[1999 Code § 8.60.010]
As used in this Article:
Means and includes the following animals and their respective
young: cows, horses, mules, asses, sheep, goats, deer and other hoofed
animals, but does not include swine.
[1999 Code § 8.60.020]
No person shall keep in any building or part thereof or on any
land in the Township any cattle, as defined in this Article, without
the approval of the Zoning Officer and the Health Officer and a license
issued by the Division of Licenses.
[1999 Code § 8.60.030]
No stable, building or part thereof shall be used to keep cattle
unless it complies with the terms of the Public Health Code, the Building
Code, the Fire Prevention Code and with other Township ordinances
that may apply.
[1999 Code § 8.60.040]
All cattle used for milk production shall be maintained according
to Title 24 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey.
[1999 Code § 8.60.050]
All cattle shall be free of disease and, if requested by the
Division of Health, shall be inspected by a licensed veterinarian
at the expense of the owner or person in charge of the cattle.
[1999 Code § 8.60.060]
Floors of all stables shall be constructed of some nonabsorbent
material and shall be graded so as to discharge all drainage into
properly trapped sewer- or septic-tank-connected drains. All floors
and beds shall be kept clean and in sanitary condition at all times.
[1999 Code § 8.60.070]
Every stable shall be adequately ventilated to the external
air by natural or mechanical means, adequately lighted by natural
or artificial means and provided with a proper and adequate water
supply.
[1999 Code § 8.60.080]
All walls, ceilings and exposed woodwork shall be maintained
in a clean and sanitary condition at all times and whitewashed whenever
required by the Division of Health.
[1999 Code § 8.60.090]
Every stable, stable yard or places where cattle are kept or
grazed shall be maintained in a clean, dry, wholesome condition so
as not to cause a nuisance or permit the breeding of flies.
[1999 Code § 8.60.100]
Manure shall be removed from the stable as often as may be necessary
to prevent the creation of a nuisance or the discharge of offensive
odors. Upon removal of the manure from the stable, it must be immediately
taken from the premises or stored in boxes or pits which shall at
all times be kept watertight and the contents protected by a suitable
cover from the rain, snow, sun and flies and all other conditions
which tend to produce offensive decomposition.
[1999 Code § 8.60.110]
All manure pits or boxes shall be emptied regularly in accordance
with the requirements of the Division of Health.
[1999 Code § 8.60.120]
No manure may be removed or transported excepting in a watertight,
covered receptacle designed to prevent the escape of offensive odors.
[1999 Code § 8.60.130]
No cattle shall be allowed to run at large but shall be confined
to licensed premises. Confinement does not apply to riding stables
or workhorses.
[1999 Code § 8.60.140]
No cattle shall be pastured within one hundred fifty (150) feet
of any dwelling or adjoining property line, or stabled within fifty
(50) feet of any dwelling or within ten (10) feet of any property
line.
[1999 Code § 8.60.150]
No manure pit shall be located, placed or maintained within
ten (10) feet of the nearest adjoining property line or within fifty
(50) feet of the nearest dwelling.
[1999 Code § 8.60.160]
No person shall have, keep, raise or maintain any swine, pigs
or hogs within the Township except that a person shall be permitted
to keep, raise or maintain a Vietnamese potbellied pig, subject to
the following conditions:
a.
Only one (1) Vietnamese potbellied pig (not to exceed seventy (70)
pounds in weight) shall be permitted in a household, and there shall
be no breeding or hobby breeding permitted.
b.
A license fee or permit fee shall be paid to the Township in accordance with Article IV, Fee Schedule.
c.
The Vietnamese potbellied pig must reside within the dwelling and
cannot be kept outside the dwelling.
d.
If the applicant for the license or permit is a tenant, the applicant
must at the time of submitting the application for the license produce
a letter from the landlord consenting to the application.
e.
The permit or license shall be renewed annually on or before the
thirtieth day of June of each year and revoked as a discretion of
the Division of Health. No permit shall be issued until it has been
determined by the Division of Health, upon inspection, that such place
and premises are suitable for the housing of the pig. Permit shall
be revoked if, by virtue of a subsequent inspection, it has been determined
that the premises have not been kept in a sanitary condition and/or
the premises are not suitable for the maintaining of the good health
of the animal in question.
f.
Disposition of animal waste, garbage, refuse or vegetable matter
shall be such so as to prevent insects from breeding, rodent infestation,
pollution of the air or any body of water or the creation of any other
unhealthy or unsanitary condition. There shall be daily placement
of the animal waste in a plastic garbage bag, tightly closed, for
periodic removal from the premises with normal garbage collection.
g.
The Health Officer of the Township shall be authorized to inspect
any premises where a Vietnamese potbellied pig is kept for the purpose
of enforcing the provisions herein.
h.
Besides the licensing fee set forth in Article IV, Fee Schedule, the owner of any Vietnamese potbellied pig shall be subject to an additional inspection fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars payable to the Township if a complaint is filed which requires a reinspection of the premises, provided that it is determined that the complaint is valid.
[1999 Code § 8.60.170]
No person shall slaughter, kill or dress cattle, sheep, goats,
horses, mules, swine or other large animals without a license issued
by the Division of Health.
[1999 Code § 8.60.180]
"Regulations Concerning Construction, Operation, Maintenance
and Licensing of Slaughterhouses and Inspection and Labeling of Animals
Slaughtered for Food," New Jersey State Department of Health, as same
may be amended from time to time, is to be used as the authority and
the basis for the issuance of licenses.
[1999 Code § 8.60.190]
As used in this Article:
Means and includes rabbits, mink, cats, guinea pigs, rodents,
reptiles, amphibians and insects and other small animals kept or raised
for commercial purposes (for sale; for production of meat, fur or
wool; for exhibition or other purposes; or as a course of supply for
laboratories).
[1999 Code § 8.60.200]
No person shall keep small animals, as defined in this Article,
or maintain a pet shop on any premises within the Township without
prior approval from the Zoning Officer and the Health Officer and
a license issued by the Division of Licenses.
[1999 Code § 8.60.210]
No license for the keeping or raising of small animals shall
be granted to any person when the keeping or raising of such small
animals, because of the nature or characteristics thereof, would be
detrimental to the general health and to the residents of the neighborhood
of the premises sought to be so licensed.
[1999 Code § 8.60.220]
Each hutch or coop shall be dry and adequately ventilated and
shall be cleaned daily and rebedded with fresh straw, leaves or other
absorbent material.
[1999 Code § 8.60.230]
a.
Keeping of Diseased Animals Prohibited. No person shall keep any
small animal affected with skin mange, coccidiosis, parasitic worms
or other diseases contagious to other animals or human beings, and
any such animal so affected shall immediately be destroyed and the
carcass cremated forthwith.
b.
Wild Animals Prohibited.
1.
No person shall keep an animal of a mammal or reptile species which
is wild, ferocious, fierce, dangerous or naturally inclined to do
harm in any place other than:
(a)
A zoological park or aquarium;
(b)
An approved laboratory;
(c)
A circus, sideshow or other place of public exhibition or amusement,
an educational or scientific institution or an establishment of a
commercial dealer in animals, which has protective devices which are
adequate to prevent such animal from escaping or injuring the public.
2.
An animal of a species specified in paragraph 1. above shall not
be sold or given to any person or institution except those set forth
in paragraph b. above.
3.
A venomous snake shall not be sold to, given to or kept by any person
except an educational or scientific institution, a zoological park
or aquarium, a snake farm engaged in the preparation of antivenin
or an importer of animals.
[1999 Code § 8.60.240]
Any hutch or coop wherein such affected animal is found, and
all adjoining hutches or coops, shall be destroyed or thoroughly disinfected
with a germicide approved by the Division of Health and under the
direction of the Health Officer. The provisions of this section shall
not apply to any small animal under regular professional treatment
by a duly licensed veterinarian.
[1999 Code § 8.60.250]
No hutch or coop shall be less than fifty (50) feet from any
dwelling nor less than ten (10) feet from all adjoining property lines.
[1999 Code § 8.60.260]
Small animals shall be confined to the licensed premises.
[1999 Code § 8.60.270]
Any yard adjoining or connected with any hutch or coop shall
be kept in a clean, sanitary condition and shall not be allowed to
become a nuisance.
[1999 Code § 8.60.280]
All feces and refuse shall be removed daily or as often as may
be necessary to prevent the creation of a nuisance or the discharge
of offensive odors. Upon removal of the feces, it must immediately
be taken from the premises or stored in boxes or pits which shall
at all times be kept watertight and the contents protected by a suitable
cover from the sun, rain, snow and flies and all other conditions
which tend to produce offensive decomposition.
[1999 Code § 8.60.290]
When used in this article:
Means and includes chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea
fowl, pigeons, pheasants and all other fowl or winged animals kept,
raised or sold for human consumption or for production of eggs.
[1999 Code § 8.60.300]
No person shall engage in the business of keeping, selling or
preparing for sale live poultry, or the slaughtering of poultry, in
the Township without first obtaining permission from the Zoning Officer
and the Health Officer and a license from the Division of Licenses.
[1999 Code § 8.60.310]
"Regulations Concerning Construction, Operation, Maintenance
and Licensing of Slaughter Houses and Inspection and Labeling of Animals
Slaughtered for Food," New Jersey State Department of Health, is to
be used as the authority and the basis for the issuance of licenses.
[1999 Code § 8.60.320]
Before such license is granted, the applicant shall submit to
the Division of Licenses an application in writing, setting forth
the description of the premises intended to be so used, the character
of the building where the business is contemplated to be conducted,
and also a description of all buildings, if any, located within a
distance of two hundred (200) feet of the premises to be so used.
[1999 Code § 8.60.330]
A license will be denied if the application or an independent
investigation reveals that the premises or the intended use:
[1999 Code § 8.60.340]
All buildings or places in which poultry slaughtering or the
business of selling or preparing for sale live poultry is conducted
shall at all times conform to the following requirements:
a.
Floors shall be paved with material impervious to moisture and shall
be properly sloped to a well-trapped outlet having direct connection
with the sewer or septic tank.
b.
The walls of every room in which slaughtering is actually carried
on shall be covered to a height of at least six (6) feet with smooth,
moisture-proof material and the remainder of the walls and ceilings
shall be finished with a smooth, hard surface.
c.
No building or place operating under any such license, or any part
of such building, shall be used for any purpose other than that provided
for in the license.
d.
Watertight receptacles shall be provided for all refuse and shall
be properly covered and the contents removed daily from the premises.
e.
All live poultry or fowl shall at all times be confined to the licensed
premises, unless removed for the purpose of slaughter or sale.
f.
Every room and every other place used for the purpose of slaughtering
live poultry and fowl, or either of them, shall be ventilated directly
to the open air.
g.
All coops shall be constructed of heavy wire; all stands or counters
shall at all times be built substantially, maintained without cracks
or joints and covered with material impervious to moisture. The stands,
counters and coops shall be raised from the floor in such manner as
to permit thorough flushing under the same.
h.
A plentiful supply of hot water shall be provided for cleaning purposes.
i.
Every such poultry house or poultry slaughterhouse or other place
in which the same is sold or prepared for sale shall at all times
be kept in a sanitary condition.
[1999 Code § 8.60.350]
All poultry or fowl shall be sold within twenty-four (24) hours
of slaughtering, unless the same shall be adequately refrigerated
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
[1999 Code § 8.60.360]
Plucking shall not be carried on in a room used for slaughtering.
[1999 Code § 8.60.370]
No person shall sell or offer for sale any fowl or poultry which
is diseased or in any manner unfit for human consumption. This shall
apply alike to such fowl or poultry whether alive, or slaughtered.
[1999 Code § 8.60.380]
All feed for immediate consumption shall be placed in suitable
feeding troughs or similar containers, and all other feed shall be
stored in ratproof containers at all times.
[1999 Code § 8.60.390]
No person shall keep or maintain any live poultry, as defined in subsection 9-25.1, even for noncommercial purposes, without first obtaining permission from the Zoning Officer, the Health Officer and a license for that purpose from the Division of Licenses covering the premises to be so used.
[1999 Code § 8.60.400]
a.
All coops and runs shall be located outside of and completely apart
from any building used wholly or in part for dwelling purposes, in
which people congregate, or used as a food eating establishment.
b.
All coops or runs shall be constructed in accordance with the regulations
now or hereafter in force under the zoning code, the building code
and all other applicable ordinances or laws of Edison Township.
c.
All live poultry shall be confined in coops or runs.
d.
All coops shall be provided with concrete floors.
e.
All coops and runs and the entire surroundings of all such places
shall be kept clean and sanitary at all times and shall be subject
to periodic inspection by the Health Officer of the Township or his
representative.
f.
Coops and runs shall be disinfected or otherwise treated when so
directed by the Health Advisory Board.
g.
The floors of all coops shall be kept clean and dry at all times.
h.
All of the droppings shall be removed from each coop and buried,
removed from the premises or otherwise disposed of at least once each
week.
[1999 Code § 8.60.410]
All feed for immediate consumption shall be placed in suitable
feeding troughs, or similar containers, and all other feed shall be
stored in ratproof containers at all times.
[1999 Code § 8.60.420]
The provisions of this Article shall not be deemed to authorize
the keeping of live poultry for sale or for the preparation for sale.
[1999 Code § 8.60.430]
No coop or run shall be located within fifty (50) feet of any
unit or place where people congregate, or within two hundred (200)
feet of any food or eating establishment or within ten (10) feet of
any property line.
