[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, §§ 1, 20; amended by Ord. No. 990, § 1; Ord. No. 1369, § 1; Ord. No. 1383, § 1; Ord. No. 3152, 6-21-1988, § 2; Ord.
No. 3164, 9-13-1988, § 1]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
AIR POLLUTION
The presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air
contaminants in such quantities and duration as are or tend to be
injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life or would
unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
A-WEIGHTED SOUND LEVEL
The sound level in decibels, reported as measured by a sound
level measuring instrument having an A-weighing network which discriminates
against the lower frequencies according to a relationship approximating
the audio sensitivity of the human ear. The level so read is designated
"dBA."
COMMERCIAL FACILITY
Any premises, property or facility involving traffic in goods
or furnishing of services for sale or profit, including but not limited
to:
(a)
Banking and other financial institutions.
(c)
Establishments for providing retail services.
(d)
Establishments for providing wholesale services.
(e)
Establishments for recreation and entertainment.
COMMUNITY SERVICE FACILITY
Any nonresidential facility used to provide services to the
public, including but not limited to:
(a)
Club meeting halls, offices and facilities.
(b)
Organization offices and facilities.
(c)
Facilities for the support and practice of religion.
(d)
Private and parochial schools.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
Any disease of an infectious, contagious or pestilential
nature with which any person may be sick, affected or attacked, more
especially cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, varioloid, diphtheria,
ship or typhus, typhoid and scarlet fever, plague, trichinosis, membranous
croup, leprosy, syphilis and including any other disease of an infectious,
contagious or pestilential nature.
DECIBEL
The practical unit of measurement for sound pressure level;
the number of decibels of a measured sound is equal to 20 times the
logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of the sound pressure of a standard
sound (20 micropascals); abbreviated "dB."
ECONOMIC POISONS
Those chemicals used as insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides,
herbicides, nematocides or defoliants.
ENFORCING OFFICIAL
The Health Officer or other official authorized by the Department
of Health to enforce this Code.
FUEL-BURNING EQUIPMENT
Includes any furnace, boiler, apparatus, device, mechanism,
stack or structure used in the process of burning fuel or any other
combustible material.
GARBAGE
All animal, vegetable, fruit or food wastes, in liquid or
solid forms, of any kind.
HEALTH OFFICER
The Health Officer appointed by the Township Manager as his
agent, for the enforcement of this Code and all other ordinances or
regulations of the Department of Health relating to health matters
and the enforcement of the health laws of the state.
INDUSTRIAL FACILITY
Any activity and its related premises, property, facilities
or equipment involving the fabrication, manufacture or production
of durable or nondurable goods.
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
An apparatus in which the combustion of gaseous, liquid or
pulverized solid fuel takes place within one or more cylinders.
OCTAVE
Any two frequencies whose ratio is exactly 2:1.
OCTAVE BAND
A spectrum of sound frequencies between band edge frequencies
an octave apart. For purposes of this procedure, octave band frequencies
are as specified in Table 1, Page 11, of ANSI S1.11-1966 (R-1976),
Specifications for Octave, Half-Octave and Third-Octave Band Filter
Sets [see N.J.A.C. 7:29-2.12(a)1].
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
PERMIT
The permission of the Department of Health.
PERSON
Any individual, public or private corporation, political
subdivision, governmental agency, department or bureau of the state,
municipality, industry, copartnership or association.
PUBLIC PLACES
Parks, piers, docks and wharves and water and open spaces
adjacent thereto and public yards, grounds and areas and open spaces
between buildings and streets and all manner of buildings which the
public have access to and where people congregate, including churches,
theaters, moving-picture houses, stations, depots and other places
of like type.
PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITY
Any facility and its related premises, property or equipment
used to provide governmental services to the public, including but
not limited to:
(b)
Offices and buildings of agencies or instrumentalities of government.
(d)
Waste collection centers.
(f)
Water and sewerage facilities.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Property used for human habitation, including but not limited
to:
(a)
Private property used for habitation.
(b)
Commercial living accommodations and commercial property used
for human habitation.
(c)
Recreational and entertainment property used for human habitation.
(d)
Community service property used for human habitation.
RINGELMANN SMOKE CHART
The Ringelmann's scale for grading the density of smoke published
by the United States Bureau of Mines or any chart, recorder, indicator
or device for the measurement of smoke density which is approved by
the Department of Health of the state as the equivalent of said Ringelmann's
scale.
ROOM
Any room commonly used for living purposes, not including
any space in a dwelling used as a lobby, hallway, closet, bathroom,
kitchen, storage space, utility room, sun porch, unfinished attic,
cellar or any other room having a floor space of less than 70 square
feet.
SMOKE
Includes small gas-borne and air-borne particles in sufficient
number to be observable and arising from a process of combustion.
SOUND LEVEL
The sound pressure level measured in decibels with a sound
level meter set for A-weighing; sound level is expressed in dBA.
SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL
The level of a sound measured in dB units with a sound level
meter which has a uniform (flat) response over the band of frequencies
measured.
STACK or CHIMNEY
A flue, conduit or opening permitting particulate or gaseous
emissions into the open air or constructed or arranged for such purposes.
STREET
Avenues, sidewalks, gutters, places and public alleys.
TATTOO
To mark or color the human skin by pricking in coloring matter
so as to form indelible marks or figures or by the production of scars.
TATTOO ARTIST
Any person who actually performs the work of tattooing.
TATTOO ESTABLISHMENT
Any room or space where tattooing is practiced or where the
business of tattooing is conducted, or any part thereof.
TATTOO OPERATOR
Any person who controls, operates, conducts or manages any
tattoo establishment, whether actually performing the work of tattooing
or not.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 2]
There shall be appointed by the Township Manager an officer
known as the "Health Officer," who shall perform all the duties required
by this chapter and such ordinances and resolutions relating to the
enforcement of this Code and all other ordinances of the Township
and the health laws of the state.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 28]
Whenever any health law of this state, this Code or any ordinance
or regulation of the Department of Health shall provide that a notice
or notification shall be given by the Department of Health to any
person violating the provisions of such law, ordinance or regulation,
the Health Officer shall be invested with the power and authority
to give such notice in the absence of other notice given by the Department
of Health.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 27]
Every member of the Department of Health and all officers and
agents thereof shall by virtue of their respective appointments be
vested with the power and authority to make the inspections and examinations
required by any health law of this state to be made by the local Department
of Health or required by this Code or any ordinance, regulation or
order of the Department. All persons are prohibited from interfering
with or obstructing such inspection, examination or execution.
[Ord. No. 1015, § 1; amended by Ord. No. 3073, 3-10-1987, § 1; Ord.
No. 3246, 12-12-1989, § 11]
All fees are contained in Appendix III of Chapter
2.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 19]
In addition to the duties prescribed to be performed by the
laws of the state, the Registrar of Vital Statistics shall perform
such other duties as may be required of him and report on such duties
to the Township Council at least once each month.
[Ord. No. 3073, 2-10-1987, § 1; amended by Ord. No. 3246, 12-12-1989, §§ 12 and 13]
(a) Basement apartments situated in apartment buildings and occupied by a resident superintendent shall be approved by and a permit shall be obtained from the Health Department. Such apartments shall conform to Chapter
33, Development Regulations, Article
V, Zoning. All such permits shall expire on January 1 of the year following issue. The fee shall be as contained in Appendix III of Chapter
2.
(b) A permit shall be obtained from the Health Department for all cellar
or basement dwellings used for sleeping purposes by domestics in the
employ of the occupant-owners. All such permits shall expire on January
1 of the year following issue.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 14]
Whatever is dangerous to human health, or whatever renders the
ground, the water or the air a hazard or a potential danger to human
health, is declared a nuisance.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 26]
The Department of Health, under the general laws as to the abatement
of nuisances or matters prejudicial to health, shall take such measures
as in its judgment the interest of the public health may require.
No act, place or thing shall be deemed a nuisance within the provisions
of this chapter which shall be authorized by a permit from the Department
of Health. Such permit shall be issued in the discretion of and be
revocable at the pleasure of the Department of Health, but immediately
upon such revocation the provisions of this chapter shall apply as
though the permit had never been granted.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 4]
No person shall carry on any trade, manufacture or business
within the Township which may be obnoxious or offensive to the inhabitants
of the Township and which may be attended by noisome and offensive
fumes or odors without first having obtained a permit therefor to
be granted by the Department of Health. Such permit shall be granted
on such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Department
of Health. The applicant for such permit shall subscribe to such terms
or conditions before receiving the permit. Such permit shall not be
transferable in case of the sale or transfer of a business, in which
case a new application shall be made in the name of the parties who
propose to conduct the business. The trade, manufacture or business
may be at any time summarily abated in case of failure or neglect
to comply with the terms and conditions of the permit and any such
trade, manufacture or business which may be established within the
Township, without having first obtained the permit provided for in
this section, shall be summarily abated.
[Ord. No. 1383, § 2]
Fuel-burning equipment which comes under the jurisdiction of
this chapter shall be inspected by the enforcing official as often
as he deems it necessary to determine that such equipment is in such
condition that it can be operated in compliance with provisions of
this chapter.
[Ord. No. 3164, 9-13-1988, § 1]
(a) Notwithstanding compliance with other chapters, sections or subsections
of this chapter, no person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit to
be emitted into the outdoor atmosphere substances in quantities which
shall result in air pollution as defined herein.
(b) The provisions of Subsection
(a) of this section shall not apply to the use of economic poisons as defined herein.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 5]
No person shall be allowed to place anywhere within the Township,
or carry through the Township without proper cover, anything of whatever
nature that shall produce offensive odors or that may be annoying
or dangerous to the public health, and no person shall be permitted
to empty any house drainage or offensive matter into the street gutters.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 6]
The owner of any animal or fowl which may have died or have
been killed upon a public street, avenue or other place shall, within
24 hours after such death or killing, remove the carcass of such animal
or fowl from such public street, avenue or other public place and
dispose of the carcass in a sanitary manner.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 8]
No person owning or occupying any building or premises shall
use the same, or permit or rent the same to be used, for any business
or employment or for any purpose of pleasure or recreation if such
shall disturb or destroy the peace of the neighborhood in such a manner
as to be dangerous or detrimental to health.
[R.O. 1958, Ch. 18, § 9; amended by Ord. No. 1930, 10-6-1981, § 1; Ord.
No. 3213, 6-13-1989, § 1; Ord. No. 3543; 3-24-1998, § 1; Ord. No. 3743, 1-7-2003, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, suffer,
permit, allow or cause to be made or continued, upon any premises
or in any vehicle owned, occupied or controlled by such person or
another, or upon any public street, thoroughfare or parking lot, or
in any public park, playground, gathering place or means of public
transportation, any excessive, unnecessary or unusually loud noise
which either annoys, injures, disturbs or endangers the comfort, health,
repose, peace or safety of others within the Township and which is
unreasonable and unnecessary in the circumstances or which is so harsh,
prolonged or unusual in its use, time and place as to annoy, disturb
or endanger the comfort, health, repose, peace or safety of others
within the Township and which is unreasonable and unnecessary in the
circumstances. Loud, disturbing, injurious or unnecessary noises in
violation of this section are hereby declared to be a nuisance and
are prohibited; they include but are not limited to the following,
if they are unreasonable and unnecessary in the circumstances:
(a) Any such noise which disturbs the peace; the blowing of whistles
or horns; the ringing of bells; the barking of dogs; the playing of
musical instruments; noisy deliveries; noisy service of motor vehicles;
operation of noisy motor vehicles; other noisy motor vehicles; the
use of muffler cutouts; the operation of power tools, including power
lawn equipment; the use of sound reproduction systems; loudspeakers
and public address systems or similar devices; or the creation in
any manner of other loud noises which are unreasonable and unnecessary
in the circumstances.
(b) No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the operation of any tools or equipment used in the construction, drilling, earth moving, excavating or demolition work, or the operation of any power lawn equipment, including mowers, leaf blowers, edgers or trimmers, before the hour of 6:30 a.m. and after 8:00 p.m. on weekdays, and before 7:30 a.m. and after 8:00 p.m. on weekends and legal holidays as established in §
36-5 of the Code of the Township of Teaneck unless an emergency has been declared by the Township Manager or his designee or such work occurs within an industrial or commercial zone and the resulting noise does not impact on any residential property.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 7; amended by Ord. No. 1441, § 1; Ord. No. 1930, 10-6-1981, § 2]
(a) No person owning, occupying or having in charge any building or other
premises shall keep or allow thereon or therein any animals or birds
which shall by loud and unnecessary noise so disturb anyone in the
vicinity that his health is adversely affected thereby.
(b) No person shall at any time keep or allow in the rear, front or side
yard of any building or premises any animal, attended or unattended,
which shall disturb or destroy the peace of the neighborhood.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 11]
No person shall allow the accumulation of dirt, filth or other
obstructions in the gutters.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 12; amended by Ord. No. 1295, § 1; Ord. No. 3073, 2-10-1987, § 1]
The pollution of any stream, well, spring or reservoir of water
used for drinking purposes is prohibited. All wells must be licensed
by the Township Department of Health and shall be subject to the following
regulations:
(a) Cross-connection with other water systems is prohibited.
(b) All nonpotable supplies shall be clearly marked NOT FOR DRINKING
PURPOSES.
(c) Potable water supplies must conform with the standards as set forth
in P.L. 1954, c. 199, Laws of New Jersey.
(d) Well owners shall, upon the request of the Department of Health of
the Township, engage the services of an approved laboratory for bacterial
or chemical analysis of water samples.
(e) Abandoned wells must be sealed in accordance with Health Department
directives. The Health Department shall be notified prior to closing
or abandoning any well.
(f) The Department of Health may revoke a well license if the well becomes
a potential hazard to health or is a public nuisance.
(g) All wells shall be subject to inspection, which inspection shall
be made by the Township Health Officer and Plumbing Subcode Official.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(h) All wells shall be registered and licensed by the Health Department.
(i) Prior to construction of any well, a construction permit shall be
obtained from the Health Department.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 16]
All sunken lots or marshlands or lots below grade where stagnant
water gathers or is collected are declared nuisances, and any owner,
agent or tenant of any such lots shall, on written notice from the
Department of Health, correct and abate such nuisance in the manner
prescribed by the Department in the notice. No owner, tenant or agent
shall fail to comply with such notice within the period named in such
notice.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 13]
If any well or spring in the Township or any water used for
drinking purposes is found to be polluted or to be the cause of any
sickness, the Department of Health shall order the same to be closed
or not to be used.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 17]
It shall be unlawful to provide a common drinking cup in any
public park, street or way, or in any building or premises used as
a public institution, hotel, theater, public hall or public school
or in any railroad station or railway car.
[Ord. No. 1369, 32]
It shall be unlawful for any person in the Township to operate
a tattoo establishment or engage in the practice or business of tattooing,
as a tattoo operator or as a tattoo artist, except that tattooing
may be performed for medical purposes under the direct supervision
of a person licensed to practice medicine in the state.