The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-10-21
ABSECON CITY
SANITARY CODE

The Board OF Health of the City of
Absecon by virtue of the provisions
of an act of the Legislature of the
state of New Jersey. entitled. IAN
Act to Establish in this State Boards
of Health and a Bureau of Vital sta
hst1cs and to define their respective
powers and duties approved March
81, 1887, and the several amendments
thereof and supplements thereto, and
of the other acts. does hereby ordain:
ARTICLE
Definition of Terms
Section l. That the terms Board"
this board" and said board" shall
be held to mean The Bureau OF
Health of the City of Absecon city"
that the word persons" owners"
Tenant" lessee" Occupant"
contractor" party" managers"
and officer" shall respectively be held
to apply to and include, both sever
ally and jointly each and all persons,
owners, pert owners, tenants. lessee,
occupants, contractors, parties in in
terest. persons. board of managers.
officers and corporations who may
sustain the relations or be in like po-
sitIon of any one or more thereof re-
ferred to in any ordinance or regula
ton: that the words city" this
city" or said city, wherever used,
shall be held to mean the City of ABB
secon City: that the word permit"
Stdl De COllStTueu " mean LDC per
mission in writing of this Bureau, is
sued according to it's Ordinances,
rules and regulations.
Section q That the word street"
when herein used. shall be held to in
cludc avenues, alleys, boardwalk. side
walk cutters and places. shall be
held to include parks. piers, pavillions,
docks and wharfs and water, and open
spaces thereto adjacent. and all open
spaces between buildings and street;
the word ashes shall be held cinders,
coal and everything that usually re-
mains after fires; the word rubbish
shall be held to include all the loose
and, deeayed material and dirt-like
substances that attends dirt and de-
cay, or which accumulates from build
ingS, storing or cleaning; the WORD
garbage" shall be held to include
every accumulation of animal or vege-
table matter which attends the prep
aration, decay, dealing in or storage
of meats. fish, fowl birds or vegeta-
bles; and the word dirt shall be held
to mean natural soil. earth or stone
or mixtures of either or any of them.
Nuisances
Section |. Whatever is dangerous
to human health. and renders ground
water or food dangerous or injurious
to human conditions and things are.
each and all of them hereby declared
to constitute nuisanees.
(A) The deposited accumulation u
any foul. decaying or putrescent sub
stance or other offensive matter, in or
upon any lot, street or highway, or
on or upon any public or private place;
the storage of such foul. decaying or
putreseent matter in solid or liquid
form. in any vault, eesspooi, or other
receptacle, the overflow of any foul
liquid. or the escape of gasses to such
an extent, that the same or any one
OF them shall become or be likely TO
become hazardous to health or shall
by reason of offensive odors. become
a source of discomfort to persons iiy-
ing in or passing the vicinity thereof.
OBJ A polluted well, spring or
stream, or the pollution of any body
OF water used for drinking purposes.
OF from which ice Is gathered.
(C) The maintenance OF any water