All persons engaged in the business of cleaning
cesspools shall first apply to the Department of Health for a license
to engage in such business.
[Amended 11-27-1990 by Ord. No. 90-105]
The application for such license shall be accompanied
by a fee of $50, and such licenses shall be renewed annually and the
sum of $50 paid for each renewal.
No license shall be granted for the cleaning
of cesspools unless the applicant is properly equipped with a tank
and other necessary paraphernalia.
After the cleaning of any cesspool, the lid
shall be properly replaced.
In case the cover is gone or broken, the cleaner
shall immediately notify the Director of the Health Department, who
shall immediately cause the owner to install a new cover at least
three inches in thickness, according to the provisions of the current
Plumbing Code of the City of Vineland.
[Added 9-25-1973 by Ord. No. 904]
All licensed cesspool cleaners shall submit
monthly reports to the Department of Health on forms provided by the
Department. Said reports shall contain such information as the Director
of the Department of Health deems necessary for the proper regulation
of cesspool cleaning in the City, including but not limited to the
names of the property owners serviced, the locations where effluent
was pumped out and the locations where effluent was deposited. Said
monthly reports shall be submitted on or before the 10th day of the
month for all activities for the immediately preceding month.
[Amended 5-13-1986 by Ord. No. 86-26; 8-28-1990 by Ord. No. 90-79]
Any person engaging in the business of cleaning cesspools without having obtained such license or who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalty.