[Adopted 12-23-1974 as § 3-6 of the 1974 Code]
Every farm, dressing plant and dealer holding
poultry over 12 hours in the Township, having 100 or more head of
poultry or 100 or more other fowl of any kind, or housing capacity
to maintain the same, shall have constructed upon it a disposal pit
not smaller than six feet long, six feet wide and six feet in depth
or having a cubic content of not less than 218 cubic feet, and so
constructed as not to have a runoff through the top, and a cover of
durable material which shall be flytight and to fit well so that it
will not permit odors to escape therefrom. The cover shall be constructed
of appropriate permanent metal or concrete. It shall not be closer
than 10 feet to any boundary, water supply or stream of water and
shall be kept in a sanitary manner, with contents to be covered with
lime or other decomposing element.
Any person who shall own or occupy any farm
where such poultry or other fowl came to their death by reason of
natural causes, ill health or disease shall, within 24 hours after
such death, place such poultry or other fowl in the pit. When the
pit becomes nearly full or for other reasons becomes unused or unusable,
another pit shall be constructed to replace it.
