[Adopted 10-14-1963 by Ord. No. 804]
No person, firm or corporation shall keep any
hog, cattle, goat or sheep or any hive of bees at any place within
the Borough of Ephrata.
A.
No person, firm or corporation shall keep any horse
or horses at any place within the borough except with special permission
from the Health Officer.
[Amended 4-8-1996 by Ord. No. 1279]
B.
Such permission shall be granted only on the following
conditions:
(1)
The place where such horse or horses is proposed to
be kept shall be so located and the stable to be provided is such
that no nuisance shall result therefrom.
(2)
No stable shall be located within 50 feet of any dwelling
house or within 30 feet of any street.
(3)
Every stable shall be kept in a sanitary condition
and free from unpleasant odors and conditions contributing to the
breeding of flies.
(4)
Manure and filth shall not be permitted to accumulate
to the annoyance of any resident of the vicinity or person traveling
thereby.
C.
Any permission granted by the Health Officer under
this section may be revoked thereby at any time when any of the conditions
of this section are not complied with.
[Amended 4-8-1996 by Ord. No. 1279]
A.
No person, firm or corporation shall keep any chickens
or other fowls at any place within the Borough of Ephrata except with
special permission of the Health Officer.
[Amended 4-8-1996 by Ord. No. 1279]
B.
Such permission shall be granted only upon the following
conditions:
(1)
Such chickens or other fowls shall be kept in good
condition, healthy, clean and free from disease.
(2)
Pens or coops shall be provided for all chickens or
other fowls, and no chickens or other fowls shall be kept in any cellar
or part thereof or shall be permitted to run at large.
(3)
No pen or coop shall be located within 25 feet of
any dwelling or street.
(4)
All pens or coops shall be kept clean and free from
vermin and shall be dry, airy, well-lighted and not overcrowded.
(5)
All refuse food and excrement shall be removed as
often as necessary to prevent odors from developing therefrom.
C.
Any permission granted by the Health Officer under
this section may stipulate the maximum number of chickens or other
fowls that may be kept upon any premises thereunder and may be revoked
at any time when any of the conditions hereof are not complied with.
[Amended 4-8-1996 by Ord. No. 1279]
No person shall bury any horse, cattle, sheep
or swine at any place within the limits of the borough. Any person
burying any other dead animal within the limits of the borough shall
be required to bury the same not less than three feet below the surface
of the ground.
[Amended 4-8-1996 by Ord. No. 1279]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which
shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs
of prosecution and, in default of payment of such fine and costs,
to imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
[Added 4-13-1964 by Ord. No. 819]
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to those sections of the borough where at the present time or any
future time farming may legally be carried on under the provisions
of the present or any future zoning ordinance.[1]
