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[HISTORY: Article I adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Paulsboro 3-1-1937; Article II adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Paulsboro 10-28-1930 by Ord. No. 163.]
Article I Public Health Nuisances
§ 44-1 Generally prohibited nuisances.
§ 44-2 Disposal of certain wastes as nuisance; penalty.
§ 44-3 Nonexclusive enumeration of nuisances: disposal of wastes; penalty.
§ 44-4 Use of offensive wastes as fill; sunken land: penalty.
§ 44-5 Obnoxious growths on private property; penalty.
§ 44-6 Imperfect drainage appliances or fixtures.
§ 44-7 Noxious odors; penalty.
§ 44-8 Slaughterhouses and tanneries; penalty.
§ 44-9 Required abatement; penalty.
§ 44-10 Noise: animals, bells, whistles.
§ 44-11 Keeping of animals: permit, maintenance, disease; penalty.
§ 44-12 Animals kept in dwellings: penalty.
§ 44-13 Number of animals limited by permit; penalty.
§ 44-14 Sunken lots or marshes; fill; penalty.
§ 44-15 Disposition of animal wastes; penalty.
§ 44-16 Anything dangerous to human life or health prohibited; penalty.
§ 44-17 Dangerous materials on streets or sidewalks; penalty.
§ 44-18 Burning of wastes; penalty.
§ 44-19 Animals: running at large; keeping; penalty.
§ 44-20 Enclosures for fowl; penalty.
§ 44-21 Expectoration; penalty.
§ 44-22 Collection and disposal of ashes, rubbish, garbage; penalty.
§ 44-23 Butchers and markets: sanitation; penalty.
§ 44-24 Permit required for waste collection business.
§ 44-25 Vehicles for removal of refuse matter.
§ 44-26 Waste receptacles.
§ 44-27 Violations and penalties.
§ 44-28 Maintenance of saloons; penalty.
§ 44-29 Enforcement.
Article II Miscellaneous Nuisances
§ 44-30 Prohibited acts.
§ 44-31 Violations and penalties.
§ 44-32 Disposition of fines.
[Adopted 3-1-1937]
§ 44-1 Generally prohibited nuisances.
Whatever is dangerous to human life or to the health, and whatever renders
the ground, air, food or water unwholesome and injurious to human health,
also uncomfortable and obnoxious, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and
is prohibited.
§ 44-2 Disposal of certain wastes as nuisance; penalty.
The casting, throwing, draining or discharging or causing to be cast,
thrown, drained or discharged, into any public street or highway, gutter,
alley or other public place or private grounds within the Borough of Paulsboro,
any slops, swill, filth or human excrement, shall be deemed and is hereby
declared to be a nuisance; and all ponds, pools or collections of still and
stagnant water or filth of any kind, any accumulation or deposit of offal
or of decaying animal or vegetable substances in or upon any lot of land near
any inhabited dwelling house or in any public street or highway, alley or
other public or private place within the limits of the Borough of Paulsboro,
is declared to be a nuisance, and every person creating or maintaining or
aiding in the creation or maintenance of any such nuisance shall forfeit and
pay a penalty not exceeding $50 for each such offense, and in case of a continuing
offense, shall be liable to a further penalty of $10 for each day after written
notice from the Board of Health.
§ 44-3 Nonexclusive enumeration of nuisances: disposal of wastes; penalty.
Other nuisances within this Borough are hereby defined and declared
to be, and they shall include and embrace, the placing or depositing in or
upon any street or alley or in or upon any public or private property any
dead animal or any part of the same, or filth from privies or cesspools or
catch basins, or garbage; also any foul or offensive or obnoxious matter or
substances whatever; also any full or overflowing privy vault, cesspool or
other receptacle for filth; also permitting any liquid or solid matter taken
from cesspools or privy vaults to be deposited in or upon any lawn, lot or
place within the limits of the Borough of Paulsboro. and left exposed; also
allowing any night soil, swill or other offensive or decomposing solid or
fluid matter or substances to leak or ooze from any cart or wagon or vessel
in which the same may be conveyed or carried. Every nuisance as above defined
is hereby prohibited and forbidden within the limits of the Borough of Paulsboro,
and any person making, causing, maintaining or permitting any of said nuisances
shall forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding $50 for each such offense.
§ 44-4 Use of offensive wastes as fill; sunken land: penalty.
No animal or vegetable substance or swill or garbage, nor any offensive
material, either separately or mixed with ashes or rubbish, shall be deposited
on, used to fill in or raise the surface 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 a penalty
not exceeding $20 for each and every offense.
§ 44-5 Obnoxious growths on private property; penalty.
All owners of real estate in the Borough of Paulsboro shall keep the
same free and clear of all noxious weeds and other unhealthy vegetable growth,
and it shall be the duty of the Health Officer to give written notice to each
and every person owning such real estate in the Borough of Paulsboro wherein
such noxious or unhealthy vegetable growth is permitted to remain and exist,
notifying such person that if the same be not cut down and removed within
three days from the date of such notice, then and in such case the Board of
Health will cause the same to be cut down and removed at the expense of the
owner or owners of any such real estate and in case any such owner or owners
shall not reside in the Borough of Paulsboro, then and in such case the said
notice shall be mailed with postage prepaid thereon by the Secretary of this
Board, or the Health Officer, to the respective post-office address of such
owner, if the same can be ascertained, and if not, be posted upon the premises,
and it shall be unlawful for any such owner or owners of any real estate in
the Borough of Paulsboro to allow or permit noxious weeds or other unhealthy
vegetable growth to grow, remain or exist thereon after the receipt or posting
of such notice. Any person or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this section shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than $10 for each
and every offense.
§ 44-6 Imperfect drainage appliances or fixtures.
Any imperfect trap, sink or water closet within any house, or any other
drainage appliance or fixtures within any house, from which there shall arise
any foul or obnoxious gas or odor detrimental to human health, is hereby declared
a 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,
or any fixture, sink basin, water closet or trap attached to said waste pipe
or soil pipe, shall forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding $20 for each such
offense.
§ 44-7 Noxious odors; penalty.
No person or persons, corporation or corporations shall carry on any
trade or business within the limits of the Borough of Paulsboro which may
be attended by offensive or unhealthy odors and which may be obnoxious to
the inhabitants of said Borough, under a penalty of not exceeding $50 for
the first offense and a further penalty of $10 for each day such business
shall be carried on thereafter.
§ 44-8 Slaughterhouses and tanneries; penalty.
The operation or maintenance of any slaughterhouse or place where cattle,
sheep or swine are slaughtered or killed, or the operation or maintenance
of any tannery or place where the hides or skins of any animals are dried,
treated or tanned, within the limits of the Borough of Paulsboro, is hereby
defined and declared to be a nuisance, and any person or persons violating
or offending against any of the provisions hereof shall forfeit and pay a
penalty of $50 for each offense, and shall forfeit and pay an additional penalty
of $10 for each and every day during which such slaughterhouse or tannery
shall continue to be operated or maintained after the first violation or offense.
§ 44-9 Required abatement; penalty.
It shall be the duty of any owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of any
lot, ground, building, house or stable within the limits of the Borough of
Paulsboro, upon notice from the Board of Health, to forthwith remove therefrom
any 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. If 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 nuisances, then the Board of Health may proceed under the provisions of "An
Act to establish in this State, Boards of Health and a Bureau of Vital Statistics,
and to define their respective powers and duties," approved March 31, 1887
and the Acts supplemental thereto and amendatory thereof, and shall remove
said nuisance, source of foulness or cause of sickness and shall recover by
action of debt the expense incurred by said Board by such removal. Any person
or persons offending against any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit
and pay a penalty of not exceeding $25 for each and every offense.
§ 44-10 Noise: animals, bells, whistles.
No person owning, occupying or having in charge any stable, house or
other premises within the limits of the Borough of Paulsboro shall keep, have
or allow thereon any dog, cat, bird or other animal which shall by noise disturb
the quiet or repose of anyone thereon or in the vicinity, nor shall the unnecessary
blowing of steam whistles or the unnecessary ringing of bells be permitted
in the Borough, and any person offending against any of the provisions of
this section shall forfeit and pay a penalty of $10 for each such offense.
§ 44-11 Keeping of animals: permit, maintenance, disease; penalty.
No person shall keep or allow to be kept in any building or premises
or on any ground of which he may be the owner, lessee, tenant or occupant,
within the limits of the Borough of Paulsboro, any horses, mules or other
draft animals, and cows or other cattle, without a permit from this Board,
and no cattle shall be kept in any place in which the water, ventilation,
drainage and food are not sufficient and wholesome for the preservation, health
and safe condition of said cattle, and every person shall cause any establishment
where cattle or horses may be to be at all times in a clean and wholesome
condition and shall not allow any animal to be therein while infected with
any contagious or infectious disease, and if such contagious or infectious
disease shall exist, the owner or occupant shall notify the Board of Health
within 24 hours. Any person offending against any of the provisions of this
section shall forfeit and pay a penalty of $10 for each such offense.
§ 44-12 Animals kept in dwellings: penalty.
No person shall keep or allow to be kept in any dwelling house or building
inhabited by human beings, or any part thereof, any horses, cattle, swine,
goats or fowl. Any person offending against the provisions of this section
shall forfeit and pay a penalty of $10 for each such offense.
§ 44-13 Number of animals limited by permit; penalty.
No person shall keep a greater number of cows or other cattle, swine
or goats on any premises, than is stated in the permit granted such person
by this Board. Any person offending against the provisions of this section
shall forfeit and pay a penalty of $10 for each such offense.
§ 44-14 Sunken lots or marshes; fill; penalty.
All sunken lots or marshlands where stagnant water emits any impure
or miasmatic atmosphere, or lots below grade, shall be filled up with fresh
earth, ashes or cinders by the owner thereof when directed so to do by the
Health Officer, under the penalty of $25 for each and every violation of this
section.
§ 44-15 Disposition of animal wastes; penalty.
Every owner or lessee of any stall, stable, shed, barn or compartment
wherein any horse, cattle or swine shall be kept shall keep and maintain suitably
covered watertight boxes, pits or vaults into which shall be placed all manure
or refuse from such horses, mules or other draft animals, cattle or swine,
and such manure or refuse shall not be allowed to collect in such stall, stable,
shed, barn or compartment or on the ground outside of said boxes, pits or
vaults in such a manner as to be offensive, and if in the judgment of the
Health Officer or any member of this Board it shall be deemed necessary for
the public health or comfort that such manure or refuse shall be removed at
night, he may prohibit said removal between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00
p.m., and may order carts, wagons or other vehicles transporting or carrying
manure or refuse to be provided with proper cover, and any person offending
against the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay a penalty of
$10 for each such offense.
§ 44-16 Anything dangerous to human life or health prohibited; penalty.
Any building, section or part thereof, or cellar thereof, which is not
provided with adequate means of ingress and egress or is not sufficiently
supported, ventilated, sewered, drained, cleaned or lighted, and whatever
renders the air, food or water unwholesome, and in fact whatever is dangerous
to human life or health, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and is prohibited.
Any person or persons who shall aid in creating or contributing to the same
and shall continue to retain or maintain any of them shall forfeit and pay
a penalty not exceeding $20 for each such offense.
§ 44-17 Dangerous materials on streets or sidewalks; penalty.
No person shall place or throw on any street, road or sidewalk within
the limits of the Borough of Paulsboro 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 against the provisions
of this section shall forfeit and pay a penalty not less than $10 for each
such offense.
§ 44-18 Burning of wastes; penalty.
No person shall burn any paper, rubbish, trash or other article within
50 feet of a dwelling house, living quarters or residence of any neighbor
or neighbors unless the same be burned in a properly constructed incinerator,
and it shall be unlawful to burn or attempt to burn garbage, swill, offal,
old rags or other slow-burning material which shall emit odors which render
the air unwholesome and in fact injurious to public health. Any violation
of this section is declared to be a nuisance and is prohibited. Any person
or persons offending against any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit
and pay a penalty not exceeding $20 for each such offense.
§ 44-19 Animals: running at large; keeping; penalty.
No person shall allow any ducks, geese, fowl, cattle, swine or goats
to run at large in the Borough, and no person shall keep or permit to be kept
any fowl, geese, pigs, swine or goats except the keeping of fowl, as hereinafter
provided. Any person offending against any provision of this section shall
forfeit and pay a penalty of $20.
§ 44-20 Enclosures for fowl; penalty.
All houses, buildings or enclosures wherein chickens or fowl are confined
within the Borough limits of the Borough of Paulsboro must be kept clean and
free from all foul odors, and all such houses or enclosures must not be situate
within 50 feet of a dwelling house, living quarters or residence of any neighbor
or neighbors. Any person or persons offending against the provisions of this
section shall forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding $20.
§ 44-21 Expectoration; penalty.
It shall be unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance for any person
to spit or expectorate upon the sidewalks or in any public buildings or hotel
or in any streetcar or public conveyance within the limits of the Borough
of Paulsboro. Any person or persons offending against the provisions of this
section shall forfeit and pay a penalty not less than $10.
§ 44-22 Collection and disposal of ashes, rubbish, garbage; penalty.
It shall be the duty of every owner, tenant, agent, lessee or occupant
of any building to provide for or cause to be provided and kept suitable covered,
watertight boxes, barrels or tubs for receiving and holding all the ashes,
rubbish, swill or garbage that may accumulate or be collected in said building,
and such boxes, barrels or tubs shall be placed on the sidewalk along the
curb in front of said building at regular intervals and at such times as the
Supervisor of the Streets and Highways may direct, but nothing in this section
shall prevent private parties from removing or collecting swill or garbage
if properly closed wagons or receptacles are used. Any person or persons offending
against the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay a penalty of
$10 for each such offense.
§ 44-23 Butchers and markets: sanitation; penalty.
Every butcher and every person owning, leasing or occupying any place,
room or building, stall, store or stable or market where fowl, swine, fish
or cattle may be held or kept shall keep such place, room, stall, store, building
or market and their yards and appurtenances thoroughly cleaned and purified,
and all offal, blood, fat, garbage, refuse and unwholesome meat shall be removed
therefrom at least once in every 24 hours after the use thereof for any of
the purposes herein referred to, under a penalty of $25 for each and every
offense.
§ 44-24 Permit required for waste collection business.
No person shall engage in the business of collecting and transporting
kitchen garbage, swill and offal in this Borough without obtaining a permit
so to do from the Board of Health, said permit to be procured from the Secretary,
who shall pass upon the style and character of the vehicle used for that purpose.
A fee of $1 shall be charged for issuing every such permit.
§ 44-25 Vehicles for removal of refuse matter.
All vehicles for removing such refuse matter made and accumulated in
and about dwelling houses and other buildings in the Borough of Paulsboro
shall be watertight and securely covered on top, and shall have permanently
painted on both sides of the wagon the name of the licensee and the number
of his license.
§ 44-26 Waste receptacles.
No ashes or rubbish shall be placed in the same receptacle containing
the garbage, swill or offal, and all containers for garbage, swill or offal
shall be made of metal.
§ 44-27 Violations and penalties.
Any person or persons committing an offense against any of the provisions
of the last three sections shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than
$10 for each offense.
§ 44-28 Maintenance of saloons; penalty.
Any person or persons who shall maintain, conduct or operate a saloon
or place dispensing alcoholic beverages shall keep such building or premises
in a clean and wholesome condition, and shall also provide and effect special
care, disinfecting and cleansing of bottles, glasses, coil boxes and any and
all other beverage containers. Any person or persons committing an offense
against any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay a penalty
not exceeding $50 for each such offense.
§ 44-29 Enforcement.
It shall be the duty of the Health Officer to look after and report
on all violations of this ordinance and to make complaint against all persons
so violating this ordinance.
[Adopted 10-28-1930 by Ord. No. 163]
§ 44-30 Prohibited acts.
The following shall be unlawful within the Borough of Paulsboro:
A. To erect, maintain or have any awning, sign or other property so as to extend over any sidewalk or street within six feet of the ground.
B. To obstruct any sidewalk by the use of signs, boxes, baskets, containers or other matters or things, in such way or manner as not to leave a clear space of sidewalk the width of seven feet, measuring back from the curbline, except on Broad Street, on which street there shall be a clear space of sidewalk the width of 11 feet, measuring back from the curbline.
C. To display for sale on any of the sidewalks of the Borough any meats, vegetables or other foodstuffs.
D. To make or cause to be made, or to use any horn, whistle, bell or other device which makes, any annoying, unreasonable and unnecessary noise.
E. To permit, by the owner or occupant of any land, grass or weeds to be grown over or on the sidewalks in front of any property to a height greater than 12 inches.
F. To keep or maintain on any premises any trash, paper or rubbish of any kind or character, in such a way or manner as to be ignited or in such manner as to be detrimental to the public health or safety or in such way as to be distributed by the wind to the public streets and highways or to the property of another, or to place or pile any trash, papers or rubbish of any kind or character along the property line or against any fence or building.
G. To park any automobile on any of the streets or highways of the Borough of Paulsboro during the whole or greater part of any day or night.
H. To use or operate or cause to be used or operated any mechanical device, apparatus or instrument for the intensification of the human voice or of any sound or noise in any private or public place, in such manner that the peace and good order of the neighborhood is disturbed.
I. To play baseball, football or any other games on any of the sidewalks, streets or highways of the Borough of Paulsboro.
J. To obstruct any sidewalk, street or highway during any building operation without sufficiently guarding the public from injury from said obstructions or without guarding said obstructions at night by a sufficient number of red lights to properly mark the same.
K. To loiter or assemble on the streets, at the corners of the streets or in any of the public places of the Borough of Paulsboro.
§ 44-31 Violations and penalties.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall, upon conviction for each offense, be subject to a
fine of not exceeding $25 or imprisonment in the Borough or county jail for
a period not exceeding 30 days, or both, in the discretion of the Mayor, Municipal
Court or other Magistrate before whom the conviction is had.
§ 44-32 Disposition of fines.
All fines collected under this ordinance shall be paid to the Borough
Treasurer for the use of the Borough of Paulsboro.