natural draft with shaft, or fan propelled, and shall have hot and
cold water sinks and a toilet, and with separate toilets for men and
women, if there are both male and female employees.
9.
Returnable fowl pens shall not be stored on any street or sidewalk
or on any premises so as to cause a nuisance.
[Ord. 110, 5/2/1950, § 11; as amended by Ord. 185,
6/18/1956, § 2; by Ord. 423, 9/9/1987, § 2-103;
and by A.O.]
No person shall keep live fowl or animals within the Borough
of Liberty without first obtaining from the Mayor a permit therefor
and paying a fee in the amount as established, from time to time,
by resolution of Borough Council, per fowl or animal, except for dogs
and cats for which no fee is required. Each permit shall be valid
for a period of one year from the first day of June of any such year.
The Mayor may revoke a permit and refuse to issue a new permit for
past or present violations of this Part, or for failure to obey his
directions. Permits must be displayed in a conspicuous place in the
pen, room, or other enclosure. All permit fees shall be paid to the
Mayor.
[Ord. 110, 5/2/1950, § 12]
The Mayor, when found and deemed necessary by him, may order
the alteration or the relocation or the elimination of any pen or
runway or yard in ordering compliance with this Part or for the violation
of any of the provisions of this Part.
[Ord. 110, 5/2/1950, § 13; as amended by Ord. 423,
9/9/1987, § 2-105; and by A.O.]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
