[Amended 12-16-2020 by Ord. No. BH 01-2020]
Any matter, thing, condition or act, which after
investigation by the health officer, his or her designee, or other
appropriate enforcing official(s) is deemed to be injurious, detrimental,
disturbing or a menace to the public health, welfare or environment,
or is deemed to be an annoyance or interference with the comfort or
well-being of the inhabitants of the Township, is hereby declared
to be a nuisance and shall include, but not limited to the following:
A.
Garbage and excrement. Depositing, maintaining or
permitting to be maintained or to accumulate upon any public or private
property any household wastewater, sewage, garbage, tin cans, offal
or excrement; any decaying fruit, vegetables, fish, meat or bones;
any oyster or clam shells; any dead animals; or any foul, putrid or
obnoxious liquid or substance.
B.
Mosquito larvae. Any water or liquid in which mosquito
larvae may or do exist.
C.
Fly larvae. Any accumulation of manure or animal or
vegetable matter in which fly larvae or pupae exist.
D.
Spitting. Spitting upon any public sidewalk or crossing
or upon the floor or any part of any building or public conveyance.
E.
Garbage containers. Any container or utensil in which
garbage, offal, scraps, waste food and any other putrescible material
is held in or upon any premises and which is not watertight at all
times to exclude flies, rodents and vermin or from which the contents
thereof are not completely removed from the premises at least once
in each week.
F.
Wells. Any well or other supply of water used for
drinking or household purposes which is polluted or which is so situated
or constructed that it may become polluted.
H.
Smoke. Emission from any premises of any smoke, gases,
soot, stench or other substance in quantity or strength sufficient
to cause injury or hazard to health.
I.
Chimneys, stacks, pipes and flues. Any chimney, smokestack,
pipe or flue or any part thereof or any connection therewith that
is so defective or out of repair as to allow coal gas or other noxious
fumes to escape into the building; any gas pipe or other fixture that
allows illuminating gas to escape into the building.
J.
Hydrocyanic acid gas. The use of hydrocyanic acid
gas or any product of cyanogen or any other substance poisonous to
animal life or human beings for fumigating or disinfecting any structure
or premises in the township without first having obtained a permit
so to do from the Board of Health.
K.
Common drinking cup. Any common drinking cup or utensil
in any park, playground, railroad station, theater, school, club,
boardinghouse, public hall, amusement ground, public washroom or lavatory
or in any place where a number of people congregate or are employed.
L.
Vehicles. Maintaining in a dirty or unsanitary condition
any vehicle used for hire or for the transportation of the public.
M.
Manure. Maintaining any manure pit, box or other receptacle
within 30 feet of any dwelling or without a tight-fitting cover or
without having the contents thereof completely removed at least once
each week.
N.
Animals. The keeping of any animal or animals in such
a manner as to cause a safety hazard, annoyance, or unsanitary condition,
or present a source of foulness, odor or breeding of insects, rodents
or other vermin; or the housing of agricultural animals or animals
kept for sale, including but not limited to horses, cattle, swine,
sheep or fowl in any building used as a habitation for human beings
or within 50 feet from the nearest outside wall thereof.
O.
Transportation of garbage, swill or offal. The conveying
of garbage, swill or offal through or along any street within the
township except in watertight metal or metal-lined receptacles with
tightly fitting covers of like material, which said receptacles shall
be kept tightly covered at all times when in the township except while
being loaded or unloaded.
No person shall create, commit, maintain or
suffer to be created, committed or maintained any nuisance as defined
in the foregoing section of this article.
