Every owner, lessee or occupant of a building
or premises where any animal or fowl may be kept within the Town shall
keep them at all times in a clean and healthy condition, free from
accumulations of solid or liquid excrement, dung, soil or filth, and
free from any condition where noxious or offensive odors may be present
or emanate, and free from any condition which may breed flies or other
insects.
No person shall continue to keep any animals
or fowl in any building or upon any premises in the Town where the
Board of Health may deem the keeping of animals or fowl detrimental
to the public's health. In cases where conditions warrant the issuance
of an order to discontinue the keeping of animals or fowl at a particular
premises, the owner in charge of the animals or fowl shall remove
them or cause them to be removed from the premises, within the time
the Board may name in the notice; or in cases where immediate removal
is deemed essential to public welfare, the Board or its duly authorized
representative may require immediate compliance.
In any case of noncompliance with any special
order of the Board with respect to removal of obnoxious animals or
fowl, or in cases of inability to locate or identify the owner or
other proper person for the serving of an order to remove offending
animals or fowl, the Board or its duly authorized representative may
arrange for the removal or destruction of the offending animals or
fowl in such manner as is deemed appropriate and have the costs of
such removal, maintenance or destruction paid for by the Board if
the owner is unable or unwilling to promptly meet such costs himself.
Any costs paid for by the Board shall be demanded from the responsible
individual, and if not paid, may be collected by law in the name of
the Board.
The owner or person in charge of any animal
or fowl that shall die by accident or disease shall forthwith cause
the carcass of the animal or fowl to be disposed of within 24 hours
in a manner that is not prejudicial to the health and well-being of
the community. If the dead animal was known or suspected to have been
infected by rabies, the Board of Health shall be notified immediately
and disposal arranged only as directed by the Board or its duly authorized
representative. Disposal of carcasses of animals, the death of which
was by accident or disease other than rabies, may be arranged privately
through veterinarians, animal hospitals, or other responsible persons
or services without notification to the Board; or residents of the
Town having no other arrangements for proper disposal may and should
request instructions of the Police Department of the Town as to the
services of disposal available at such time.
