Any person or person owning or having control of any building or premises shall keep the same in a clean condition, and any such person having control of any building or premises, in or upon which there is any substance or material, or any condition, which is or may become a source of danger to the public health or a nuisance, shall, when ordered by the Board of Health in writing, remove or abate the same within the time specified in said order.
Any person or persons owning or having control of any premises abutting on a private way, and having the right to use such private way, shall, when ordered by the Board of Health in writing, remove from or abate that part of said private way adjoining such premises, any substance, material or condition which is or may become a menace to the public health or a nuisance, and such removal or abatement shall take place within the time specified in such order.
House offal, commonly called "garbage" or "swill," shall be placed in suitable watertight receptacles properly covered and so located that the house offal may be easily removed by persons authorized by the Board of Health. Receptacles used for the storing of house offal shall at all times be kept in a reasonably clean condition. No metal, glass, crockery, poisonous substance, or paper or substances other than house offal shall be placed in such receptacles.
No person shall remove or transport garbage, offal or other offensive material through any public street, court, lane or way without first obtaining a permit from the Board of Health, and provided further that he shall remove and transport the material herein mentioned in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be established by said Board. All such permits shall expire on December 31 of the year in which they are issued, but may be renewed annually. They may be revoked by the Board at any time for cause. No permit shall be transferred except with the approval of the Board. Carts or vehicles used for transporting offensive material shall be watertight and shall be securely covered with a wood, iron or canvas cover. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent a householder from disposing of garbage, offal or other offensive material from his own household without a permit from the Board of Health, provided he shall remove, transport, or dispose of such garbage, offal or other offensive material in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Health.
No person or persons shall place or cause to be placed or left in or upon any public or private street or way, enclosure or grounds, or in any body or stream of water within the limits of this Town, the body of any dead animal, fowl, or any substance or material that is or may become offensive or cause a nuisance, or may tend to obstruct the flow of any stream.
The owner, agent or lessee of any land or enclosure used as a dump, either public or private, shall cause all offensive matter dumped thereon to be immediately covered, and any other refuse matter dumped thereon to be kept leveled and the premises kept in such a manner as to cause no nuisance during the process of filling. No person shall dump any offensive material upon any dump unless permitted to do so by the Board of Health, and all such offensive materials shall be properly disposed of to the approval of the Board of Health. All possible care shall be used in preventing the escape of dust and papers from the dump and from the vehicle used in conveying waste material to the dump.
No owner, occupant or agent of any building or premises shall permit any sewage, garbage, contents or drainage of a privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or water closet or sink drain or any other filth to empty on the surface of the ground or enter into any drain designed for the removal of surface water or any ditch, brook, stream or body of water.