Every person whether he be owner, tenant or
occupant of any dwelling house (other than an apartment house) shall
cause all garbage, swill and offal to be removed from the premises
at least once a week.
Every owner, lessor or agent of any building
which is a tenement house within the meaning of the Tenement House
Act, shall provide and maintain therein for the use of the tenants
proper receptacles for the storage of garbage and shall remove same
from the premises as often as is required.
Every proprietor of any hotel, restaurant, boarding
house, store, market or other establishment where food for human or
animal consumption is manufactured, prepared, handled, sold or served,
shall cause to be removed as often as necessary or as directed by
this Board, from the premises all garbage and other waste matter which
may accumulate thereon. All garbage and waste matter shall, while
on the premises be stored in such a manner as not to create a nuisance.
All garbage which may accumulate in the Borough
of Middlesex, or which may be stored or kept, or maintained therein
without violating this article, shall be kept in waterfight metal
receptacles provided with tightly fitting covers. Said metal receptacles
shall be kept clean and no water shall be allowed to enter therein
except for the purpose of cleaning. No garbage shall be burned at
any time.
No person shall permit any wagon or vehicle
used for the collection or removal of garbage, swill, offal or other
substance to stand in the streets or other public places within the
limits of this Borough at anytime, except when being loaded.
Nothing in this article shall be construed as
prohibiting any person, himself or his servants, from removing any
garbage, swill, offal or other waste matter from his own premises,
without a license; provided however, a permit if first obtained from
the Borough Clerk and the requirements of this article are in all
respects complied with, and provided further that no one shall remove
the body of a dead animal without permission from this Board, which
has, within a period of 10 days before death, bitten anyone or which
is suspected of having bitten anyone.
Any person who shall violate any section of
this article shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $10 and
not more than $100 upon conviction thereof in the Municipal Court
of Middlesex. Each day or part thereof during which such violation
shall continue, shall constitute a separate offense.