[1973 Code § 98-1]
As used in this chapter:
CORRAL
Shall mean a pen or fenced enclosure of durable construction,
permanently affixed to the ground and used as an enclosure for hoofed
animals.
HARBORER
Shall mean any person feeding and/or sheltering a hoofed
animal on premises for a period longer than twenty-four (24) consecutive
hours.
HOOFED ANIMAL
Shall mean any animal which is a solid-hoofed or cleft-hoofed
quadruped, including but not limited to horses, ponies, sheep, goats,
cows, mules, donkeys and swine, whether mature animals or their young.
KEEPER
Shall mean any person having the custody, care or control
over a hoofed animal or knowingly permitting a hoofed animal to remain
on his premises for a period longer than twenty-four (24) consecutive
hours.
OWNER
Shall mean any person having a property right or ownership
interest in a hoofed animal or a fee ownership interest in premises
where a hoofed animal is kept, housed or maintained.
PERSON
Shall mean an individual, firm, partnership, corporation
or association of persons.
STABLE
Shall mean a building or structure of durable construction,
permanently affixed to the ground and designed and used for boarding,
sheltering or housing of hoofed animals. This term shall specifically
exclude shipping containers or crates, truck bodies, cars of any similar
enclosures at any time used or designed for a use other than the boarding,
sheltering or housing of hoofed animals.
[1973 Code § 98-3; New]
The fee for the permit referred to in Section
BH8-2b shall be in the amount of fifty ($50.00) dollars and shall be paid for each permit issued. The permit fee shall be paid prior to the issuance of a permit. Each permit shall expire on June 30 of each year unless sooner revoked by the Board of Health. In lieu of the fee referred to in this section, any owner, harborer or keeper shall be entitled to an animal blanket fee of two hundred fifty ($250.00) dollars for as many permits as he may desire.
[1973 Code § 98-5]
Every person who owns, keeps, harbors or maintains a hoofed
animal within the Borough shall keep and maintain the property on
which the animal is kept and all buildings and facilities thereon
in accordance with the following:
a. Barring acts of God or nature which render compliance with this subsection
impractical:
1. All stables, buildings, corrals, sties and other places in which
a hoofed animal is kept, harbored or maintained must, where soiled
by urine or feculent matter, be cleaned daily and cleaned weekly.
Such places shall be deemed "cleaned daily" within the meaning of
this subsection upon the removal of all urine, feculent matter and
soiled bedding and the treatment of the portion of such places from
which the urine, feculent matter and soiled bedding material is removed
with lime or barn calcite. Such places shall be deemed "cleaned weekly"
within the meaning of this subsection upon the removal of all matter,
including urine, feculent matter and all bedding material and the
treatment of the floor or ground portion with lime or barn calcite.
2. Feculent matter and soiled bedding materials must be stored in closed
containers, the contents of which must be treated with lime.
3. All feculent matter and soiled bedding materials must be removed
at least bimonthly from the premises or they must be so spread and
treated bimonthly with lime and such other chemicals as shall be necessary
to minimize odor and the attraction of insects.
b. No person owning, keeping or harboring a hoofed animal shall willfully
permit such animal to soil or defile or commit any nuisance upon any
public sidewalk, public street, public park, public playground, school
playground or the property of persons other than the owner or the
person or persons owning or having the care, custody or control of
such animal. The person shall be responsible for cleaning and removing
this material on the same day of the occurrence.
c. All stables and buildings in which a hoofed animal is kept, harbored
or maintained shall be fogged or sprayed regularly with a residual
insecticide which is designed to kill flies and insects and regularly
used for that purpose. Spraying must be performed weekly from May
1 through September 30 of each calendar year.
d. The floor area of all stables, buildings, corrals and sties on which
a hoofed animal is kept, harbored or maintained shall be regularly
treated with lime and such other chemicals regularly used for such
purpose as shall be necessary to prevent odor and the attraction of
flies, insects and rodents.
e. Grain feeds, including but not limited to oats and corn, shall be
kept in covered solid-walled containers to prevent the attraction
or sustenance of rodents.
[1973 Code § 98-6]
All hoofed animals kept, harbored or maintained in the Borough
shall be kept free from sickness and contagious disease. In the event
that the Health Officer or the Board of Health of the Borough of Rockleigh
shall have reasonable cause to question the health of any hoofed animal
kept, harbored or maintained within the Borough, the Health Officer
or the Board of Health shall have the authority to require an examination
of this animal by a doctor of veterinary medicine within forty-eight
(48) hours after notice to the owner, harborer or keeper of the animal.
The examination shall be conducted at the expense of the owner, harborer
or keeper of the hoofed animal.
[1973 Code § 98-9]
The Health Officer shall give written notice to the owner, keeper
or harborer of any violations of the provisions of this chapter, giving
notice of specific violations. Should such violations remain uncorrected
for a period of thirty (30) days after the giving of written notice,
at least fourteen (14) days' written notice shall be given by
the Health Officer requiring the owner, keeper or harborer to appear
at a hearing before the Board of Health. After findings by the Board
of Health (pursuant to the hearing) of a violation of the provisions
of this chapter and the willful continuance of such violation during
the entire thirty (30) day period following the receipt of the notice
referred to above, the Board of Health may thereafter revoke any permit.
No new permit shall be reissued to any owner, keeper or harborer whose
permit has been revoked pursuant to this section except upon a showing
of good and sufficient reason and upon reapplication pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter.
[1973 Code § 98-10]
The Health Officer and the Board of Health are charged with
the responsibility of administering and enforcing the provisions of
this chapter. The Health Officer and the Board of Health are hereby
authorized and shall, upon reasonable notice, be permitted by the
adult owner, keeper, harborer or maintainer of any hoofed animal to
enter upon the premises of the person for the purpose of administering
and enforcing the terms and provisions of this chapter. Prior to inspection
of the premises, the Health Officer of the Board of Health shall identify
himself to the adult owner, keeper, harborer or maintainer.
[1973 Code § 98-11]
Any person who violates any of the terms and provisions of this
chapter shall be in violation of the law and, upon conviction, shall
be liable to a fine of not less than fifty ($50.00) dollars but not
more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars for each offense. Each day
for which a violation of this chapter continues shall be considered
to be a separate violation hereunder.