Every person, whether he be owner, tenant or occupant of any dwelling
house (other than an apartment house or tenement house), shall cause all garbage,
swill and offal to be removed from the premises at least twice each week,
except that such garbage may be burned on the premises in an incinerator of
a type approved by this Board and in such manner that no nuisance is created.
All trash, rubbish, paper and cans shall be stored in suitable receptacles
and then removed from the premises at least once per week.
Every owner, lessor or agent of any building which is a tenement house
within the meaning of the State Tenement House Act shall provide and maintain
therein for the use of the tenants proper receptacles for the storage of garbage
and shall remove from the premises all garbage, offal and rubbish at least
daily.
Every proprietor of any hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse, store, market
or other establishment where food for human or animal consumption is manufactured,
prepared, handled, sold or served shall at regular intervals cause to be removed
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 manner as not to create a nuisance.
All garbage which may accumulate in this municipality or which may be
stored, kept or maintained therein without violating this article shall be
kept in watertight metal receptacles provided with tightly fitting covers
(except that barrels may be used for vegetable trimmings if removed daily).
Said metal receptacles shall be kept clean and no water shall be allowed to
enter therein except for the purpose of cleaning.
No ashes or rubbish shall be placed in the same receptacle containing
garbage, swill or offal.
[Amended 3-18-1975]
No person shall collect or convey through the streets of this municipality
any garbage, swill, offal or dead animals without first registering with the
Board of Health.
No person shall convey garbage, swill or offal through or along any
street within this municipality except in watertight metal or metal-lined
receptacles with tightly fitting covers of like material. Said receptacles
shall be kept tightly covered at all times while in this municipality except
while being loaded or unloaded.
No person shall permit any wagon or vehicle used for the collection
or removal of garbage, swill, offal or dead animals to stand in the streets
or other public places within the limits of this municipality at any time
except when being loaded or unloaded.
No person shall permit any garbage, swill, offal or dead animals collected
or removed under the provisions of this article to remain or be disposed of
within the limits of this municipality except by written consent of this Board.
Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting any person,
himself or his servants, from removing any garbage, offal or other waste matter
from his own premises without a license; provided, however, a permit is first
obtained from this Board and the requirements of this article are in all respects
complied with, and provided further that no one shall remove the body of an
animal which has, within a period of 14 days before death, bitten anyone or
which is suspected of having bitten anyone, without permission from this Board.
