Live Poultry, Other Fowl or Chicken Ordinance
BH:3-19 KEEPING OF LIVE POULTRY OR OTHER FOWL.
BH:3-19.1 License Required.
No person shall keep or maintain any live poultry or fowl, even for noncommercial purposes, without first having obtained a license or permit for that purpose from the Board covering the premises intended to be used. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-165)
BH:3-19.2 Coops.
All live poultry shall be confined in coops or runs. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-166)
BH:3-19.3 Location of Coops and Runs.
All coops and runs shall be located outside of and completely apart from any building used wholly or in part for dwelling purposes, in which people congregate or used as a food or eating establishment. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-167)
BH:3-19.4 Construction of Coops.
All coops or runs shall be constructed in accordance with the regulations now or hereafter in force under the Zoning Ordinance. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-168)
BH:3-19.5 Coop Floors.
All coops shall be provided with concrete floors. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-169)
BH:3-19.6 Roosting Space.
A sufficient number of roosts, to provide roosting space for each individual specimen of poultry or fowl kept in the coop, and a sufficient number of properly placed drop boards beneath each roost, to catch all droppings excreted by the poultry or other fowl while on the roost, shall be provided. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-170)
BH:3-19.7 Maintenance in a Sanitary Condition.
All coops and runs and the entire surroundings of all such places, shall be kept clean at all times and shall be subject to periodic inspection by the Health Officer or his representative. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-171)
BH:3-19.8 Coops To Be Disinfected.
Coops and runs shall be disinfected or otherwise treated when so directed by the Board. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-172)
BH:3-19.9 Floors To Be Kept Clean.
The floors of all coops shall be kept clean and dry at all times. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-173)
BH:3-19.10 Removal of Droppings.
All of the droppings shall be removed from each coop and buried, removed from the premises, or otherwise disposed of in a manner approved by the Board, at least once each week. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-174)
BH:3-19.11 Placement of Food.
All food for immediate consumption shall be placed in suitable feeding troughs, or similar containers, and all other food shall be stored in rat-proof containers at all times. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-175)
BH:3-19.12 Nonapplicability.
The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to authorize the keeping of live poultry for sale or for the preparation for sale. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-176)
BH:3-19.13 Crowing Roosters.
No person shall keep any crowing rooster or screaming or chattering fowl. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-177)
BH:3-19.14 Animals at Large.
No live poultry, pigeons or other fowl shall be permitted to fly or run at large. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-178)
BH:3-19.15 Proximity of Coops to Eating Establishments.
No coop or run shall be located within seventy-five (75') feet of any dwelling unit or place where people congregate, or within two hundred (200') feet of any food or eating establishment or within ten (10') feet of any property line. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-179)
BH:3-19.16 Specimens of Poultry Limited.
No person shall keep more than one (1) individual specimen of poultry or fowl in any coop for three (3) square feet of usable floor space within the coop. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-180)
BH:3-19.17 Poultry Food Not To Be Scattered.
No poultry food shall be scattered about any premises. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-181)
BH:3-20 KEEPING OF SMALL ANIMALS.
BH:3-20.1 License Required.
No person shall keep small animals, as defined in Section BH:3-2 hereof, on any premises within the Borough unless a license for that purpose shall have been first secured from the Board covering the premises to be so used. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-182)
BH:3-20.2 Denial of License.
No license for the keeping or raising of small animals shall be granted to any person when the keeping or raising of such small animals, because of the nature or characteristics thereof, would be detrimental to the general health of the residents of the neighborhood of the premises sought to be so licensed. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-183)
BH:3-20.3 Size of Hutches and Coops.
No person shall keep any small animals in a hutch or coop of a size having less than eight (8) square feet of floor space and being less than two (2') feet in height, without special permission from the Board. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-184)
BH:3-20.4 Ventilation of Coops and Hutches.
Each hutch or coop shall be dry and adequately ventilated and shall be cleaned daily and rebedded with fresh straw, leaves or other absorbent material. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-185)
BH:3-20.5 Diseased Animals.
No person shall keep any small animal affected with skin mange, coceidosis, parasitic worms or other diseases contagious to other animals or human beings and any such animal so affected shall immediately be destroyed and the carcass cremated forthwith. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-186)
BH:3-20.6 Destruction of Adjoining Hutches.
Any hutch or coop wherein such affected animal is found and all adjoining hutches or coops shall be destroyed or thoroughly disinfected with a germicide approved by the Board and under the direction of the Health Officer. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any small animal under regular professional treatment by a duly licensed veterinarian but all the provisions shall fully apply when such treatment shall be discontinued without a full cure having been effected or when such veterinarian shall certify that, in his opinion, such cure cannot be affected. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-187)
BH:3-20.7 Proximity to Adjoining Property Lines.
No hutch or coop shall be less than fifty (50') feet from any dwelling nor less than ten (10') feet from all adjoining property lines. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-188)
BH:3-20.8 Permitting Animals to Run at Large.
No person shall allow any animal, as the term is herein defined, to run at large, but the same shall at all times be confined to the premises licensed for the keeping thereof. (Ord. #4; 1973 Code §130-189)