[Adopted 5-18-1950 by Ord. No. 18]
Pigsties or piggeries shall not be built or
maintained within the Township of Whitemarsh unless and until the
following requirements are complied with:
A.
Pigsties or piggeries shall not be built or maintained
on marshy ground or land subject to overflow, nor within 200 feet
of any stream or other source of water supply, nor within 300 feet
of an inhabited house or public meetinghouse of an adjoining property.
B.
When garbage is fed to pigs, provisions shall be made
in that all unconsumed garbage shall be removed daily and disposed
of by burial or incineration.
C.
No organic material furnishing food for flies shall
be allowed to accumulate on the premises. All garbage shall be handled
and fed upon a platform of concrete or other impervious material.
Unslaked lime, hypochloride of lime, borax or mineral oil shall be
used daily in sufficient quantities to prevent offensive odors and
the breeding of flies.
D.
Each pigsty or piggery shall have an adequate water
supply for the purpose of keeping the place clean and sanitary.
E.
All floors of pigsties or piggeries, in addition to
being constructed of concrete or other impervious materials, shall
have adequate provision for drainage to a cesspool approved by the
Secretary of the Township or to a sewer or treatment works approved
by the Department of Health[1] of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Failure to comply with any of the above requirements
shall be considered a nuisance and shall be punishable by a fine as
hereinafter provided and/or shall be abated by proceedings in courts
of equity as provided by the Act of Assembly in such case made and
provided.
The provisions of this article shall be considered
as supplements to rules and regulations established by the Department
of Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.[1] Should there be a conflict, it is intended herein that
the rules and regulations of the Department of Welfare shall take
precedence.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 71 P.S. § 1466
et seq.
[Amended 3-18-1982 by Ord. No. 425]
The enforcement officer of the terms of this
article shall be the Township Manager until such time as a Board of
Health is appointed. Said Township Manager shall be authorized to
employ, with the consent of the Supervisors, such individual or individuals
as may be necessary to inspect and enforce the provisions of this
article.
The Board of Supervisors shall be charged with
interpretation of the minimum requirements of this article in all
cases not specifically set down in this article.
[Amended 3-18-1982 by Ord. No. 425; 12-8-1988 by Ord. No.
565]
Any person or persons, corporation, partnership
or other entity whatsoever violating any of the provisions of this
article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine not to
exceed the maximum fine of $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and,
in default of payment of such costs and prosecution, imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 30 days; provided, however, that if the District
Justice determines that the defendant is without the financial means
to pay the fines and costs immediately or in a single remittance,
such defendant shall be permitted to pay the fines or costs in installments
and over such periods of time as the District Justice deems to be
just.
