Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-26

above defined is hereby prohibited and Forbid
Den Within the limits OF the City of Woodbury.,
anu any person making, causing, maintaining
or permitting any OF said nuisances shall for
felt and pay penalty not exceeding Twenty-Five
dollars for every such offense
Sec. 20. No animal or vegetable substance or
swirl 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
onending against any of the provisions of this /
section, shall forfeit and pay penalty NOT ex- |
ceedlng twenty dollars for each and every
Sec. 81. No person or persons shall carry ON |
any traqe or business within the limits of the |
C1sy q woodbury., which may be attended by |
offensive or unhealthy odors, and which may |
be obnoxious to the inhabitants OF said CITY. |
under penalty not exceeding fifty dollars for
the nrss onense, and a further penalty of ten
dollars for each day such business shall be car |
ried on thereafter.
Sec. p. Any imperfect trap sink or water
cioset within any house, or any other drainage |
appliance or fixture within any house from
which there shall arise any foul or obnoriof,s |
gas or odor detrimental to human health ID |
herepy declared nuisance, and any owner OF |
SAID property or other person maintaining any |
such nuisance, or any person who shall ref,lse
or neglect to repair or make perfect any defect |
III any drainage appliance or any part of the |
soil pipe, or any fixture sink, BASIN water closet
or trap attached to said waste pipe or soil nine
shall forfeit and pay penalty not exceeding
Sec. %. 1t shall be the duty of any owner |
tenant, lessee or 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 anv
rubbish, garbage 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
Ii any person shall neglect or refuse to remove
any foul or obnoxious or hurtful matter or |
thing or If any person shall refuse or NEGLECT to
abate any nusances, then the Board of Health
may proceed under the provisions of ''An 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 nav
penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars for
each and every offense.
See "A Whatever is dangerous to human life
or health, Whatever building, section or part or
cellar thereof is not provided with ADEQUATE
means OF lngress 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 penalty not exceeding twenty dollars
| for every such offense.
Sec. %. 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, lron tin, wire other material
| or things dangerous to the life and limb of man
| and beast; and any person or persons offending
against the provisions OF this section shall for
| 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 within one hundred feet of anv
dwellinghouse or public building,except the resi-
denee OF the owner of the said goats or 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 Il That the keeping of any pen or en-
closure for goats swine or other animals, or any
slaughter house, tannery factory, in such
manner that offensive odors shall emanate
| therefrom, to the discomfort or to the detrment
OF health of persons living or passing in the
vicinity thereof is hereby declared to be nui-
sance, and any person or persons who shall
keep any such pen, enclosure, slaughter house,
tannery or factory, in such manner aforesaid.
shall be liable to penalty not exceeding TWEEN
| ty dollars.
| Sec. %. That the keeping Of ducks or geese
and allowing them to run at large, either upon
private property other than the owner or public
nlghwsys, IS hereby declared to be a nuisance,
and any person so offending shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding twenty dollars.
| See. %. All houses or enclosures wherein
chickens fowls are confined must be kept
clean and free from all foul odors and all such
| houses or enclosures must not be situate with.
| in twenty-five feet from the residence of any
| person
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 offal placed collected in proper receptacles
and removed from their premises as often as
once week between November LIST and April
LIST following, and not less than twice week
| from April lst to November 1st
| Sec. 81. No person shall engage in the bust
ness of collecting and transporting kitchen ear
bage, swill and offal in this city without obtain
| ing permit so to do from the Board of Health.
Sec. 80. 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. 30. 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 q penalty not ex-
ceeding ten dollars for each and every offense,
- PRIVIES AND CESSPOOIsS. S.
| Sec 30. Every person who shall construct o
privy vault or cesspool in connection with a
| building within the limits OF the CITY OF Wood
bury, shall construct them in such manner and
| in such q position as to afford ready means of
| access for the purpose of cleaning such privy
vault or cesspool, and of removing the contents
| thereof; and in case of cesspools they shall be
| built to the top of the ground, and covered with
| q flag stone, other safe or durable covering
affording proper ventilation. Any person or
persons offending against any of the provisions
| of this section shall forfeit and pay a penalty
not exceeding twenty dollars for every such
| offense.
| Sec &c. 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 or delay, finish the same, and shall
| in every instance leave the prvy vault or cess
pool in good condition. No privy vault or
! cesspoolS shall be cleaned 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 inoffensiye method
may be employed; provided however, that the
| filth or other matter shall be removed in close or
air tight vessels, between the hours of eleven D.
M, and four a. m. Any person 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 Sani-
| tary Codes, or parts thereof, inconsistent, or
conflicting with these rules, this Sanitary
| Code, be and the same are hereby repealed.
| Sec. 38. 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.
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