Township of Pilesgrove, NJ Chapter 220 Sanitary Code

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Pilesgrove 1-28-1911. Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 220-1 Nuisances declared.

Whatever is dangerous to human health or whatever renders the ground, the water, the air or food a hazard to human health is hereby declared a nuisance.

§ 220-2 Discharge or disposal of sewage and foul liquids.

A. The placing of house sewage or foul liquids on the surface of the ground in such a manner as to become the source from which offensive odors shall originate or in such a manner as to endanger the purity of the water of any well, stream, pond or lake or the discharge of any offensive fluids or sewage into any street or highway is hereby declared a nuisance.

B. Improper disposal of waste.

[Added 9-12-2023 by Ord. No. 23-13]

(1) Purpose. An ordinance to prohibit the spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater to the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) operated by the Pilesgrove Township, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.

(2) Definitions. For the purpose of this subsection the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this subsection clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.

MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)

A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated by Pilesgrove Township or other public body, and is designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.

PERSON

Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.

STORMWATER

Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface, is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.

(3) Prohibited conduct. The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by Pilesgrove Township is prohibited. The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater in such a manner as to cause the discharge of pollutants to the municipal separate storm sewer system is also prohibited.

(4) Exceptions to prohibition.

(a) Water line flushing and discharges from potable water sources.

(b) Uncontaminated ground water (e.g., infiltration, crawl space or basement sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising groundwater).

(c) Air conditioning condensate (excluding contact and noncontact cooling water).

(d) Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering runoff).

(e) Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands, water reservoir discharges and diverted stream flows.

(f) Residential car washing water, and residential swimming pool discharges.

(g) Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water.

(h) Flows from firefighting activities.

(i) Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with clean water:

[1] Beach maintenance equipment immediately following their use for their intended purposes; and

[2] Equipment used in the application of salt and de-icing materials immediately following salt and deicing material applications. Prior to rinsing with clean water, all residual salt and de-icing materials must be removed from equipment and vehicles to the maximum extent practicable using dry cleaning methods (e.g., shoveling and sweeping). Recovered materials are to be returned to storage for reuse or properly discarded.

Rinsing of equipment, as noted in the above situation is limited to exterior, undercarriage, and exposed parts and does not apply to engines or other enclosed machinery.

(5) Enforcement. This subsection shall be enforced by the Pilesgrove Township Zoning Officer.

(6) Penalties. Any person(s) who continues to be in violation of the provisions of this subsection, after being duly notified, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $100 at the discretion of the Court or Justice of the Peace before whom such conviction is had.

(7) Severability. Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase of this subsection is declared to be an independent section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such portion of this subsection to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any cause, or reason, shall not affect any other portion of this subsection.

(8) Effective date. This subsection shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and any publication as may be required by law.

§ 220-3 Storage of animal refuse or decaying matter.

The storage of animal refuse or decaying matter in liquid or solid form in any place in such a manner as to have offensive odors emanating therefrom to the discomfort of persons living near or passing by on the public highways is hereby declared a nuisance.

§ 220-4 Overcrowded or unclean dwellings. [1]

The overcrowding of persons in any building or other dwelling in such a manner as in the judgment of the members of the Board of Health is dangerous to the health of the persons residing therein or the keeping of any dwelling house or part thereof in a state of unclean manner is hereby declared a nuisance.

[1] Editor's Note: See also Ch. 65, Buildings, Unfit.

§ 220-5 Offensive odors emanating from barnyards, factories or other buildings.

The keeping of any barnyard or enclosure for fowl, swine or other animals or of any slaughterhouse or factory, barn or building of any kind in such a manner that offensive odors shall emanate therefrom to the discomfort of persons living nearby or passing on the public highway or in such a manner as to endanger the health of persons working in or near such yards or buildings is hereby declared a nuisance.

§ 220-6 Unwholesome or unfit food or drink.

The sale of any meat, vegetable food or drink that is unwholesome or unfit for food is hereby prohibited.

§ 220-7 Animals with communicable diseases.

It is the duty of all persons owning or keeping animals or fowl that have died of a disease contagious or communicable to human beings, other animals or fowl to either bury or burn such at once. It is also the duty of all persons owning or keeping a dog or dogs or other animals which they know or have reason to believe have been bitten by a dog or other animal suffering with rabies, otherwise known as hydrophobia, to either kill such dog or animal at once or securely confine it so that it may be killed at the first symptom of the disease. As rabies is one of the most horrible fates which may come to mankind, it is earnestly desired that all persons will fully comply with the words and intent of this section and, upon failure to do so, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, as hereinafter set forth.

§ 220-8 Isolation; quarantine; disinfection.

In cases of infection or contagious diseases in this Township, the persons affected thereby shall, at the discretion of the Board, be isolated, or they may be removed to such locality as this Board may order. And all buildings, clothing or property infected or having cause to be infected by contagious or communicable disease shall be disinfected in such a manner as this Board may direct. And this Board may establish such separation of the sick within such buildings from other persons, not needed as assistants, as may be necessary to prevent them from the disease. And all premises isolated or quarantined as above stated, shall be designated by a card containing the name of the disease. And it shall be the power and duty of this Board to take or order all such precautions as the case shall need to prevent a spread of the disease.

§ 220-9 Reports of marriages, births and deaths; fees.

[Amended 12-9-2003 by Ord. No. 223; 8-10-2004 by Ord. No. 04-08; 4-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-04]

A. It shall be the duty of all physicians, midwives, clergymen, magistrates and undertakers, professionally officiating at marriages, births and deaths in this Township, to give a return of the same to the Secretary of the Board as set forth in the provisions of the Bureau of Vital Statistics.

B. Fees to be charged by the Registrar of Vital Statistics, other than those fixed by state law or state agency, shall be:

(1) Certified copy of birth certificate: $10 each.

(2) Certified copy of marriage certificate: $10 each.

(3) Certified copy of domestic partnership: $10 each.

(4) Certified copy of civil union: $10 each.

(5) Certified copy of death certificate: $5 each.

(6) Additional copies of death certificate: $2 each.

(7) Correction-parental items on birth record: $10 each.

(8) Search of records for one name for one calendar year: $4 each.

(9) For each additional year searched at the same time: $1 each.

§ 220-10 Violations and penalties.

Any owner or owners, agent, tenant, lessee or occupant or person in charge of any building in the Township of Pilesgrove, whether individual or corporation, and all persons or bodies or bodies corporate who violate, omit or refuse to comply with, resist or offend against any of the provisions or duties set forth in the different sections of this code shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $100 at the discretion of the Court or Justice of the Peace before whom such conviction is had.