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Editor's Note: For state law as to authority of Township relative
to unfit dwellings generally, see N.J.R.S., §§ 40:48-2.3
to 40:48-2.12.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 31]
No owner, agent or lessee of any building or any part thereof
shall lease or let or hire out any building or any portion thereof
to be occupied as a place in which anyone shall dwell or lodge, except
when such building or such part thereof is sufficiently lighted, ventilated,
provided and accommodated and is in all respects in that condition
of cleanliness and wholesomeness for which this chapter or any law
of the state provides.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 33]
No person having the right and legal power to prevent the same
shall knowingly cause or permit any person to sleep or remain in any
cellar or in any place dangerous or prejudicial to life or health
by reason of a want of ventilation or drainage, or by reason of the
presence of any poisonous, noxious or offensive substance.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 34; Ord. No. 990, § 1]
No person shall occupy or let to another for occupancy any dwelling
or dwelling unit for the purpose of living therein which violates
any of the following provisions:
(a)
No family unit shall be overcrowded. A family unit shall be considered
to be overcrowded if there are more persons living in the dwelling
than 1 1/2 times the number of rooms permitted to be used for
sleeping purposes, as set forth in this section.
(b)
No part of a dwelling, except a room, shall be used for sleeping
purposes.
(c)
No sleeping room shall be occupied by more than two adults and one
child under eight years of age, or by more than three children under
twelve years of age, when space permits.
(d)
Every room occupied for sleeping purposes shall contain at least
400 cubic feet of air space, and at least 50 square feet of floor
space for each adult and at least 200 cubic feet of air space for
each child under ten years of age and at least 30 square feet of floor
space.
(e)
Children
under one year of age will not be counted as part of the allowed number
of persons under this section.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 35; amended by Ord. No. 1033, § 2]
Every apartment house and every part thereof shall be kept clean
and free from any accumulation of dirt, filth, garbage or other matter
in or on the same, or in the yard, court, passage, area or alley connected
with or belonging to the same. The owner, agent, lessee or occupant
of any apartment house or part thereof shall thoroughly cleanse all
the rooms, basements, cellars, passages, stairs, floors, windows,
doors, walls, ceilings, cesspools and drains thereof of the house
or part of the house of which he is owner, agent, lessee or occupant
so often as shall be required by the Department of Health or its officers.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 35; amended by Ord. No. 1033, § 2]
The owner of an apartment house shall, when notified to do so
by the Department of Health, and in the absence of a contract or agreement
to the contrary, well and sufficiently paint and plaster or decorate
the walls and ceilings of such building as required. Where the owner
is a corporation, such corporation and the president, secretary and
treasurer thereof and also the superintendent and the manager of the
premises shall each be liable for any failure to comply with this
provision.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 36; amended by Ord. No. 1033, § 3]
No premises shall be rented, let, leased or occupied as an apartment
house unless such premises shall have a plentiful supply of pure water,
suitable for domestic purposes, furnished at one or more places in
such house or so that such water may be adequate and reasonably convenient
for the use of the occupants of such house. It shall be the duty of
every person who shall have contracted or undertaken, or shall be
bound to furnish hot water for any building or portion thereof, occupied
as a home or place of residence, to provide such hot water 24 hours
per day at a minimum temperature of 120° F.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 37]
Whenever the interior of any building is to be redecorated by
the use of wallpaper, it shall be unlawful for any person to place
wallpaper over old paper then upon such ceilings or walls of such
building, but in such case, all old paper then upon such walls and
ceilings to be redecorated shall be removed before new or other wallpaper
shall be placed upon the walls or ceilings of the interior of any
building.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 15]
Any imperfect trap, sink or water closet within any building
or any other drainage appliance or fixture within any building, from
which there shall arise any foul or obnoxious gas or odor, is declared
a nuisance.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 18, § 38; amended by Ord. No. 990, § 2]
Whenever it shall be decided by the Department of Health that
any building or part thereof is unfit for human habitation, by reason
of its being overcrowded, infected with disease or by reason of its
being in a condition dangerous to health or life, or likely to cause
sickness among the occupants and notice of such decision shall have
been affixed conspicuously on the building or any part thereof so
decided to be unfit for human habitation and personally served upon
the owner, agent or lessee if the same can be found in the state,
or by registered mail to the last-known address of the owner, agent
or lessee if the same is located out of the state, requiring all persons
or number of persons therein to vacate such buildings or part thereof,
for the reasons to be stated therein, such building or part thereof
shall, within ten days thereafter, be vacated, or in case of special
emergency within such shorter time as in such notice may be specified.
[Ord. No. 1294, § 1]
(a)
Sanitation and housekeeping. The sanitation and housekeeping at all
places of employment shall be such as to promote a healthful environment.
No unsanitary or unclean condition shall exist or be permitted to
exist. All places of employment, passageways, stairs, floors, walls,
locker rooms, ceilings, toilet rooms, service rooms and storerooms
shall be kept clean and in a sanitary condition. Every factory building
and every place of employment and every part thereof, and the yard,
court, cellar, passage, areaways or alleys connected with the same
shall be kept clean and free of any accumulation of dirt, filth, garbage
or other matter of any source of foulness or odors. The owner, agent,
lessee or occupant of any factory building or place of employment
or part thereof shall thoroughly cleanse all the rooms, passages,
stairs, floors, windows, doors, sidewalls, ceilings and drains thereof
and shall well and sufficiently paint the sidewalls and ceilings thereof.
(1)
The floor of every workroom shall be maintained in a clean,
orderly and so far as possible, dry condition. Where wet processes
are used, suitable drainage shall be maintained and false floors,
platforms, mats or other dry standing places shall be provided.
(2)
Every floor, working place and passageway shall be kept free
of protruding nails, splinters or holes and loose or defective boards
and flooring.
(3)
So far as practical, sweeping and cleaning shall be done outside
of working hours and in such manner as to avoid the contamination
of the air with dust.
(4)
Expectorating upon the walls, floors, workplaces or stairs or
any other part of any establishment covered by these regulations shall
not be permitted.
(5)
Use of the common drinking cup is prohibited. When and where
single-service cups are provided, such cups shall be of the disposable
type, to be used but once, and there shall be provided a suitable
enclosed container for unused cups and a receptacle for disposing
of used cups. Where sanitary drinking fountains are provided, they
shall meet the following requirements: the jet of drinking fountains
shall issue from a nozzle of nonoxidizing, impervious material set
at an angle from the vertical such as to prevent the return of water
in the jet to the orifice from whence the jet issues; he nozzle and
every other opening in the water pipe or conductor leading to the
nozzle should be above the edge of the bowl, to prevent flooding in
case of drain clogging.
(6)
In all places of employment where employees are permitted to
lunch on the premises, an adequate space suitable for that purpose
shall be provided for the maximum number of employees who may use
such space at any one time. A covered receptacle shall be provided
and used for disposing of all waste food and debris. In every establishment
where there is exposure to injurious dusts, industrial poison, toxic
materials or other substance that may be injurious to health, a separate
lunchroom shall be maintained unless it is convenient for the employees
to lunch away from the premises.
(b)
Temperature, humidity and air movement. There shall be provided in
each and every place of employment a minimum temperature of 68°
F. on the inside of each occupied area during the usual working hours.
Natural or mechanical ventilation shall be provided in all places
of employment to ensure a healthful and a comfortable environment
as regards temperature, humidity, heat radiation and air movement.
This requirement shall not apply to places of employment or portions
thereof used and occupied for trades, business or occupations where,
due to the inherent nature of such occupation, trade or business,
abnormally high or low temperatures are essential.
(c)
Illumination. The quality and quantity of illumination in any place
of employment shall be adequate to permit the performance of all necessary
work in a safe manner and without injury to the eyes. The requirements
for lighting any workplace or place of employment shall not be less
than the minimum requirements specified by the American Standard Association
in its Code of Lighting Factories, Mills and Other Workplaces--A-11-1930,
or the latest revision thereof.
(d)
Overcrowding. All working areas and places of employment shall be
kept free of overcrowding. To prevent such condition, there shall
be provided for each and every employee in working areas, occupied
areas and in places of employment a minimum of 400 cubic feet of air
space.
(e)
Personal and protective clothing and equipment. Workers in operations,
processes or conditions of work which unduly expose them to dampness
and wet environments, excessive heat, coldness, excessive noise, hazardous
radiations, skin irritants or other health hazards shall be provided
with proper protective clothing and other devices, when such exposure
may constitute an occupational health hazard and may result in an
occupational disease or affliction.
(f)
Inspections and examinations; interference with officers. The Health
Officer or his agents shall make the inspections and examinations
required by any law of this state, or by any code, ordinance or regulation,
upon exhibiting his or her badge or credentials, and all persons are
hereby forbidden to interfere with or obstruct such inspection, examination
or survey.
(g)
Employer responsibility. Every employer shall comply with the various
provisions of this section pertaining to industrial health hazards
and occupational health and shall maintain a healthful place of employment.
