[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business
of selling or preparing for sale live fowl or poultry or slaughter
live fowl or poultry in the Borough, without first having obtained,
from the Board of Health of the Borough, a license for any such purpose.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A2 § 1]
Before such license is granted, the applicant shall submit to
the Board, an application therefor, in writing, setting forth thereon
the description of the premises intended to be so used, the character
of the building wherein the business is contemplated to be conducted
and also a description of all buildings, if any, located within a
distance of 200 feet of the premises intended to be so used.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A2 § 2]
A license will be denied if the application therefor, or an
independent investigation, reveals that the premises intended to be
so used:
a. Is located within a residential district or located within a residential
zone, as the same appears on the zoning map of the Borough;
b. Is within 200 feet of any church, library, hospital, sanitarium or
other public building, as measured from the nearest boundary line
of the premises intended to be so used;
c. Is detrimental to the health of the surrounding neighbors;
d. Does not strictly comply with all the requirements of this Code and
the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health;
e. Will tend to create a nuisance.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A3 § 1]
Without in any way intending to limit the generality of the
preceding section, all buildings or places in which poultry slaughtering,
or the business of selling, or preparing for sale, live fowl or poultry,
is conducted, shall, at all times, conform with the following requirements:
a. The business shall be conducted on the ground floor only;
b. The floors thereof shall be paved with material impervious to moisture
and shall be properly sloped to a well trapped outlet having direct
connection with the sewer;
c. The walls of every room in which slaughtering is actually carried
on, shall be covered to a height of at least six feet with smooth
moisture-proof material and the remainder of the walls and ceilings
shall be finished with a smooth hard surface;
d. No building or place operating under any such license, or any part
of the building, shall be used for any purpose other than that provided
for in the license;
e. Watertight receptacles shall be provided for all refuse and shall
be properly covered and the contents thereof removed daily from the
premises;
f. All live poultry or fowl shall, at all times, be confined in coops,
unless removed for the purpose of slaughter or sale;
g. Every room and every other place used for the purpose of slaughtering
live poultry or fowl, or either of them, shall be ventilated directly
to the open air and no such ventilation shall in any way enter a ventilation
shaft used in connection with residential apartments of any adjoining
building;
h. All coops shall be constructed of heavy wire and in conventional
trade size. All stands or counters shall, at all times, be built substantially
and maintained covered with marble, slate or other 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;
i. The stands and counters, for the sale of poultry, shall, at all times,
be arranged to permit a clear and adequate passageway to the public;
j. A plentiful supply of hot water shall be provided for cleansing purposes;
k. Every such poultry house or poultry slaughter house or other place
in which the same is sold or prepared for sale, shall, at all times,
be kept in a sanitary condition.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A3 § 2]
All poultry or fowl shall be sold within 24 hours of slaughtering,
unless the same shall be adequately refrigerated, in accordance with
the provisions of this Code applying to the refrigeration of meat.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A4 § 1]
Plucking shall not be carried on in a room used for slaughtering.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A4 § 2]
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.