It shall be unlawful to keep poultry or game
animals within the limits of the Township of Saddle Brook without
first obtaining a license from the Division of Health for that purpose.
No license shall be issued for the keeping of
poultry or game animals in any place so that the same shall be a nuisance
to persons residing in the vicinity of the place where such poultry
or game animals are to be kept.
[Amended 12-30-1981 by Ord. No. 849]
The fee for any such license shall be $3, and
such license shall be issued for poultry separately and game animals
separately. Any license issued under this article shall expire on
the 31st day of December following the date of issuance of the same.
Such license shall be issued by the Secretary
of the Division of Health and shall specify the place where such poultry
or game animals shall be kept and the maximum number of any class
or classes of poultry or game animals that shall be kept or intended
to be kept thereon.
Every application for such a license shall give
the name of the applicant, a description and dimensions of the lands
whereon the poultry or game animals are to be kept and such other
information as may be deemed necessary by the Division of Health and
shall be accompanied by the license fee herein specified.
No poultry shall be allowed to run at large
but shall be confined in a suitable poultry house with an enclosed
runway, and such coop and runway shall be kept in a clean and sanitary
condition and subject at all times to inspection by the Division of
Health or its agents.
No game animals shall be allowed to run at large
but shall be confined on the premises in conformity with regulations
promulgated or to be promulgated from time to time by the Division
of Health.
No structure or any part thereof for the housing
or keeping of poultry or game animals nor the runway attached to any
poultry house shall be less than 20 feet from any dwelling house.
The Division of Health of the Township of Saddle
Brook may revoke any license in case such Division shall determine
that the keeping of poultry or game animals at such place has become
a nuisance to persons residing in the vicinity of the place where
the same are kept, or whenever the licensee shall violate any of the
rules or regulations promulgated or to be promulgated by the Division
of Health for the keeping of chickens, ducks, poultry or other livestock.
No such license may be revoked until after hearing given by the Division
of Health to the licensee upon five days' notice in writing.