[Adopted as Title 6, Ch. 6.04, of the 1998 Township Code]
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to own, harbor,
keep and maintain any pigeon, fowl, horse, cattle, goat, swine or
other domestic or wild animal, excepting cats and dogs, within the
limits of the Township without first obtaining a permit therefor from
the Board of Health of the Township.
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to own, harbor, keep
or maintain any pigeon, fowl, horse, cattle, goat, swine or other
domestic or wild animal, excepting cats and dogs, shall make an application,
in writing, to the Board of Health of the Township for a permit. Such
application shall be made upon forms to be furnished by the Board
of Health and shall set forth the name and address of the applicant,
description of the premises to be used by lot and block according
to the Tax Map of the Township, and shall illustrate by diagram the
land and buildings to be used by the applicant and the relative position
of the buildings or corral to be used for the keeping and harboring
of the animal or animals with respect to the boundary lines of the
applicant's property and other buildings within said plot or lot and
the relative position of all other buildings on lands immediately
adjacent on all sides of the land of the applicant.
[Amended 2-7-2012 by Ord.
No. 2012-1]
A fee as established in Chapter
240, Fees, shall be paid for each permit issued. Such permit shall not be transferable, and each such permit issued shall expire on December 31 of each year unless sooner revoked by the Board of Health.
No permit shall be issued unless the applicant has a completely
enclosed building which is suitable to be used as a stable or coop
and a corral to keep and harbor said animal or animals. Any said stable,
coop, corral or pen shall be at least 50 feet from the doors or windows
of any neighboring residential or business dwelling and at least 12.5
feet from any neighboring property line.
The building, stable, coop, corral and pen shall be kept reasonably
clean at all times to prevent offensive odors and accumulation of
manure and organic refuse, and the said building, stable or coop shall
be kept in good repair, waterproof and free from rats and vermin,
and properly ventilated.
The corral shall be constructed in such a manner and of such
material to prevent said animal or animals from running at large.
Said animal or animals, if left unattended, shall remain confined
in said corral, stable or coop.
[Amended 10-20-1999 by Ord. No. 18-99]
A. Crowing roosters, sheep, cattle, goats or swine shall only be kept
upon a farm or tract of land containing at least three acres.
B. Limitations and exceptions to the above subsection for parcels of
land less than three acres shall be as follows:
(1) No crowing roosters shall be kept upon parcels of land less than
three acres;
(2) No more than 25 fowl, not including crowing roosters, shall be kept
upon parcels of land less than three acres; and
(3) A maximum total of two sheep, cattle, goats or swine shall be kept
upon parcels of land less than three acres.
Registered homing pigeons, without restriction as to number,
are allowed within the Township, provided all other terms of this
article be complied with.
All manure, pending disposal, shall be kept or stored in tightly
covered metal containers or in such manner as shall be approved by
the Health Officer or Board of Health as not to create a nuisance
or breed flies.
Any permit under this article may be revoked for any violation
of the provisions of this article or for any variance from the terms
of the application for such permit, or if the premises upon which
such pigeons, fowl, horse, cattle, goat, swine or other domestic or
wild animal or animals are housed be not kept at all times in a clean
and sanitary manner. Notice of intention to consider the revocation
of such permits shall be served upon the party named in the application
therefor, either by delivering the same to him personally, or by mailing
the same to the address given in the application for the permit, at
least five days before the considering of such revocation, which notice
shall state the time and place when and where the Board of Health
will consider the question of such revocation. The person so notified
of the intention to consider revocation, as aforesaid, shall be permitted
to enter a defense either personally or through counsel and if the
charge made in such notice be established, the Board of Health may
suspend or revoke said permit.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article or fail to comply therewith shall be subject to the penalty in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty, of the Code of the Township of Edgewater Park. The imposition of a penalty for a violation of this article shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue, and such violation shall be remedied within a reasonable time. The imposition of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.