[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Marple 7-12-1971 as Ch. 66 of the 1971 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The rules and regulations of the Board of Health of the Township of
Marple, as approved by said Board on January 29, 1957, for the purpose of
promoting and protecting the health of the Township of Marple and the residents
thereof, be and are hereby approved.
No person, firm or corporation shall throw, sweep or deposit in any manner onto any sidewalk, street, road, ditch, gutters, storm sewers or public place, or onto the private premises of another, any ashes, rubbish, tin cans, offal, garbage, dead animals, decaying vegetable matter or organic waste substance or other debris of any kind within the limits of this township, and no putrid or decaying animal or vegetable matter shall be kept in any house cellar, structure or adjoining outbuildings or grounds for more than 96 hours, during which time such decaying matter shall be stored in containers as described in § 228-3.
It shall be the duty of every owner, tenant, lessee and occupant of
every and any residence, public house, club, private or public school, restaurant,
store, church or building within the limits of the township to provide and
at all times cause to be kept and provided suitable and sufficient covered,
watertight metal receptacles for the receiving and holding of, without leakage,
all of the garbage, offal or liquid substance derived therefrom that accumulates
on said premises within the period of 96 hours, each said receptacle to be
not larger than is convenient for one man to handle. Said receptacles shall
have handles, must be kept washed as needed and shall be placed out of doors
near the rear of the building at the ground level, at convenient places for
removal.
[Amended 1-8-1973 by Ord. 73-2]
A.
No owner, lessee or occupant of any developed or undeveloped
ground in Marple Township shall permit the accumulation of any ashes, rubbish,
tin cans, garbage, junked vehicles, dead animals or any other debris of any
nature whatsoever on said ground. Such owner, lessee or occupant shall be
responsible for the removal of any of the above-mentioned debris on such ground
notwithstanding the fact that such debris was placed on such ground by another.
B.
All food and feed within the Township of Marple utilized
for the feeding of chickens, cows, pigs, horses and other animals shall be
stored in rat-free and ratproof containers, compartments or rooms unless stored
in a ratproof building.
[Added 11-9-1987 by Ord. No. 87-20]
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit to accumulate
on any premises, improved or vacant, or on any open lot or alley in the Township
of Marple any lumber, firewood, boxes, barrels, containers or similar material
unless the same shall be placed off the ground, evenly piled or stacked.
[Added 11-9-1987 by Ord. No. 87-20]
When any lot or excavation in the township shall, from any cause whatsoever,
become the repository of stagnant water or of any decaying or offensive substance,
liquid or solid, it shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of said premises,
within a specified time given in written notice from the Board of Health,
to cause such lot or excavation to be drained or to be filled with clean earth
or other inoffensive substance.
No person or persons, firm or corporation, without the written consent
of the Board of Health and compliance with all other township ordinances,
shall build or use any building within the limits of the township as a slaughterhouse.
No pigpen shall be built or maintained in the township without the written
consent of the Board of Health and compliance with all other township ordinances.
No pens shall be constructed within 100 feet of any stream nor within 500
feet of any street or inhabited house, nor where as a source of fly breeding
it may become a menace to the public health. When garbage is fed to pigs,
the same shall be cooked and provisions made so that all unconsumed garbage
shall be removed daily and disposed of by burial or by such other means as
are authorized by the Board of Health in writing.
All stables constructed or maintained in accordance with all other township
ordinances shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. All accumulations
of manure shall be so disposed of as to prevent noxious odors, shall be covered
or screened and removed when so ordered by the Board of Health.
[Amended 6-9-1980 by Ord. No. 80-10; 9-11-1989
by Ord. No. 89-23; 3-14-1994 by Ord.
No. 94-8]
No privy or cesspool shall be cleaned or emptied without the contractor
proposing to do such work first obtaining an annual license from the Board
of Health, which license shall be granted on application with a fee as set
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners. No sewage emptied
from such privy or cesspool shall be introduced into the township sewers.
The cleaning, emptying and removing of the contents of privy vaults
or cesspools shall be performed only by such persons, firms or corporations
as shall be deemed qualified by the Board of Health and shall be done in an
inoffensive manner. Any person, firm or corporation having begun any such
work shall, without interruption or delay, finish the same, and shall in every
instance leave the privy or cesspool in as good condition upon the vault as
when the work was undertaken. The contents of the privy vaults or cesspools
so removed shall be conveyed to such places as approved by the Board of Health
in airtight receptacles so as to prevent the emission of noxious odors and
disposed of according to the directions of the Board of Health. The contents
of any privy or cesspool shall not be transported through the streets except
in a manner to prevent said contents from being exposed in the open air, unless
the Board of Health shall so permit in writing.
No privy or cesspool or other receptacle for human excrement shall be
constructed, maintained or used which directly or indirectly drains or discharges
over or upon the surface of the ground or into any waters of the state.
No privy shall hereafter be constructed in this township except where
building operations demand, and only upon written authorization by the Board
of Health. Such privy may be used in connection with such building operations
until such time as proper sanitary facilities can be provided and must be
maintained in an inoffensive and sanitary manner. During the period in which
such privy is in use, the contractor in charge of such building operation
shall, at least once each day, carry out such disinfection measures on the
contents of the privy as are approved by the Board of Health.
All privy vaults, cesspools or reservoirs as above named shall be cleaned
at any time when directed by the Board of Health.
No person, firm or corporation shall drain, empty, pump or allow to
run into or onto any ground, gutter, watercourse, alley or street the contents
of any kitchen, laundry or other wastewater or any liquids deleterious to
health. Such drainage, when not connected with a sewer, must be collected
into cesspools or drainage fields provided with proper traps and properly
covered, as authorized by the Board of Health and in compliance with all other
township ordinances.
Whenever any citizen of the township is desirous of lodging information
of the existence of any nuisance in any part of the township, he or she shall
be required to lodge such complaint at the township office, in writing, over
his or her signature, such complaint to designate the nature of the nuisance,
the location thereof and the name of the owner or occupant of the property
upon which it is alleged to exist. When special circumstances make the submission
of a written complaint impractical, a telephone report or complaint shall
be made to the office of the township; such telephonic report or complaint
shall be confirmed in writing as above described at the earliest possible
time. Telephonic reports or complaints during such times as the offices of
the township are not open for business shall be made to the dispatcher's
office of the Police Department of the township and shall be confirmed in
writing to the office of the township at the earliest possible time.
No person, firm or corporation shall collect or dispose of rubbish and
garbage within the township except in strict accordance with the provisions
of such ordinance or ordinances as may from time to time be adopted.
Any violation of any of the foregoing provisions shall be deemed to
constitute a nuisance and shall be subject to penalties herein provided for
such violation, and a violator shall also be liable for the payment of any
expense incurred for the abatement and remedy thereof.
[Amended 1-8-1973 by Ord. No. 73-2[1]]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which violates any provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment
of such fine and costs by imprisonment for not more than 30 days. Each day's
failure to comply with any such provision shall constitute a separate violation.
