[Added 5-13-1997 by Ord. No. 943]
A. Purpose. The Board of Commissioners, finding that excessive emission of odor is detrimental to the physical, mental and social well-being of the residents as well as to their comfort, living conditions, general welfare, safety and well-being, and is therefore a public health and welfare hazard, hereby finds it necessary to provide for the greater control and more effective regulation of excessive odor and the sources of excessive odor within the Township.
B. Prohibited odors. The emission of foul, offensive, gaseous or nauseating odors in such quantities as to be offensive, a source of discomfort or hazardous to health, at the boundary lines of the property on which the odor originates, shall constitute a nuisance and shall be subject to enforcement by the provisions of this chapter.
C. Prima facie violation. Credible testimony in a court of law from five or more residents who are in general agreement as to the times and durations of the odors and who reside in separate residences, including apartments and condominiums, located across a property boundary line from the property on which the source of the odor is generated, that the emission of prohibited odors as described in Subsection B above, was a disturbance to their use, occupancy and enjoyment of their property, shall be prima facie evidence of the emission of a prohibited odor.