Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 14982. Animals and fowls in buildings or yards;  permits to keep;  fee for

No horse, cow, calf, swine, sheep, or goat shall be kept or slaughtered in a dwelling, rooming-house, or tenement, or any part thereof;  nor shall any other animal or fowl, deemed objectionable by the Chief of the Division of Housing and Sanitation, be kept or slaughtered in any such building;  nor shall any of the aforesaid animals or such fowl be kept in the yard of any such building, or the lot thereof, or the property adjoining, in closely built-up sections, without the person desiring to keep the same first having obtained a permit from the Bureau or Board of Health.  1  Application for such permit shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty cents;  and such permit, when granted, shall expire not later than the calendar year for which it is issued.