Every owner, lessee or occupant of a building or premises where
any horse, cattle, swine or other livestock or small animals or fowl
may be kept within the township, shall keep them at all times in a
clean and healthy condition free from accumulations of solid or liquid
excrement, dung, soil or filth, and free from any condition where
noxious or offensive odors may be present or emanate, and free from
any condition which may breed flies or other insects.
No person owning, occupying or having charge of any house, stable
or other building or premises shall keep or allow any animal or fowl
which shall by noise, odor or otherwise disturb the quiet and repose
of any person in the vicinity or be a menace to life or health.
No person shall continue to keep any animals or fowl in any
building or upon any premises in the township where the division may
deem the keeping of animals or fowl detrimental to the public health.
In cases where conditions warrant the issuance of an order to discontinue
the keeping of animals or fowl at a particular premises, the owner
in charge of the animals or fowl shall remove them or cause them to
be removed from the premises within the time the division may name
in the notice; or in cases where immediate removal is deemed essential
to public welfare the division or its duly authorized representative
may require immediate compliance.
In any case of non-compliance with any special order of the
division with respect to removal of obnoxious animals or fowl, or
in case of inability to locate or identify the owner or other proper
person for the serving of an order to remove offending animals or
fowl, the division or its duly authorized representative may arrange
for the removal or destruction of the offending animals or fowl in
such manner as is deemed appropriate and have the costs of such removal,
maintenance or destruction paid for by the division if the owner is
unable or unwilling to promptly meet such costs himself. Any costs
paid for by the division shall be demanded from the responsible individual
and if not paid, may be collected by law in the name of the division
of health.
The owner or person in charge of any animal or fowl that shall
die by accident or disease shall forthwith cause the carcass of the
animal or fowl to be disposed of within 24 hours in a manner that
is not prejudicial to the health and well-being of the community.
If the dead animal was known or suspected to have been infected by
rabies, the division shall be notified immediately and disposal arranged
only as directed by the division or its duly authorized representative.
Disposal of carcasses of animals, the death of which was by accident
or disease other than rabies, may be arranged privately through veterinarians,
animal hospitals, or other responsible persons or services without
notification to the division, or residents of the township having
no other arrangements for proper disposal may and should request instructions
of the police department of the township as to the services of disposal
available at such time.
