[1967 Code § 11-1]
As used in this chapter:
Shall mean the Health Officer or other official authorized
by the Board of Health to enforce this chapter, or any other officer
with the authority to enforce this chapter.
[1967 Code § 11-2.1]
The following matters, things, conditions or acts, and each
of them are hereby declared to be a nuisance and injurious to the
health of the inhabitants of this Borough.
a.
Any matter, thing, condition or act which is or may become detrimental
or a menace to the health of the inhabitants of the Borough.
b.
Any matter, thing, condition or act which is or may become an annoyance
of interfere with the comfort or general well-being of the inhabitants
of the Borough.
c.
Pollution, or the existence of a condition or conditions which cause
or threaten pollution, of any waters in the Borough in such manner
as to cause or threaten injury to any of the inhabitants of the Borough
either in their health, comfort or property.
d.
The escape into the open air from any stack, vent, chimney or any
entrance to the open air, or from any fire into the open air, of such
quantities of smoke, fly ash, dust, fumes, vapors, mists or gases
as to cause injury, detriment or annoyance to the inhabitants of this
Borough or endanger their comfort, repose, health or safety.
e.
The growth, existence or presence of ragweed on any plot of land,
lot, highway, right-of-way or any other public or private place.
f.
The growth, existence or presence of poison ivy within 20 feet of
any property line.
g.
The existence or presence of any water or other liquid in which mosquito
larvae breed or exist.
h.
The existence or presence of any accumulation of garbage, refuse,
manure or animal or vegetable matter which may attract flies and to
which flies may have access, or in which fly larvae or pupae breed
or exist.
i.
Depositing, accumulating or maintaining any matter or thing which
serves as food or insects or rodents and to which they may have access,
or which serves or constitutes a breeding place or harborage for insects
or rodents in or any land, premises, building or other place.
[1967 Code § 11-2.2]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to commit, maintain
or allow any nuisance, as declared and described in this section.
[1967 Code § 11-3]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or owners who have agreed
to supply heat to any building designed to be occupied, or occupied,
as a residence by more than two families to fail to supply heat from
the first day of October in each year to the first day of May of the
succeeding year in such manner that the temperature of such building
where one or more persons reside shall always be kept at 68 degrees
Fahrenheit.
[1967 Code § 11-4]
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, cause or suffer,
or permit to be made or caused, upon any premises owned, occupied
or controlled by him/her, or upon any public street, alley or thoroughfare
in the borough, any unnecessary noises or sounds by means of the human
voice, or by any other or means or methods which are physically annoying
to persons, or which are so harsh, so prolonged, unnatural or unusual
in their use, time and place as to occasion physical discomfort, or
which are injurious to the lives, health, peace and comfort of the
inhabitants of this Borough, or any number thereof.
[1967 Code § 11-5]
It shall be unlawful for any person to rent, lease or otherwise
permit the occupancy of any building as a residence, or for any person
to reside in any building as its owner which:
a.
Is not adequately and properly ventilated.
b.
Fails to provide potable water at sufficient pressure and quantity
for each family unit from a public supply approved by the State Department
of Health or a private supply approved by the enforcing official.
c.
Does not have plumbing fixtures, consisting of a kitchen sink, bathtub
or shower, lavatory and flush toilet connected to the potable water
supply.
d.
Does not have facilities for the discharge of all household liquid
waste into a public sewerage system approved by the State Department
of Health or into a private sewerage system approved by the enforcing
official.
[1967 Code § 11-6]
It shall be unlawful for any person to spit upon any public
sidewalk or upon any part of the interior or exterior of any public
building or public conveyance.
[1967 Code § 11-7.1]
All places and premises in the Borough shall be subject to inspection
by the Board of Health and the enforcing official if the Board or
that official have reason to believe that any section of this chapter
is being violated.
[1967 Code § 11-7.2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder, obstruct, delay,
resist or prevent the Board of Health or the enforcing official from
having full access to any place or premises upon which a violation
of this chapter is believed to exist.
[1967 Code § 11-8.1]
a.
Whenever a nuisance, as defined by subsection 13-2.2 is found on any plot of land, lot, right-of-way or any other private premises or place, notice in writing shall be given to the owner thereof to remove or abate the same within such time as shall be specified therein, but not less than five days from the date of service thereof. A duplicate of the notice shall be left with one of the tenants or occupants of the premises or place.
b.
If the owner resides out of the state or cannot be so notified speedily,
notice shall be left at that place or premises with the tenant or
occupant thereof, or posted on the premises and such action shall
be considered proper notification to the owner, tenant or occupant
thereof.
[1967 Code § 11-8.2]
Whenever a nuisance, as defined in subsection 13-2.2, is found on any public property, on any highway or any other public premises or place, notice, in writing, shall be given to the person in charge thereof to remove or abate the same within such time as shall be specified therein. If such person fails to comply with such notice within the time specified therein, the Board of Health may remove or abate such nuisance in the manner as hereinafter provided in the case of a condition existing on a private premises or place.
[1967 Code § 11-8.3]
If the owner, tenant or occupant, upon being notified as provided
in subsection 138.1, does not comply with such notice within the specified
therein and fails to remove or abate such nuisance, the Board of Health
shall proceed to abate the nuisance or may cause it to be removed
or abated in a summary manner by such means as the Board of Health
shall deem proper.
[1967 Code § 11-8.4]
The Board of Health may institute an action at law to recover costs incurred by it in the removal or abatement or any nuisance, as defined in subsection 13-2.2, from any person who shall have caused or allowed such nuisance to exist, or from any owner, tenant or occupant of such premises who, after notice and notification as herein proved, fails to remove and abate the same within the time specified in such notice.
[1967 Code § 11-9]
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Board
of Health or its enforcing official.
