[Adopted 1-11-1932 by Ord. No. 264, approved 1-11-1932]
No privy vault, cesspool or similar receptacle for human excrement
shall be constructed or shall be hereafter maintained upon any property
where the property adjoins a street or alley in which is laid a sewer.
Any privy vault, cesspool or similar receptacle now constructed or
hereafter constructed on any lot, place or parcel of ground abutting
on or contiguous to any public sewer within the limits of the Borough
of Eddystone shall be and the same is hereby declared to be a public
nuisance.
After a connection has been made to a sewer, the privy vault,
cesspool or similar receptacle shall be abandoned, cleaned and filled
under the supervision of the Mayor, at the expense of the property
owner.
Where it is not possible to make a connection with a sewer,
the owner or agent of the property on which there is a privy vault,
cesspool or similar receptacle shall keep such receptacle in a sanitary
condition, flytight and from becoming full and overflowing, and from
time to time shall use some approved disinfectant.
The Board of Health, under the supervision of the Mayor, shall
compel observance of the provisions of this article and may abate
any said nuisance or do any work referred to herein upon neglect of
the owner so to do, at the expense of the owner of the property by
suit at law or by filing a lien in accordance with existing laws relating
thereto, or may proceed against the offender for the penalties hereinafter
provided.
If said Mayor decides to abate any such nuisance, the owner
or agent of the property where the nuisance exists shall be first
given 30 days' notice in the case of cleaning or disinfecting
an outside toilet or water closet.
[Amended 2-17-1975 by Ord. No. 438; 1-9-1989 by Ord. No. 524, approved 1-9-1989]
Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of any of the
provisions of this article before any District Justice shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs of prosecution and,
in default thereof, to imprisonment in the county jail for a term
not to exceed 30 days.
