[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
All privies, outdoor
closets or similar arrangements for the disposal of human waste existing
on any lot or premises fronting or abutting on, public or private,
in or upon which any public sewer has been constructed or which may
hereafter be constructed in the Village of Oakfield are hereby declared
to be a nuisance and detrimental to the public health and the same
shall be abated and removed by the owner or occupant of the premises
as hereinafter provided. Whenever the Code Enforcement Officer or
other designated officer of said Village shall discover that the disposal
of human waste exists or is being maintained on any premises or abutting
on a street or highway or portion thereof, either public or private,
in or upon which any public sewer has been connected or hereafter
shall be constructed in said Village shall immediately cause a notice,
in writing, to be served on the owner or occupant of said premises
requiring them to discontinue and remove such privy, outdoor closet
or other similar arrangement for the disposal of human waste and to
connect said premises with said sewer on the street or highway in
front of each separate place or lot within 15 days after service of
said notice, and such owner or occupant shall make such connection
as required by said notice. Any person who shall fail or neglect to
discontinue or remove such privies, outdoor closets or similar arrangements
for the disposal of human waste and make such sewer connection after
such notice has been served shall be liable to a fine of $25 and the
further sum of $2 per day after the expiration of said period of 15
days from the date of service of said notice until such sewer connection
is made with said sewer main, but not exceeding, however, the sum
of $100.
No person shall allow stable manure to accumulate in piles in
the Village of Oakfield, New York, so as to become a menace or nuisance
and same shall be removed at least once a week.
No person shall keep or cause to be kept swine in the Village
of Oakfield, New York, unless he/she shall have obtained consent,
in writing, so to do in such a manner as the Board of Trustees of
said Village shall by resolution thereof prescribe.
No person shall use or permit to be used any building, shed,
lot or premises in the Village of Oakfield, New York, for the purpose
of slaughtering animals.[1]
