[Adopted 12-11-1942; amended effective 2-1-1973; 3-3-1974]
Any person or persons 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 or abate from 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 said order.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Ch. 4, Sec. 3, regarding solid waste disposal, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code.
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 the 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 person, firm or corporation shall obtain a permit without first paying to the Clerk of said Board, for the use of the City, a fee as set from time to time by the Board of Health. 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.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code.
No person or persons shall place or cause to be placed or left in or upon any public or private street or way, enclosure of grounds, or in any body or stream of water within the limits of this town the body of any dead animals, 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 all 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 materials to the dump.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Ch. 4, Sec. 7, regarding combined collection of garbage and rubbish, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code.
No owner, occupant or agent of any building or premises shall permit any sewage, garbage, contents or drainage of a privy vault, cesspool or water closet or sink drain or any other filth to empty on the surface of the ground or enter into any ditch, brook, stream or body of water.
A. 
The owner or other person or persons having control of any existing building or buildings hereafter erected or converted into a dwelling to be occupied by one or more families, and from which a public sewer is accessible, shall, in a manner and within a period of time satisfactory to the Board of Health, cause such a building to be connected with such public sewer.
B. 
The owner or other person or persons having control of any existing building or buildings hereafter erected or converted into one or more stores or other places of business, and in which one or more persons are employed, shall provide sufficient toilet facilities, and wherever a public sewer is accessible, shall, in a manner and within a period of time satisfactory to the Board of Health, cause such stores or other places of business to be connected with such public sewer.
C. 
No cesspool, permanent privy vault, or other means of sewage disposal shall hereafter be constructed or installed in this City until a permit has first been obtained from the Board of Health.
D. 
All cesspools hereafter constructed shall be of approved material and, unless otherwise specified by the Board of Health, shall be located not less than 20 feet from any dwelling, not less than five feet from line of any street, court or passageway, and not less than five feet from line of adjoining lot, all measurements being taken from the nearest outer circumference, and shall be not less than six feet in depth, measuring from the lower rim of the inlet pipe, not less than six feet in diameter (inside measurements to a point of drawing in), and shall be provided with an iron cover and rim laid in cement. Overflow cesspools may be entirely covered with earth.
E. 
No permanent privy vault shall be constructed, or maintained on premises which are provided with a public water supply. All permanent privy vaults, hereafter constructed, shall be of approved materials and shall be flyproof, and, unless otherwise specified, shall be located not less than 20 feet from any dwelling, not less than 20 feet from the line of an adjoining lot, and not less than 20 feet from the line of any street, court or passageway, all measurements being taken from the nearest outer point of the vault.
F. 
Temporary privy vaults for the convenience of contractors or their employees may be erected or installed without a permit, but only under the following conditions. The vault must be at least two feet in depth and must be so located as to cause no annoyance to persons residing in the vicinity. The owner, contractor or agent shall cause the contents thereof to be treated in a sanitary manner, and immediately upon completion of the contract the contractor shall remove the privy, shall fill in the vault and leave the premises in a condition satisfactory to the Board of Health.
G. 
No indoor toilet or water closet, except that which is provided with proper means of flushing with water at time of using, where water is available, shall be hereafter installed on any premises in this City. Where water is not available for flushing, indoor chemical toilets of approved material and construction may be installed under special permit of the Board of Health, if proper provision is made for the final disposal of the contents thereof.
H. 
Whenever a water closet, privy vault, cesspool or drain becomes offensive or obstructed, the owner, agent or occupant of the premises shall cause the same to be cleaned and made free or otherwise corrected.
I. 
Every owner, occupant, or agent of premises in which there is any private sewer, drain, privy vault, or cesspool shall keep the same in a sanitary condition and shall have every privy vault and cesspool emptied and cleaned when necessary or at such times as ordered by the Board of Health. No privy vault or cesspool shall be emptied except by such parties and in such manner as shall be especially authorized by the Board of Health. If the owner or occupant fails to comply with such order, the Board may cause the nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness to be removed, and all expenses incurred thereby shall be paid by the person who caused or permitted same, if he has had actual notice from the Board of Health of the existence thereof.
A. 
No person shall keep within the limits of this City in any building, or on any premises or tract of land of which he may be the owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant, any cattle, swine, horses, birds, poultry, fowl, reptiles or any other animals without a permit from the Board of Health and then only in such places and manner as it shall direct. All such permits expire annually on December 31 and may be revoked by the Board at any time for cause.
B. 
No person shall keep any bird, fowl, reptiles, swine, cattle, horses, or any other animals when the Board of Health may deem such keeping detrimental to the health, or to create a nuisance to the residents of the neighborhood, or to those who may pass thereby; and said Board shall have the power to remove or cause to be removed therefrom any such cattle, swine, horses, birds, poultry, fowl, reptiles, or any other animals so kept.
C. 
No person or persons shall keep any birds, fowls, reptiles, swine, cattle, horses, or any other animals in any part of a dwelling house or store, nor in any coop or pen within 25 feet of a dwelling house. No person hereafter shall erect or convert a building, coop, or pen for the keeping of birds, fowl, or poultry of any kind unless said building, coop, or pen shall be located not less than 50 feet from the line of any street, court, or passageway, unless a permit in writing so specifying shall have been granted by the Board of Health. All poultry, fowl, or birds shall be kept within said building, coop, or pen.
D. 
The owners or persons in control of any buildings or premises in which any cattle, swine, horses, birds, poultry, fowl, reptiles, or any other animal are kept shall keep the buildings and premises clean and free from decaying food, filth, manure, dirt, or stagnant water. The buildings and pens shall be whitewashed or disinfected and put in such condition as may be ordered by the Board of Health.
E. 
The owner or other person or persons having control of any existing building or buildings hereafter erected or converted into a barn for the stabling of horses or other domestic animals shall keep their barns, stables, and yards clean, and shall provide suitable facilities for the reception of manure and other refuse matter. Wherever a public sewer is accessible, the Board of Health will decide as to the advisability of connecting such building with such sewer.
A. 
The Board of Health may prohibit the exercise of the following trades or employments: those of slaughtering animals, of rendering animal matter, of manufacturing fertilizers and soaps, of mixing or storing of refuse, or vegetable substances, of smoking fish or meat, of refining oils, of making egg dressing, varnish, glue, gas, gasoline or any burning fluid, except at the place or places where such trade or employments are now lawfully established or which may hereafter be assigned by the Board, such trades or employments being either nuisances or hurtful to the City, attended by noisome odors or otherwise injurious or dangerous to the public health.
B. 
No old rags, old papers or other refuse material shall be brought into or allowed to remain within any building used as a dwelling if gathered from any source outside of such building.
C. 
No person shall sell or offer for sale any secondhand wearing apparel, bedding, household furniture or household utensils that have been exposed to any communicable disease, or that is infected with vermin until the same has been cleansed and disinfected in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Health.
No person, by himself or by his agent, or as the servant or agent of any other person, firm or corporation, shall sell, exchange or deliver, or have in his or their possession with intent to sell, exchange or deliver, any ice from polluted sources or ice which upon chemical or bacteriological examination shows evidence of sewage or other objectionable contamination, or which is visibly polluted or soiled by dirt, or ice in or upon which there is any visible foreign matter.