[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]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 319, Zoning.