[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Town of Georgetown 10-4-1989,
effective 10-15-1989. Revisions made at time of publication
of Code. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The Board of Health of the Town of Georgetown, Massachusetts,
in accordance with and under the authority granted by MGL C. 111, § 31,
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby adopts the following regulations
at a meeting of the Board of Health.
B.
All other regulations inconsistent with these regulations
are repealed as of October 15, 1989.
A.
No person shall keep within the limits of the Town of
Georgetown in any building, pen, enclosure or on any premise of which he may
be the owner, lessee, tenant or occupant any swine without a permit from the
Board of Health. All such permits shall expire on December 31 of the year
of issue and may be revoked by the Board of Health for violations of this
regulation.
B.
Permits may be granted for two swine at any one time
if acreage is less than five acres. On five acres or more a permit may be
granted for a limit of four swine at any one time unless a sow has piglets
in which case the total of swine must revert to the original number within
six months.
The owner or persons in control of any building or premises in which
swine are kept shall keep the building and premises clean and free from decaying
food, dirt and stagnant water.
The building and enclosure shall be inspected by the Board of Health
or its animal inspector and shall meet with its approval before issuance of
any permits.
A.
So far as this Board of Health may provide, each section
of these regulations shall be construed as separate to the end that if any
section, item, sentence, clause or phrase shall be held invalid for any reason,
the remainder of these regulations shall continue in full force and effect.
B.
These provisions shall be deemed to be a continuation
of existing regulations so far as they are the same and are effective upon
this date, October 4, 1989.
