A.
Septic tanks, cesspools, privies.
(1)
No person shall construct or install a cesspool, septic
tank or privy in the Borough of Closter.
(2)
Whenever any premises contains a septic tank, cesspool
or privy which is abandoned or which the Board of Health determined
is in a dangerous condition, the same shall, upon notification to
the owner thereof, be promptly pumped out and filled with clean earth
by the owner or agent at the owner's expense.
B.
Portable toilets.
(1)
No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter place
or install a portable toilet in the borough without first obtaining
a permit from the Board of Health to do so. Said applicant shall provide
the following information as part of the permit application procedures:
(2)
No portable toilet shall be located within 200 feet
of any commercial food service operation or any surface waterway.
(3)
Portable toilets shall have watertight, completely
closed tanks for storage of wastes, shall be flyproof, shall be adequately
vented and shall be provided with cleanable seats.
C.
General provisions.
(1)
No person shall maintain a septic tank, cesspool,
privy or portable toilet which creates a nuisance as a result of overflow,
lack of absorption or faulty design or construction.
(2)
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
of cleaning or emptying septic tanks, privies, cesspools or portable
toilets shall use, in such instances, a suitable vehicle properly
provided with watertight, completely closed tanks or boxes designed
to prevent leakage onto the street or highways within the borough
and further designed to prevent the escape of offensive odors into
the atmosphere.
(3)
No person shall maintain, use or permit to be used
any receptacle for human waste unless such receptacle is so constructed
and maintained that flies cannot gain access to the excremental matter
contained therein and unless such wastes shall, at all times, be prevented
from flowing over or upon the surface of the ground.
