[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Trenton 9-7-1967
as § 9-11 of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The following matters are hereby found on facts:
A.
There exist certain laws of the State of New Jersey and
regulations promulgated under the authority of those laws relative to the
slaughter of animals for food.
B.
In general, these laws and regulations are adequate to
protect the health and safety of the people of the City of Trenton; however,
due to shortages of state inspectors and other state personnel, these laws
and regulations are not being adequately enforced.
No person shall slaughter animals for food within the City except at
a slaughterhouse licensed under this chapter and in conformity with the provisions
of this chapter.
No person shall operate an establishment at which animals are killed
or the carcasses of animals processed for use as food, commonly known as a
slaughterhouse, without having first obtained a license and paid the required
license fee.
Application for a license shall be made to the Division of Health upon
forms to be supplied by it. The applicant shall provide all information which
the Division of Health may reasonably require.
Prior to the issuance of any license, the premises at which the licensed
activity is to be conducted shall be inspected by the Chief Veterinarian,
who shall make an inspection within a reasonable time after the filing of
the application and shall report his/her findings, in writing, to the Division
of Health. No license shall be issued unless the Chief Veterinarian finds
that the premises are in a clean and sanitary condition and conform to all
applicable state laws and regulations.
All slaughterhouses licensed under this article shall be operated in
strict conformity with all applicable state laws and regulations. Failure
to so operate shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of a license.
[Added 4-6-2006 by Ord. No. 06-031;
amended 12-20-2007 by Ord. No. 07-82]
No slaughterhouse located in a residential zone shall slaughter animals
other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Monday through Friday limitation shall not apply on the holidays of Yom
Kippur, Eid and Ramadan.
[Added 4-6-2006 by Ord. No. 06-031;
amended 12-20-2007 by Ord. No. 07-82]
In residential zones, trucks delivering animals for slaughter must complete
each delivery within 45 minutes of arrival.
[Added 4-6-2006 by Ord. No. 06-031;
amended 12-20-2007 by Ord. No. 07-82]
As set forth in § 309-28, no slaughterhouse shall discharge any prohibited materials, including, but not necessarily limited to, whole blood, hair and fleshings, or entrails into any storm sewer or sanitary sewer.
[Added 4-6-2006 by Ord. No. 06-031]
In addition to the criteria set forth in Chapter 167,[1] no slaughterhouse located in a residential zone shall permit any
noise to occur that is likely to annoy, disturb, injure or endanger the comfort,
repose, health, peace or safety of others. This includes, but is not necessarily
limited to, noise that is clearly audible at a distance of 50 feet from the
building.
No calf less than four weeks old, no pig less than five weeks old, and
no lamb less than eight weeks old shall be killed for human food within the
City.
A.
It shall be the duty of every inspector or other officer of the Division of Health, when any cattle, pigs or lambs shall be found in a diseased, overheated, feverish or exhausted condition, or when any calves, pigs or lambs shall be found within the ages respectively named in § 237-8, which animals are intended to be used for human food, to immediately attach to any such diseased, overheated, feverish, exhausted or underaged animal, or to the pen or stall in which it may be confined, a label or tag on which shall be written or printed the words "Quarantined by the Division of Health, Trenton, New Jersey." The inspector or other officer shall immediately report such quarantine to the Division.
B.
No person other than an inspector or other officer of
the Division of Health shall destroy, deface, conceal, interfere with or remove
any label or tag so attached to any animal, stall or pen. No person shall
remove any quarantined animal or kill any such animal, except in the presence
of an inspector of the Division of Health, or use the same for human food
or sell any such animal without the permission of the Division. No persons
shall interfere with, hinder or prevent any inspector or other officer of
the Division of Health in performing the duties imposed by this chapter.
