Der Lecha Caunty patriot. [volume] (Allentaun, Pa.) 1859-1872, 1867-09-03
A N ORDINANCE RELATING TO
"a NUISANCES. 81.


Be it ordained by the Select and Common
Councils of the City of Allentown, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the same.
SECTION /. That no person shall in any
way deface or damage, any of the houses,
buildings or fences, or any part thereof, within
this city under penalty or fine of five dol
lars for each offence.
SECT. 2. That it shall not be lawful for any
person or persons, to bury dead horse or
other dead carcass of cattle, sheep, hog, or
dog in any of the public streets and alleys OF
said city, nor in any Of the open or vacant
ground in said city, except at distance Of
two hundred yards from the residence or
dwelling of any person and that all dead car
casses of animals Aforesaid, which shall be
buried within the limits of the city shall be
we'll covered with at least four feet of earth
in depth from the surface of the ground to
the upper part of the carcass and that each
and every person offending against any of the
provisions Of this section, shall incur pen
atty or fine of not less than five nor more
than fifteen dollars for each offence.
SECT. 3. That no person or persons shall
cast, lay or throw in any of the streets, lanes
or alleys Of this city, any snow or ice Except
such as may fall on the pavement in front of
the houses) nor. dross, ashes, cinder garbage,
or rubbish of any kind, under a penalty or
fine of five dollars for each offence.
SECT. d. That no distiller, soap-boiler, tai
low-chandler, victualer or other person. shall
be permitted to discharge, throw, cast or
empty into any Of the streets, lanes, or alleys
any foul or sinking liquor, the returns from
their stills and boiling vessels; or filth from
their hog-stables, nor soap-boiler or tal!ow-
chandler, be permitted to keep, collect or use,
or cause to be kept, collected, or used within
the limits of the city any stale, putrid or
sinking fat or other matter, nor butcher or
victualer be permitted, to keep at or near
his, her or their slaughter house any garbage
or filth whatsoever that may produce a moi
some smell so as to annoy or offend any
neighbor or any other person in the full and
free enjoyment of wholesome air. Every
person or persons so offending shall incur a
penalty or fine of ten dollars foreach offence.
SECT. ;. That if any person or persons
shall cast, throw, draw out, or lay any dead
horse or other dead carcass of cattle, sheep,
or dog any excrements or filth from vaults,
animal, or vegetable matter whatever, and
shall leave the same without burial at least
four feet below the surface of the ground, on
any part of the commons within the limits
Of the city or on or near any of the streets,
lanes, or alleys, within the limits of the city,
he or they shall incur a penalty or fine of
FIVE dollars for each offence.
SECT. 8. That no person or persons shall
stand or place, or cause to be placed, or stood
any casks, barrels, boxes, wares, goods, mer-
chandize, brick, stone or lumber, of any kind
or description whatever, whether for sale or
otherwise, on or over any part of the foot
pavements in this city more than four feet
six inches in front of the house or premises
occupied by him, her, or them, nor shall suf-
fer the same TO be more than six feet high,
under a penalty or fine of FIVE dollars for
each offence, Provided that merchants or dea-
lers shall not be prevented from using his,
her or their foot pavements or sidewalks for
the time reasonably required, for the loading
or unloading Of goods or merchandise.
SECT. Z. That every rail which shall be
Or remain placed or fixed above the posts near
the gutter in any of the public streets in the
city, for the purpose of fastening thereto an
awning, shall be at least six feet four inches
from the lower side thereof 20 the pavement
under it. And every person who shall use
any such rail so placed or fixed, which shall
not be of the height aforesaid, above the pave
ment, shall incur penalty or fine for every
such offence of ten dollars. That all and
every rail or rails, which are or shall be
placed or fixed for the purpose of fastening
awnings thereto, and shall not be of the height
aforesaid above the pavement, shall be de-
clared to be common nuisance and it shall
and may be lawful for the High Constable
and he is hereby enjoined and required to
take down and remove the same.
SECT. 8. That no person or persons shall
be permitted to deposit any dung or manure
upon any of the public streets, lanes, or al
leys of the said city, or to keep any dung
hill or manure heap on that part of any lot
Immediately adjoining any of the aforesaid
streets, lanes, or alleys, within the said city,
except the said dung-hill or manure heap be
enclosed sufficiently to prevent any dung
filth, or straw from passing from the same
upon any of the streets, lanes, alleys, or side
walks aforesaid, under penalty or fine of
FIVE dollars for each and every offence.
SECT. 8. That whenever any stable, hog
pen, or manure heap, for want of proper
cleansing, shall become offensive to the neigh
borhood, it is hereby declared to be nuisance,
and every person continuing the same, shall
incur penalty or fine of five dollars for
each and every day thereafter.
SECT. 10. That if any person shall inde-
Gently expose his body, or shall ease himself
in or against any building, wall, Or fence, at
or near any dwelling-house or in, or upon
any street, pavement or sidewalk within the
city, or in any way lewdly or immodestly
expose or demean himself to the scandal or
annoyance of the citizens of the said city, he
shall incur penalty or fine of five dollars
for every offence. =.
SECT. IL. That it shall be the duty of the
occupier of every house within the limits of
the city, in the months of April and August
in each and every year, to cleanse the cellars
thereof of all dirt, decayed vegetables, or
other impure matter calculated TO generate
disease and to cause them to be thoroughly
uphite-washed with fresh lime and also tn