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.