[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
As determined by the Borough Council, the Borough Police Department
and/or Code Enforcement Department are responsible for the enforcement
of these herein rules and regulations.
Any and every person who creates, continues, or maintains any
nuisance, so adjudged by the Board of Health within this Borough,
shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this chapter, and shall be
liable for the expense of the abatement and remedy thereof.
No house refuse, offal, garbage, dead animal, decaying vegetable
matter or organic waste substances of any kind shall be thrown on
any street, road, ditch, gutter or public place within the limits
of this Borough, and no putrid or decaying animal or vegetable matter
shall be kept in any house, cellar or adjoining outbuildings or grounds
for more than 24 hours.
No person or company shall erect or maintain within the limits
of this Borough any manufactory or place of business dangerous to
life or detrimental to health, or where unwholesome, offensive or
deleterious odors, gases, smoke or exhalations are generated, such
as tanneries, refineries, manufactories of starch, glue, leather,
chemicals, fertilizers or gas, without the permit of the Board of
Health, and all such establishments shall be kept clean so as not
to be offensive or prejudicial to public health; nor shall any offensive
or deleterious waste substance, refuse or injurious matter be allowed
to accumulate upon the premises or be thrown or allowed to run into
any stream or other source of water supply, street, road or public
place. And every person or company conducting such manufacture or
business shall use the most approved and all reasonable means to prevent
the escape of smoke, gases and odors, and to protect the health and
safety of all operatives employed therein.
No pigpen shall be built or maintained in this Borough except
by permission of the Board of Health. No pigpen shall be built or
maintained within 100 feet of any stream or other source of water
supply, or within 100 feet of any street or of any inhabited house.
The floor or floors of the same shall be constructed of some impermeable
material, with adequate provisions for drainage and cleansing. All
filth accumulating in or about the same shall be removed at least
once a week and oftener if so ordered, and on the failure of any owner
or occupier of such premises so to do, then the same shall be done
by the Board at the expense of the owner.
All stables must be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
No sewer drain or sink shall empty into any stream or other
source of water supply within the jurisdiction of this Borough; nor
shall any sewer drain or sink empty into any open pit, ditch, or gutter,
or on the surface of the ground within the limits of this Borough,
except by permission of the Board of Health first had and obtained.
All sewer drains shall be watertight within the limits of this Borough.
No plumbing shall be installed in the Borough of Towanda except
under the direction of a master plumber, and all plumbing shall be
so constructed and maintained as to insure its sanitary condition.
Any person or persons who shall violate any section or part
thereof, of the rules and regulations of the Board of Health, shall,
upon conviction therefor, before a duly authorized Magisterial District
Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $5 and not more
than $1,000 and in default of the payment thereof, with costs, shall
undergo imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed
30 days.