[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Oneonta 12-30-1943. Sections 79-1, 79-2, 79-3, 79-4, 79-6 and 79-7 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 103.
No slaughtering house nor rendering works shall be operated or maintained within the Town of Oneonta unless it is located within an ID Industrial District and until application for the maintenance and operation thereof shall have been made to the Town Planning Board of said town and permission for such operation shall have been granted after a public hearing upon notice published once in a newspaper circulating within said town at least 10 days before the date of said hearing.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code: see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
No special permit shall be granted for the operation or maintenance of a slaughtering house and/or rendering works as provided in § 79-1 hereof in the event such premises or any part thereof shall be within 1,000 feet of any regularly established church, school or residence.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code: see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
Every applicant for a special permit to operate a slaughterhouse shall pay to the Town Clerk a fee in the amount of $250.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code: see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
Any application made to the Town Planning Board as provided in § 79-1 hereof shall be accompanied by a sketch or map which shall indicate the road or roads upon which the premises in which the slaughtering operations are to be conducted are located. There shall also be indicated either on the sketch or in a memorandum attached thereto the distance between said premises and all buildings used for dwelling or school purposes within a radius of 1,000 feet. There shall also be submitted as a part of said application the plan and specifications of the buildings within which the slaughtering operation and purposes incidental thereto shall be carried on, which said plan and specifications shall show the methods proposed for the disposal of waste and for the disposal of waste and for the sanitary maintenance of said building. No special permit will be granted unless the buildings constructed or to be constructed shall conform in all respects as to construction and sanitary facilities prescribed by the laws of the State of New York and the rules and orders of the Department of Health thereof.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code: see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
Notwithstanding any rule and regulation of the State Health Department now existing or hereafter promulgated and in addition thereto or amplification thereof, any premises used as a slaughtering house or a rendering works within the said town shall be constructed to comply with the following specifications:
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All floors shall be of concrete, properly waterproofed, or of some material impervious to liquids.
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All windows and outer doors shall be adequately screened.
C. 
The premises shall be ventilated so as to assure an adequate supply of fresh air.
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A supply of hot and cold water under adequate pressures shall be available for washing and other operating purposes.
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Adequate provisions shall be made for the disposal of the waste matter.
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Metal containers equipped with tight covers shall be provided for the storage of entrails and the containers shall be thoroughly cleaned and sterilized for use either by boiling water or live steam.
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In the case of rendering plants, facilities shall be provided so that during the cooking process all odors and gases will be consumed or reduced.
The Town of Oneonta in any special permit granted for the operation of a slaughtering house or rendering works shall reserve the right to inspect the premises from time to time, and in the event a departure from the prescribed methods of operation of slaughtering houses and/or rendering works shall be made apparent and which, in the opinion of the Town Board or its duly authorized agent, shall result in a lessening of the sanitary and health safeguards, the Town Board, as the local Board of Health, may suspend the operation of the plant or invoke penalties hereinafter set forth.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code: see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
Any person committing an offense against any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation under the Penal Law and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable for each offense by a fine not to exceed $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code: see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.