[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of
Red Bank as Ch. BH:X of the 1989 Borough Health Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
A.
Declared a nuisance. Whatever is dangerous to human life or to health,
whatever building, erection, part or cellar thereof, 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, are declared to be nuisances
and are prohibited.
B.
Premises to be vacated. Whenever it shall be decided by the Board
that any building or part thereof is unfit for human habitation, by
reason of its being in a condition dangerous to health and life of
its occupants, and notice of the decision shall have been affixed
conspicuously on the building or any part thereof so decided to be
unfit for human habitation, and served upon the owner, agent or lessee,
requiring all persons therein to vacate the building or part thereof
for the reason to be stated therein as aforesaid, the building or
part thereof shall, within 10 days thereafter, be vacated, or within
such shorter time as in the notice may be specified.
A.
Duty of property owner or tenant. It shall be the duty of every property
owner, tenant or occupant of any premises to maintain the premises
in a clean condition so that the same may not be injurious, detrimental
or hazardous to human life or health, and in addition to, but without
limitation, the following conditions, acts and sufferances are declared
to be unlawful:
(1)
The maintenance of any premises not provided with running water,
suitable water closet and toilet facilities, for all persons dwelling
or working therein.
(2)
Permitting the plumbing or plumbing fixtures to exist in any filthy
or unhealthful condition.
(3)
The maintenance of any building, room or dwelling, in such a state
of uncleanliness, or the crowding of persons in any building or room
in such manner as to endanger the health of persons dwelling or working
therein.
B.
Nuisances. Every water closet, bath, tub, washbowl, sink, wash tray
and every other drainage fixture, also every trap, waste pipe, drain
pipe, vent pipe and every other drainage appliance, and also, every
catch basin, sand basin, vault and also every cover of the same which
is not constructed in a workmanlike manner, or which is damaged, broken,
imperfect or defective, and also every untrapped drainage fixture,
is declared to be a nuisance, and any person who shall cause or maintain
any nuisance and who shall refuse or neglect to repair and make perfect
any defect in any water closet, bath tub, washbowl, sink, wash tray,
trap, waste pipe, drain pipe, vent pipe, or other drainage appliance
or portion thereof, or in any catch basin, sand basin or vault, or
in the covering thereof, shall be liable pursuant to the terms herein.
C.
Toilets. The owner of any building now erected, or which may be erected,
used as a dwelling, store, factory, workshop or garage, or any other
building where one or more persons are employed, shall, whenever the
public or private sewer is available, provide at least one toilet,
and as many more as may be required by the Board of Health, to be
connected with the public or private sewer.
No premises shall be rented, let, leased or occupied as a dwelling
or as a tenement house unless the premises shall have a plentiful
supply of pure water, suitable for domestic purposes, furnished at
one or more places in such house so that the same may be adequately
and reasonably convenient for the use of the occupants of the house.
[Amended by Ord. No. 12/13/73; Ord. No. 11/14/74; 10/12/1989; Ord. No. 2/8/90]
All owners of buildings, designed to be occupied, or occupied,
as residences by two or more families, and when the owners have agreed
to supply heat, that from October 1 of each year to the next succeeding
May 15, every unit of dwelling space and every habitable room therein
shall be maintained at least 70° F. between the hours of 6:00
a.m. and 11:00 p.m. At times other than those specified, interiors
of units of dwelling space shall be maintained at least 65° F.
The owner shall not be responsible, in meeting the aforesaid standards,
for the consequent drop in the interior temperature arising out of
the action by the occupants in leaving windows or doors open to the
exterior of the building.
A.
Rubbish or garbage.
(1)
It shall be the duty of all owners, lessees, tenants, or occupants
of any lot and land in the Borough to keep the sidewalks and gutters
in front of the lot and land free from any offensive substance, liquid
or solid, and from dirt, rubbish, waste or any other thing dangerous
to health, life or limb.
(2)
Every owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of any lot of ground or building
in the Borough shall, on notice in writing from the Board, remove
from the lot or building any rubbish, garbage or any other unhealthful
matter or substance which may be upon the lot or in such building.
B.
Accumulation of water.
(1)
Prohibited. No person being owner, lessee or tenant of any house
or building shall allow any water or liquid to run from or out of
his building or ground upon or across any sidewalks or curbstones,
and no such water or liquid or ice therefrom shall be allowed to accumulate
or remain on the surface of such curb, flagstone or passage.
(2)
Stagnant water. All sunken lots or submerged land or lots below grade
where stagnant water gathers or is collected, are declared a nuisance,
and any owner or agent of the lots or land shall, on notice in writing
from the Board, cause the same to be drained or to be filled with
fresh earth, ashes or cinders.
C.
Vacant or excavated lot. It shall be the duty of every owner, lessee
or tenant of any vacant, sunken or excavated lot to keep the same
at all times clean and inoffensive and to provide around the same,
a proper fence so as to effectually prevent the throwing or depositing
therein or thereupon of any garbage or offensive thing, and also to
prevent persons passing from falling into any excavation.
D.
Rainwater leaders. Rainwater leaders shall not be soil, waste or
vent pipes; nor shall any soil, waste or vent pipes be used as a leader;
nor shall any leader drain or other pipe used for the purpose of collecting
rainwater from a building or yard be connected to any pipe that is
connected to the sanitary sewers of the Borough.
E.
Extermination. Whenever a building is to be razed or torn down, the
person responsible for the work must first get an exterminator to
destroy the rats, rodents, bats and insects in the building to be
razed. The extermination should be done at least seven days before
and not more than six months before date of demolition.
[Added by Ord. No. 2/8/68]
F.
Overcrowding. No owner, lessee or keeper of any tenement house, lodging
house, boarding house shall cause or allow the same to be overcrowded
or cause or allow so great a number of persons to dwell, be or sleep
in any such house or any portion thereof as to cause any danger or
detriment to life or health.
G.
Disclosure required. Every agent or person having charge, control
or management, or who collects or receives the rent of any lands,
premises or other property in the Borough, shall disclose the name
of the owner of such land, premises or property, or the name of the
person for whom such agent or other person is acting, to the Board
upon application being made by any inspector, office or agent of this
Board.
