3076GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 June 2017

3076 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 June 2017 (4) The local government may approve the keeping of a large animal on a premises that has an area of less than 0.2 hectares within a townsite, subject to conditions as deemed appropriate by the local government. 6.10 Stables (1) The owner or occupier of premises within a townsite who has an approved animal shall provide for its use a stable, which shall not be situated within 20 metres of a dwelling house or other premises. (2) The owner or occupier of any premises on which a stable is located shall— (a) maintain the stable in a clean condition and when so directed by an Environmental Health Officer, clean, wash and disinfect it; (b) keep all parts of the stable so far as possible, free from flies or other vectors of disease by spraying with a residual insecticide or other effective means; and (c) when so ordered by an Environmental Health Officer, spray the stable or such parts as may be directed, with a residual insecticide. 6.11 Manure receptacle An owner or occupier of premises on which an approved animal is kept shall— (a) provide, in a position convenient to the stable, a receptacle for manure which is constructed of smooth, impervious, durable, easily cleanable materials and provided with a tight-fitting cover, and with no part of the receptacle base being lower than the surface of the adjoining ground; (b) keep the lid of the receptacle closed except when manure is being deposited or removed; (c) cause the receptacle to be emptied at least once a week and as often as may be necessary to prevent it becoming offensive or a breeding place for flies or other vectors of disease; (d) keep the receptacle so far as possible free from flies or other vectors of disease by spraying with a residual insecticide or other effective means; and (e) cause all manure produced on the premises to be collected daily and placed in the receptacle or comply with such other arrangements as approved by an Environmental Health Officer. Division 4—Keeping of poultry and pigeons 6.12 Interpretation In this Division, unless the context otherwise requires poultry includes bantams, ducks and other domestic fowls. 6.13 Limitation on numbers of poultry and pigeons An owner or occupier of premises within a townsite shall not keep a combined total of more than 12 poultry and pigeons, without the approval of the local government, on any 1 lot of land. 6.14 Conditions for keeping poultry in limited numbers A person who keeps poultry or permits poultry to be kept shall ensure that— (a) no poultry is able to approach within 9 metres of a dwelling house, public building or premises where people are employed or where food is stored, prepared, manufactured or sold; (b) all poultry is kept in a properly constructed and securely fastened structure or enclosure; (c) the structure is in a yard having an otherwise unobstructed area of at least 30 square metres; (d) no poultry are able to approach within 9 metres of a street other than a right of way unless, in the case of land at the junction of 2 or more streets, the local government has approved a lesser distance; (e) no poultry is able to approach within 1.2 metres of any side or rear boundary of the premises; and (f) all enclosures or cages within which poultry are kept shall be maintained at all times in a clean condition and shall be disinfected or otherwise dealt with in a way as directed by an Environmental Health Officer. 6.15 Roosters, geese, turkeys, peafowl and gamebirds (1) An occupier of premises within a townsite shall not, without the written approval of the local government, keep or permit to be kept on those premises, any one or more of the following fowl— (a) a rooster; (b) a goose or gander; (c) a turkey; (d) a peacock or peahen; or (e) a gamebird (includes emus and ostriches). (2) The local government may, upon written application, grant approval with or without conditions to the owner or occupier of premises to keep any 1 or more birds as specified in subclause (1). (3) A person who has been granted approval under this clause to keep a bird may keep the bird on the premises only while he or she is the occupier thereof. (4) The local government may revoke an approval granted under this clause if it is of the opinion that the keeping of the birds specified in the approval is causing a nuisance or is injurious, offensive or dangerous to health.