[Adopted 7-8-1908 by Ord. No. 161; amended 10-31-1968 by Ord. No. 1411]
The following plan of organization and rules governing the same adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Hanover, and the following Sanitary Regulations proposed and adopted by said Board, be and the same are hereby adopted and approved.
In compliance with the provisions of the Act of Assembly approved May 11, 1893, and May 29, 1907, the Board of Health of the Borough of Hanover does hereby establish and formally declare the following rules and regulations, to which amendments and additions may at any time hereafter be made and published, as sanitary conditions of the Borough may demand.
[Amended 10-31-1968 by Ord. No. 1411; 5-19-1993 by Ord. No. 1937]
The stated meetings of this Board shall be held on the first Monday of January, March, June and September.
A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
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 Part 1 and shall be liable for the expense of the abatement and remedy thereof.
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 substances, refuse or injurious matter be allowed to accumulate upon the premises, or be thrown or allowed to run into any 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.
[Amended 12-29-1954 by Ord. No. 843]
No person, firm or corporation shall build or maintain any stable or any pigpen, or shall keep any horse, cattle, sheep, goat or pig at any place within the Borough of Hanover, without specific permission by the Board of Health of said Borough. Such permission shall be granted in cases where, in the judgment of the Board of Health, it will not result in annoyance to persons using the highways, residing or conducting business in the vicinity of the premises for which such permit applies, or in the creation of a menace to the health of the Borough or to sanitary conditions therein. The factors to be considered by the Board of Health in granting or refusing any such permit shall include: the location of the premises; the distance of the stable or pen from any highway, water source, dwelling or place of business; the number and kind of animals to be kept; and the housing facilities to be provided for such animals and the sanitation therein. Such permit shall be held subject to specific conditions prescribed by the Board of Health for each case, such conditions to relate to the location of the stable or pen, the kind and the maximum number of animals to be kept on the premises, the maintenance of prescribed standards of sanitation, and the elimination of factors tending to create nuisances or annoyances. At any time, if the character of the neighborhood changes in that it becomes more built up, the Board of Health may revoke any permit previously granted under this section, or may prescribe additional conditions to be adhered to by the holder of such permit.
No wash water and no water or other liquid from kitchen, sink, bathroom, stable, privy vault, cesspools or other places, except only water uncontaminated and inoffensive, shall be drained, emptied or permitted to enter upon any street, alley, square or park of this Borough.
[Amended 12-29-1954 by Ord. No. 843]
No meat, fish or fowl, or any other food, not packed in a container or closed package and not intended to be washed or to have an inedible skin removed therefrom before eating, shall be exposed for sale in the Borough unless covered or in a covered case.
No putrid or decaying vegetables, fruits, fish, shellfish, game, poultry or meat, or any meat that is unwholesome or otherwise unfit for human food, shall be sold or exposed for sale within this Borough.