[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 108, Nuisances.
A. 
Any and every person who creates, continues or maintains any place or condition detrimental to health adjudged by the Board of Health to constitute a nuisance shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this chapter and shall be liable for the expense of the abatement and remedy thereof and be subject to the penalty prescribed for violation of any of the provisions herein.
B. 
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
NUISANCES
Includes, without being limited to, pools of stagnant water, faulty water drains, faulty sewers, dead animals, discharge of laundry and kitchen wastes onto streets and alleys, cesspools, privy vaults, stables, accumulations of filth, garbage and rubbish, discharge of industrial wastes or raw sewage into streams, noxious weeds, dense smoke, noxious fumes from industrial plants, stockyards, slaughterhouses, pigsties, use of a common drinking cup and use of a common towel.
The Board of Health is hereby authorized and empowered to recommend such rules and regulations as it may deem proper and necessary for the better protection of public health and the maintenance of cleanliness and sanitary conditions within the Borough and for the enforcement of this chapter, upon the approval of Council.
All buildings and other structures used for human or animal habitation shall conform to the following standards:
A. 
All yards, lawns, courts and private driveways shall be kept free from accumulations of rubbish, which shall include any discarded animal, vegetable or mineral material, and from vermin and rodent infestation.
B. 
Each basement or cellar shall be kept in such physical condition as to prevent accumulations of water and/or impure air and shall at all times be fully ventilated and kept free from accumulations of rubbish, which shall include any discarded material, whether animal, vegetable or mineral, and from all vermin and rodent infestation.
C. 
Every dwelling and every dwelling unit shall be weatherproof and capable of being adequately heated, and the heating equipment in every dwelling and dwelling unit shall be maintained in good order and repair and shall be of a type to be approved by the Plumbing Inspector of the Borough.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 125, Plumbing.
D. 
All apparatus, implements or devices used for heating purposes or for the cooking of food shall be maintained in good order and repair and shall be of a type to be approved by the Plumbing Inspector of the Borough.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 125, Plumbing.
E. 
The floors and walls of every dwelling and every dwelling unit shall be kept free from dampness.
F. 
Every habitable room in a dwelling or dwelling unit shall contain a window or windows opening directly to the outside air, and the total area of such window or windows shall not be less than 10% of the floor area of such room. All window sash shall be glazed and provided with suitable hardware so that such window or windows open to the extent of not less than 5% of the floor area of such room.
G. 
No room in any basement or cellar shall be occupied as a habitable room unless:
(1) 
The clear inner height is at least eight feet.
(2) 
The uppermost four feet of the required clear inner height is above the average outside ground level.
(3) 
The floors and walls are waterproof and dampproof in accordance with an approved method, if in contact with earth. Such waterproofing shall be between the floor or wall finish and the ground.
H. 
No room shall be used for sleeping purposes unless there are at least 400 cubic feet of air space and 50 square feet of floor space for each person over the age of 12 years and at least 200 cubic feet of air space and 30 square feet of floor space for each child under the age of 12years occupying such room. No room used for sleeping purposes shall have a floor area of less than 60 square feet.
I. 
The occupancy of any dwelling unit having more than one habitable room shall not exceed an average of 1 1/2 persons per habitable room. For the purpose of this subsection, any child under one year of age shall not be counted and any child more than one year of age but under 20 years of age shall be deemed to be 1/2 person.
J. 
In every dwelling unit containing two or more rooms, there shall be running water and at least one sink connected to the public sewer or to an approved sewage disposal system.
K. 
There shall be at least one water closet for each 12 persons or fraction thereof occupying a dwelling, which water closet shall be within and accessible from within the building, and there shall be one such toilet or water closet on each floor of the dwelling which is occupied as an apartment.
L. 
All plumbing, water closets and other plumbing fixtures in every dwelling or dwelling unit shall be maintained in good order and repair and in accordance with the requirements of the Plumbing Code of the Borough of Prospect Park[3] and of this chapter and all regulations thereunder.
[3]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 125, Plumbing.
M. 
Every toilet room and every bathroom in a dwelling shall be provided with such receptacles to contain all garbage, rubbish and ashes as may be necessary, and all such receptacles shall at all times be maintained in good order and repair. Receptacles for garbage shall be watertight and provided with tight covers.[4]
[4]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 86, Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse.
N. 
There shall be for each dwelling unit a separate access to either a hallway, landing, stairway or street.
O. 
All courts, yards or other areas on the premises of every dwelling shall be graded and drained so as to prevent accumulation of water or waste.
P. 
Every dwelling unit shall be provided with a separate toilet or water closet.