[Adopted 12-18-1979 by Ord. No. 79-111 as Ch. 5, Art. 4, of the 1979 Revised General Ordinances of Paterson]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes poultry or birds of any kind, edible or otherwise,
wild or domestic, including any winged or flying birds or animals
except canaries, parakeets and parrots.
A.
The keeping of live chickens and roosters in the City
is hereby prohibited.
B.
No other live fowl shall be kept within the City without
a license issued by the Health Division, as hereinafter set forth
in this article.
C.
No fowl shall be allowed to run at large in the City.
D.
Exempt from the provisions of this section are business
establishments which sell live fowl to the public.
A.
Each license issued pursuant to the provisions of
this article shall expire on December 31 in each year.
B.
The fee for each license or renewal thereof is $15.
[Amended 12-27-1988 by Ord. No. 88-047]
C.
Notwithstanding the above provisions, no licenses
shall be issued from the effective date of this article through October
15, 1995, during which time the City of Paterson Division of Health
shall conduct a study to assess the suitability of permanently banning
all such licenses.
[Added 3-14-1995 by Ord. No. 95-015]
Each license issued pursuant to the provisions
of this article may be revoked by the Health Officer, after due notice
and hearing, for violation of the provisions of this article or of
any ordinance of the City or of any state or federal law applicable
thereto.
All fowl shall be confined in a suitable enclosure
which shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. All such enclosures
shall be subject at all times to inspection by the inspectors of the
Health Division.
A.
With respect to poultry, all poultry houses shall
have an enclosed runway. The coop and runway thereof shall be kept
in a clean and sanitary condition and shall be subject at all times
to inspection by the inspectors of the Health Division.
[Amended 11-9-2005 by Ord. No. 05-74]
A.
The littering of private grounds for the purpose of
feeding free and wild birds or the placing or causing to be placed
or any food designed or intended for the purpose of feeding such birds
in such a manner and in such quantity so as to create a hazard of
rodent infestation so as to create any health hazard by so doing shall
be prohibited.
B.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent
or prohibit the keeping of domestic pigeons in a place provided for
their shelter or to prevent or prohibit the feeding of some birds
or other varieties of birds not constituting a health hazard.
[Amended 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-068]
Any person who violates any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not
exceeding $1,000, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days
or by a period of community service for not more than 90 days, or
any combination thereof. A separate offense shall be deemed committed
on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.