A. 
The Mayor and Council, acting as the governing body and the Board of Health, are hereby authorized to employ a suitable person as Animal Control Officer, and to employ such assistants to the Animal Control Officer as they deem necessary. Such employee(s) shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
The Animal Control Officer and such assistants as may be appointed shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the Police Director and/or Director of Public Safety, and his/her designee, who may adopt rules and regulations prescribing further duties of the Animal Control Officer and his assistants, and for the keeping and maintaining of animals not inconsistent with the laws of the state and of this chapter.
C. 
The Township may contract with a recognized animal welfare agency to perform the functions of the Animal Control Officer.
A. 
The premises on which animals are maintained and kept shall meet and conform to the following health standards:
(1) 
Location is such as to preclude odors and sounds from interfering with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property on neighboring premises.
(2) 
Buildings, food storage bins, appliances, equipment, feeding areas and other facilities on premises are constructed and maintained in such fashion as to permit proper cleansing.
(3) 
Water supply is adequate for proper sanitation.
(4) 
Water or other liquid to which mosquitoes may have access is properly treated to prevent their breeding.
(5) 
Disposition is made of animal wastes, garbage, refuse or vegetable matter deposited upon the premises in such manner as to prevent insect breeding, rodent harborage, pollution of the air, any body of water, or the creation of any other unhealthy or unsanitary condition.
(6) 
Rodents or insects hazardous to public health do not exist or reproduce therein or thereon.
(7) 
Adequate measures are taken to prevent animals from escaping.
(8) 
Adequate equipment is available to maintain the premises in a sanitary condition at all times.
B. 
The Animal Control Officer and the Health Officer are authorized to inspect any premises where animals under this section are kept for the purpose of enforcing the provisions herein.
A. 
Dogs, cats and household pets.
(1) 
No person shall keep or maintain in, on or upon any building, premises or property used for residential purposes, including any residential unit in a multiple-family building or mobile home, more than a total of five cats and dogs of age seven months or older. Pets, other than cats and dogs, commonly purchased at a retail pet store and including, but not limited to, birds, fish, reptiles, rabbits, hamsters, and gerbils, shall not be limited by these restrictions, provided that its maintenance does not constitute a public nuisance detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare; and/or nuisance to the health or safety of occupants or other persons utilizing the premises; and free of unsanitary conditions.
(2) 
Exemption to limitations permit. A person seeking to keep or maintain more than a total of five cats and dogs of ages seven months or older, but no more than eight cats and dogs total, shall have the ability to seek a calendar year annual Exemption to Limitations Permit.
(a) 
Inspection. The permit shall require the property and pet owner(s) to grant full access for an both an exterior and interior residential inspection by the Animal Control Officer who must certify that the building, premises or property meets and satisfies the health standards of § 110-5 and that the increase in the total number of cats and dogs can be satisfactorily accommodated.
(b) 
Complaints. The property and pet owner(s) must agree to grant additional inspections as sought and deemed necessary by the Animal Control Officer to address any complaint that alleges violations of § 110-5 or § 110-30.
(c) 
Revocation. The Exemption to Limitations Permit may be revoked by the Animal Control Officer at any time there are violations of the health standards of § 110-5 that are not immediately abated or he determines cannot otherwise be satisfied. Any violation or conviction of § 110-30 shall result in the immediate and permanent revocation of the permit.
B. 
Chickens. Chickens shall be permitted as provided by the provision of § 205-42, and be regulated pursuant to Article VI in this chapter.
C. 
Horses. No person shall keep any horses except on lots greater than five acres. The number shall be limited to such that can reasonably be maintained and kept in compliance with the health standards of § 110-5.
D. 
Pigs. No person shall raise, herd, breed or otherwise keep in any manner pigs, except on lots greater than five acres. There shall be a maximum of five pigs per the first five acres of land, and for each acre thereafter, one additional pig may be kept. In no case shall any pig, pigsty, run or any shelter for such animals be located closer than 250 feet to any road or highway abutting such lands or from any property boundary thereof.
E. 
Cows and other pastoral animals. No person shall keep any cows or other pastoral animals, excluding chickens and common household pets, except on lots greater than five acres pursuant to § 205-42. The number shall be limited to such that can reasonably be maintained and kept in compliance with the health standards of § 110-5.
F. 
Exotic pets. No person shall keep or maintain in, on or upon any building, premises or property used for residential purposes, including any residential unit in a multiple-family building or mobile home, more than two exotic pets of age seven months or older.