[Ord. 84, 5/3/1926, Section 1; amended by Ord. 1912, 12/1/2008,
Section 1]
Codification of Ordinances, Chapter XIX, Zoning, Section 501 contains requirements for the keeping of chickens on a property in the Borough of State College.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 19-501.l(7), Chicken hens at
one-family dwellings.
[Ord. 1912, 12/1/2008, Section 1]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or owners of any chickens
to allow the same to run at large upon any of the common thoroughfares,
sidewalks, passageways, play areas, parks, streets, alleys, or public
highways or any place where people congregate or walk, or upon any
public or private property without an approved coop and run in the
Borough. Any chicken not contained within an approved coop or run
shall be deemed "at large."
[Ord. 84, 5/3/1926, Section 2; amended by Ord. 1912, 12/1/2008,
Section 1]
All owner or owners of chickens within the limits of the Municipality
are hereby required to house the same at all times under sanitary
conditions so that the keeping of chickens shall not become either
a public or private nuisance. The following provisions apply:
a.
All chicken feces accumulated on private property shall be removed
by using the approved sanitary method of double bagging and placed
in the trash for collection unless composted as provided for in § 2-304
below.
b.
Chicken feces on private property shall not be allowed to accumulate
to the degree that it becomes a public health nuisance or hazard.
In cases where chicken feces does accumulate on private property,
the Director of the Department of Ordinance Enforcement and Public
Health or his designee may conduct an investigation, after which the
accumulation may be declared a public health hazard or nuisance and
the owner shall be ordered to remove and dispose of the accumulated
feces in an approved manner. The order to remove such accumulated
feces shall be given personally to the owner or shall be sent by registered
mail and the owner shall be given a period of 48 hours from the date
and time of receipt of the order to clean the property and remove
the accumulated feces.
[Ord. 1912, 12/1/2008, Section 1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to spread or cause to be
spread or deposited upon any ground or premises within the Borough
any chicken manure. However, chicken manure may be composted on the
property where the chickens are housed and the composted material
then applied to gardens or yards.
[Ord. 1912, 12/1/2008, Section 1]
No person shall slaughter any chicken in the Borough.
[Ord. 1912, 12/1/2008, Section 1]
All feed, water and other items associated with the keeping
of chickens shall be protected in a way that prevents infestation
by rats, mice, or other rodents or vectors. Failure to keep all feed,
water and other items associated with the keeping of chickens in a
clean and sanitary condition constitutes a violation of this ordinance.
[Ord. 84, 5/3/1926, Section 3; amended by Ord. 442, 6/7/1954;
Ord. 1912, 12/1/2008, Section 1]
Any owner or owners of any chicken or chickens kept within the
limits of this Municipality violating any of the provisions of this
Ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof before the District Magistrate,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $600
and costs of prosecution at the discretion of said Magistrate and,
in default of payment of such fine and costs, shall be committed to
the County Jail for not more than five days.
