[HISTORY: Adopted Township of Franklin Board of Health 12-18-19667
as Ch. 63 of the 1967 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A code regulating premises on which swine are maintained, establishing
minimum standards governing the location and maintenance of such premises,
authorizing inspections of such premises, declaring and defining certain acts
or conditions on such premises as nuisances, declaring and fixing penalties
for violations thereof, is hereby adopted pursuant to c. 188, P.L. 1950 (N.J.S.A.
26:3-69 to 26:3-69.6). A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part
hereof without inclusion of the text thereof herein.
The code established and adopted by this chapter is described and commonly
known as the "Maintenance of Swine Code of New Jersey (1957)."
Three copies of said Maintenance of Swine Code of New Jersey (1957)
have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary, Clerk or other similar
office of this Board of Health upon the introduction of this chapter and will
remain on file in said office for the use and examination of the public.
No person shall maintain more than 15 swine, as defined in said code,
on premises within the boundaries of this municipality, until a valid license
therefor shall have been issued by the Board of Health, excepting that persons
now maintaining swine as defined by said code shall not be obliged to obtain
a license for one year from the effective date of said code.
Licenses required by this chapter or code may be denied or suspended
by this Board of Health for failure to comply with this chapter or code. This
Board of Health shall afford the person whose license to maintain swine on
premises has been denied or suspended an opportunity to be heard in public
hearing and, following this, to be informed on the Board's decision within
two weeks thereafter.
The license fees under this chapter shall be as follows:
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Number of Swine
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Fee
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15 to 25 swine
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$5.00
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25 to 50 swine
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$2.50 each
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50 to 100 swine
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$3.00 each
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100 to 200 swine
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$4.00 each
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200 swine and over
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$5.00 each
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Licenses issued for the maintenance of swine on premises shall expire
annually on March 31 of each year and application for renewal thereof shall
be submitted together with the required fee prior to March 1 of each year.
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provisions of
this chapter or code established herein or notice issued pursuant thereto
shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than $25
nor more than $100 and shall for each subsequent offense be liable to a penalty
of $100 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not more than
30 days for the first offense or more than 60 days for each subsequent offense,
or both.
Swine shall be provided with shelter, consisting of a building with
a weather-tight roof and solid flooring. The shelter shall be large enough
that each pig up to 100 pounds shall have five square feet of floor space,
and each pig 100 pounds to 150 pounds shall have 71/2 square feet of floor
space; each pig over 150 pounds shall have 10 square feet of floor space.
Swine may be allowed access to pasture or earthen floor pens only when a regular
program of cleansing, disinfecting and liming is followed.
All hog houses and pens shall be whitewashed at least once each six
months, disinfected at least once each four weeks and either hosed down or
dry cleaned each day. Manure shall be removed from pens and feeding areas
daily and piled a sufficient distance from pens to ensure that swine will
not have access to it. Manure piles shall be spread with hydrated lime daily.
Liquid wastes, including wash water, shall be disposed of in such a manner
as to avoid becoming a nuisance or health hazard.
Swine shall not be fed on the ground, but on raised platforms. Feeding
platforms shall be whitewashed, disinfected, cleaned out and flushed in the
same manner as prescribed for hog houses.
There shall not be more than three manure piles on a hog farm for each
person holding a permit. No manure piles shall be maintained within 300 feet
of any public highway and shall be completely screened from public view.
Manure shall be removed from a farm only in covered vehicles and in
a way it will not spill on public highways.
Manure may be removed at all times permitted by law. As of February
1 each year there shall be a survey made of all manure piles by the Board
of Health, and each member of the industry will be required by March 15 to
remove all such manure that he does not plan to use immediately on his own
farm.
Each licensee shall put into effect and maintain an approved program
of rodent and pest control.
Garbage trucks will be kept painted, clean, watertight and well-covered
when hauling garbage. They shall be disinfected at least once a week.
The exteriors of all pens, feeding racks and hog houses shall be whitewashed
at least once every six months or painted at least once every three years.
No swine shall be kept within 50 feet of a public highway or adjoining
property line unless completely screened from public view.
No hog pens or hog lots shall be built unless they are at least 300
feet from a public highway or adjoining property line.
All new hogpens, hog buildings and feed lots or addition to present
buildings shall have at least a four-inch concrete floor.
The number of licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall
be limited to those which have been issued by the Township of Franklin and
are outstanding at the time of the final passage of this chapter.
Any licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be
transferable.
