[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Township of Galloway 1-18-1971 by Ord. No. 394 as Ch. 92 of
the 1971 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person or group of persons shall keep or
raise swine in the Township of Galloway without a permit or license.
Said permit or license shall be issued by the
Investigator of the Board of Health of the Township of Galloway and
shall continue in force for the calendar year in which it is issued.
A.Â
Application for a permit or license shall be made
each calendar year. This shall state and set forth the following information:
B.Â
All fees must accompany the application.
C.Â
An application for a permit or license to keep or
raise swine must be made each year.
D.Â
Every permit or license shall be issued to expire
on December 31 of the same year without rebate for any part of a calendar
year of which the applicant has failed to avail himself, herself or
itself.
A permit or license may be revoked at any time
by the Board of Health for the violation of any rules and regulations
of the Board, but only on public hearing first had before said Board
of Health. Where charges of violation are preferred against a holder
of a permit or license, the complainant shall put his complaint in
writing and shall specifically set forth the rules and regulations
violated. A hearing may be brought on after 15 days' notice. The holder
of the permit or license shall be permitted to be attended by counsel.
On a hearing, the verdict of the Board of Health shall be final. A
complaint may be filed by any person aggrieved.
For the protection of the public health within
this jurisdiction, keepers and raisers of swine in the Township of
Galloway shall observe the following rules and regulations:
A.Â
Every person who hereafter shall be engaged in the
business of keeping or raising swine in the Township of Galloway shall
have premises of sufficient size and accommodations as to comport
with the prevailing health standards in swine raising.
B.Â
Pigpens and swinery premises shall at all times be
open for inspection by any member or members of the Board of Health
or by any Investigator or Investigators appointed by the Board of
Health, or its Investigator designated shall make inspection of each
and every swinery or pen at least once a year and as often as the
exigency may require.
C.Â
Manure from pigpens or swineries shall be hauled or
carted from the same during the months of October, November, December,
January, February and March of each year.
D.Â
Persons who shall spread pig manure as fertilizer
upon the ground shall see to it that the same is plowed under within
48 hours of such spreading.
E.Â
All refuse, manure and remains of garbage shall be
removed from the pigpens and piled on the premises at least once in
every 24 hours. Such refuse, manure and garbage shall be piled in
a suitable place, which shall be fenced off or confined in such a
manner that no swine or pigs shall have access to the same.
F.Â
Persons who shall haul refuse, manure or garbage through
the confines of Galloway Township shall transport or carry same in
a suitable truck, and there shall be placed over the refuse, manure
and garbage a complete covering. Such trucks used in hauling shall
at all times when not in use be kept clean and free from refuse, manure
and garbage.
G.Â
Every pigpen or swinery must have a proper and suitable
drainage to prevent stagnation, and such drainage shall comport with
recognized methods of proper drainage to healthful filtration.
The foregoing article shall not apply to such
persons known as farmers, whose chief occupation is to engage in cultivating
the soil; provided, however, that such farmer shall not keep more
than 10 swine or pigs at any one time, and provided further that this
article shall not apply to pigs less than eight weeks old.
No swinery shall be closer than 500 feet to
any state, county or township road or boundary of any adjacent property,
and no swinery shall have more than 1,000 pigs.
A.Â
Whenever any person shall violate any section of the
foregoing article the informer or party aggrieved may file a complaint
with the Secretary of the Board of Health, and if the Board of Health
finds the complaint true or the violation a nuisance, the Board of
Health shall notify the offender to remove or abate the nuisance at
his own cost and expense. In the event the Board of Health's orders
are not complied with, the said Board of Health, through its Clerk,
may file a complaint before the proper court, and, upon conviction
thereof, the violator shall be subject to a fine of not more than
$2,000, imprisonment for not more than 90 days and/or a period of
community service for not more than 90 days for each offense. Should
any person be convicted of three separate violations of this article,
the Board of Health of Galloway Township will abate and remove the
nuisance forthwith, and such licensee's permit or license shall be
forthwith revoked. In any suit for a violation of the foregoing article,
the costs are not to be considered as a part of the penalty.
[Amended 6-28-2005 by Ord. No. 1609; 12-13-2016 by Ord. No. 1951-2016]
B.Â
Any nuisance abated or removed shall be done at the
expense of the offender, which expense shall be assessed as a part
of the taxed costs.
For the purpose of interpretation of this article,
the following words or terms shall have the meanings herein given:
The Board of Health of the Township of Galloway.
A period of time after 12:00 midnight December 31 to the
same hour 12 months thereafter.
The Board of Health of this township may define what shall
constitute a nuisance in its jurisdiction.
Includes a corporation, an association and a natural and
artificial person.
A hog, especially as domesticated. The term shall include
"pig."
A place where swine, pigs or hogs are kept or raised; a pigpen.
No person shall transport in one day more than
two loads of garbage not exceeding 16 cubic yards in the aggregate,
for consumption by pigs, into or through the Township of Galloway,
County of Atlantic and State of New Jersey.
[Amended 6-28-2005 by Ord. No. 1609]
Any person who shall violate the provisions
of this article shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000,
imprisonment for not more than 90 days and/or a period of community
service for not more than 90 days. Each violation shall constitute
a separate offense.
