[Ord. 2005-10 § 1, 2005]
A. 
Medical and scientific evidence indicates that dust generated by cutting of masonry substances be it pavers, bricks, concrete, block, stone or other hard material as well as dust generated by the sanding of fiberglass decks and the diffusion into the atmosphere of bleach where bleach is used by contractors power washing buildings is detrimental to the health of persons who come in contact with the substances so generated.
B. 
Health hazards induced by breathing air pollutants as hereinabove described in Subsection A of this section may include lung cancer, heart disease, respiratory infection, decreased respiratory function and bronco-constriction and bronco-spasm.
C. 
The Borough of Ship Bottom has determined that the public health of the residents and the visitors of the Borough of Ship Bottom will be promoted by eliminating exposure of its citizens to the pollution as hereinabove described in Subsection A of this section.
[Ord. 2005-10 § 1, 2005]
The Borough council of the Borough of Ship Bottom has determined that the purpose of this section is to protect and promote the public health and welfare of the community by imposing reasonable regulations on the generation of dust from the causes hereinabove set forth and identified in Section 8.36.010.
[Ord. 2005-10 § 1, 2005]
Any person engaged in cutting any stone or masonry products including without limitation, brick pavers, bricks, concrete blocks and stone shall perform such cutting only by using water dampened cutting disks or water dampened cutting saws to control as much as may be practical the dispersion of dust generated by such cutting and any person sanding any fiberglass product or fiberglass deck shall do so in a manner so as to capture to the greatest extent possible the particles of ground fiberglass generated by the cutting or sanding operation and any person utilizing bleach when power washing any building, deck, patio, walkway, driveway, vessel or any other object in the Borough of Ship Bottom shall do so in such a way that airborne mist generated by the power washing operation which mist may contain bleach shall not be permitted to drift onto any adjoining property but will be contained on the site where the power washing operation is being conducted.
[Added 5-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-02]
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 more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, 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 continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.