[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Town of Secaucus
1-8-51. Section 145-4 amended 5-20-74. Other amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 2-19-85]
A.
It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of buildings occupied
as residences by one family or more, when the owners have agreed to
supply heat either by written, oral or implied contract, to provide
heat from the first day of October in each year to the first day of
May in the succeeding year, or whenever the outside air temperature
falls below fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit (55° F.). During such
times the owner or owners shall provide a minimum of sixty-eight degrees
Fahrenheit (68° F.).
[Amended 3-17-08 by Ord. No. 2008-1]
B.
It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of a building occupied
as mercantile space (office and selling) or places of assembly (i.e.
theaters, auditoriums, etc.), when the owner or owners have agreed
to supply heat either by written, oral or implied contract, to provide
heat from the first day of October in each year to the first day of
May in the succeeding year, or whenever the outside air temperature
falls below fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit (55° F.). During such
times the owner or owners shall provide a minimum of sixty-eight degrees
Fahrenheit (68° F.) during all working hours.
[Added 11-17-80]
A.
It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of buildings occupied
as residences by one family or more to provide a safe supply of potable
water meeting the standards as set forth in Potable Water Standards
as published by the New Jersey State Department of Health.
B.
The source of such water supply shall be approved by the New Jersey
State Department of Health and/or the Secaucus Board of Health.
[Added 11-17-80]
A.
It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of buildings occupied
as residences by one or more families, when the owners have agreed
to supply hot water, either by oral or written contract, to supply
hot water at a minimum temperature of no less than one hundred twenty
degrees Fahrenheit (120° F.).
B.
Every kitchen sink, lavatory, bathtub and/or shower installed under
the requirements of this chapter shall be connected to both hot- and
cold-water lines.
[Added 11-17-80]
The minimum rate of flow of hot or cold water issuing from a
faucet or fixture, as required by this chapter, shall not be less
than one gallon per minute.
[Added 11-17-80]
All water required to be supplied by provisions of this chapter
shall be supplied for a twenty-four hour period each day.
It shall be lawful for any member of the Health Department of
the Town of Secaucus, or the officers or agents thereof, or members
of the Police or Volunteer Fire Department of Secaucus to make inspection
and examination of any building wherein a violation has been reported
and no person or persons shall interfere with or obstruct such inspection.
[Amended 2-19-85]
The term "all working hours" as used in this chapter, unless
otherwise provided by contract, shall mean the usual business hours
established and maintained in a building or portion thereof.
[Amended 2-19-85]
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a
fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 in the discretion of
the Judge. The continuation of such violation for each successive
day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons
allowing or permitting the continuance of the violation may be punished
as provided above for each separate offense.
