Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-19

above defined is hereby prohibited and forbid
den within the limits Of the City of Woodbury.,
and any person making, causing, maintaining
or permitting any of said nuisances shall for~
felt and pay a penalty not exc eeding twenty-five
dollars for every such offense.
Sec. 20. No animal or vegetable substance, or
swill or garbage, nor any offensive material
there separately or mixed with ashes or rubbish
shall be deposited on, used to fill in or raise the
surface or level of any ground lot or street, nor
shall any person maintain any sunken land
from which there shall arise any offensive gases
deleterious to health, Any person or persons
offending against any of the provisions Of this
section, shall forfeit and pay penalty not ex-
ceeding twenty dollars Tor each and every
offense
Sec. 81 No person persons shall carry on
any trade or business within the limits of the
City of Woodbury., which may be att ended by
offensive or unhealthv odors, and which may
be obnoxious to the inhabitants of said city,
under penalty not exceeding fifty dollars for
the first offense and further penalty of ten
dollars for each day such business shall be car
ried on thereafter.
Sec. %. Any imperfect trap, sink or water
closet within any house, any other drainage
appliance fixture within any house from
which there shall arise any foul obnoxio1s
gas or odor detrimental to human health is
hereby declared nuisance, and any owner of
said property or other person maintaining any
such nuisance, or any person who shall refuse
or neglect to repair or make perfect any defect
in any drainage appliance or any part of the
soil pipe, any fixture, sink BASIN water closet
or trap attached to said waste pipe or soil pipe
shall forfeit and pay penalty not exceeding
twenty dollars for every such offense.
Sec. %. 1t shall be the duty of any owner
tenant, lessee occupant OF any lot ground
building, house or stable within the limits of
the City of Woodbury., or notice from the Board
OF Health, to forthwith remove therefrom any
rubbish, gar bage, offal or any offensive matter
or thing, and it shall be the duty of any person
on notice from the Board of Health to abate
any nuisance existing on any premises of which
he may be the lessee, owner, tenant or occupant
If any person shall neglect refuse to remove
any foul or obnoxious or hurtful matter or
thing, or ii any person shall refuse neglect to
abate any nuisances. then the Board of Health
may proceed under the provisions of sAn act to
establish in this State, Boards of Health and
Bureau of Vital Statistics, and to define their
respective powers and duties" approved March
3lst, 1887, and shall remove said nuisance source
Of foulness, or cause of sickness, and shall re-
cover by action of debt, the expense incurred
by said Board by such removal. And any per-
son or persons offending against any of the pro-
visions of this section shall forfeit and pay a
penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars for
each and every offense.
Sec. "a. Whatever is dangerous to human life
or health, whatever building, section or part or
cellar thereof is not provided with adequate
means of ngress and egress or is not sufficiently
supported, ventilated, severed drained cleaned
or lighted, and whatever renders the air. food
or water unwholesome are hereby declared to
be nuisances and are prohibited. Any person
or persons who shall aid in creating or con-
tributing to the same, and shall continue to
retain or maintain any of them, shall forfeit
and pay q penalty not exceeding twenty dollars
for every such offense.
Sec. 25. No person shall place or throw on
any street, road or sidewalk within the limits OF
the City of Woodbury., any bottle, broken glass
crockery ware, iron tin, wire or other material
or things dangerous to the life and limb of man
and beast; and any person or persons offending
felt and pay penalty not exceeding ten dollars
for every such offense.
Sec. 26. That the keeping of any goats or
swine within fifty feet of any street or avenue,
in the city or within one hundred feet of any
clearinghouse or public building, except the resi-
denee of the owner of the said goats swine, is
hereby declared to be nuisance and any person
or persons causing or maintaining any such
nuisance, or aiding therein shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding twenty dollars.
Sec. ~. That the keeping of any pen or en-
closure for goats swine or other animals, or any
slaughter house, tannery or factory, in such
| manner that offensive odors shall emanate
therefrom, to the discomfort or to the detriment
of health of persons living passing in the
vicinity thereof, is hereby declared to be nui-
| sance, and any person persons who shall
keep any such pen, enclosure, slaughter house.
| tannery or factory, in such manner as aforesaid
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding TWEEN
| ty dollars.
Sec. IS. That the keeping of ducks or geese
and allowing them to run at large, either upon
| private property other than the owner or public
| highways, is hereby declared to be a nuisance
and any person so offending shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding twenty dollars.
Sec. %. All houses enclosures wherein
chickens or fowls confined must be kept
clean and free from all foul odors and all such
| in twenty-five feet from the residence of any
| neighbor or neighbors: Any person or persons
offending against the provisions of this section
shall be liable to penalty not exceeding twenty
| dollars.
| KITCHEN GARBAGE, swILL AND oFFAL
Sec 80. Every householder and all occupants
| of houses shall have all kitchen garbage, swill
or ofa placed or collected in proper receptacles
and removed from their premises as often as
| once week between November LIST and April
| LIST lasS han fxyin
| from April LIST to November LIST.
Sec 81. No person shall engage in the bust
ness of collecting and transporting kitchen gar
bage, swil and offal in this city without obtain
| ing permit SO to do from the Board of Health
Sec 49, All vehicles for!removing such refuse
matter made and accumulated in and about
dwelling houses and other buildings in the City
| of Woodbury., shall be water tight and securely
! covered on top, and shall have permanently
painted on both sides OF the wagon the name of
| the licensee and number of his license.
Sec 49, No ashes or rubbish shall be placed
| in the same receptacle containing the kitchen
garbage and offal.
| against any of the provisions of the above four
sections, shall forfeit and pay penalty not ex-
eeedlng ter dollars for each and every offense:
FILES AND CEssPoOLs.
Sec. 35. Every person who shall construct
privy vault or eesspool in connection with a
building within the limits of the City of Wood
bury, shall construct them in such manner and
in such position as to afford ready means of
I
vault or cesspool, and of removing the contents
thereof; and in of cesspools they shall be
built to the top of the ground, and covered with
flag stone, other safe durable covering
affording proper ventilation. Any person or
persons offending against any of the provisions
of this section shall forfeit and pay q penalty
not exceeding twenty dollars for every such
offense
Sec. IS. No person shall engage in the bust
ness of cleaning cesspools, unless permit or
license for such purpose shall first be obtained
from the Board of Health, and any such licensed
scavenger, who shall commence to empty or
clean any privy vault or cesspool shall without
interruption delay, finish the same, and shall
in every instance leave the privy vault or cess
pool in good condition. No privy vault or
cesspools shall be cleaned or emptied except
by some odorless apparatus, approved by the
Board of Health, except during the months of
November, December, January, February, March,
and April, when some other inoffensive method
may be employed; provided however that the
filth other matter shall be removed in close or
air tight vessels, between the hours of eleven D.
M, and four a. Any person or persons
offending against any of the provisions of this
section, shall forfeit and pay a penalty not ex-
ceeding ten dollars for each and every offence.
Sec. 81. Be it enacted that all rules or SAM
tary Codes, parts thereof, inconsistent, or
conflicting with these rules, this Sanitary
Code, be and the same are hereby repealed
Sec. 80. Be it enacted that this Sanitary Code
shall take effect on Sixth day of January, 1902.
Passed at a special meeting of the Board of
Health December Is, 1901.
Attest: VIM M. CARTER,
ARTHUR STARR, Sec'y. President.