Any open or unguarded well, cistern, cesspool
or excavation in which water has accumulated from any source, and
abandoned construction or mining excavations situated within the Township,
are hereby declared to a public nuisance.
Any public nuisance shall be abated without
further notice by the owner of the land on which the public nuisance
exists.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meaning indicated:
OPEN OR UNGUARDED WELL, CISTERN or CESSPOOL
One which is not securely covered by a cover sufficient to
withstand 500 pounds pressure per each 10 square feet of the cover
area, or completely enclosed by a permanent fence at least four feet
in height.
When any property owner violating any of the
provisions of this chapter fails or refuses to abate any of the aforesaid
nuisances, the Township Board of Health may, upon 10 days' written
notice to such owner, cause such nuisance or nuisances to be abated
and the reasonable cost of such abatement shall be chargeable against
the owner of the land on which such nuisance or nuisances shall have
existed.