[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Bellmawr 9-5-1957.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers — See Ch. 363.
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Editor's Note: The provisions in this chapter are derived from an ordinance adopted by the Board of Health 9-8-1957 and included and renumbered by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Bellmawr as Arts. XI and XVIII of Ch. 120 of the Borough Code adopted 3-16-1972 by Ord. No. 4-72.
No privy vault, septic tank or other receptacle for human excrement shall be constructed in this municipality without a permit for that purpose being first obtained from the Board of Health, upon such terms and conditions as such Board may direct.
No privy vault, septic tank or other receptacle for human excrement shall be built or maintained within 15 feet of any building or within 10 feet of any line or adjacent lot. Whenever these conditions for any reason cannot be complied with, said septic tanks and vaults shall be cemented and made and kept watertight. No privy vault or septic tank shall be constructed, used or maintained at any place within the limits of this municipality nearer than 50 feet to any well, stream or source of water used for drinking or domestic purposes, nor shall any privy vault be maintained unless it is so constructed that flies or mosquitoes cannot gain access to the contents thereof, nor shall the excremental matter be allowed to rise within one foot of the surface of the surrounding ground or to overflow thereon.
No drainage from any closets, bathtubs, laundry tubs, kitchen sinks or similar fixtures shall be permitted to flow upon the ground, nor shall it be diverted into any surface or subsurface drain intended to carry off the natural flow of surface or rain water or upon any public or private highway. Such drainage must be conducted through vitrified brick, concrete or iron pipe, not less than four inches in diameter, to a properly constructed cesspool or sewer.
Any person violating or refusing or neglecting to comply with this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof by the local Municipal Court, pay a penalty of not more than $500 nor less than $2 at the discretion of the Court, and each day that such violation or refusal or neglect to comply with this chapter shall continue shall be considered a separate offense with a like penalty therefor.