[Ord. #40-2, S1]
This chapter shall be known and designated as "The Sanitary
Code of the Township of Wantage."
[Ord. #40-2, S2, S4]
As used in this chapter.
[Ord. #40-2, S5]
Whatever is dangerous to human health, whatever renders the
ground, the water, the air or food a hazard or injury to human health,
is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
[Ord. #40-2, S6]
No person shall throw, cast place or deposit, in any stream
river, or brook, well, spring or cistern in the township any dead
animal, putrid meat, garbage, offal, manure or compost or any foul
or offensive substance whatever.
[Ord. #40-2, S7]
All spitting on the sidewalks of the public streets or public
places of the township or on any floors of public buildings and in
public conveyance is hereby declared a public nuisance and a source
of danger to public health, and is hereby prohibited.
[Ord. #40-2, S8]
Whenever the board of health shall have satisfactory evidence
that any well, spring or cistern, the water of which is used for domestic
purposes, has become polluted and rendered unsafe for use, the owner,
agent or person in charge of the well, spring, or cistern shall, on
receipt of notice, close the well, spring or cistern and no water
shall be used therefrom until the source of pollution is removed and
the use of the well, spring or cistern water approved by the board
of health. If the source of pollution cannot be removed, then and
in such case the owner, agent or person in charge of the well, spring,
or cistern, shall fill it up with fresh earth and discontinue the
use of the water thereof.
[Ord. #40-2, S9]
Whenever the board of health shall have satisfactory evidence
that any dog is vicious or if it molests pedestrians or others without
provocation, it is hereby declared a public nuisance and a source
of danger to public health. Such dogs shall not be allowed to run
at large or come in contact with children or any persons other than
the immediate family of the owners household, unless the dog is completely
muzzled or on a leash, accompanied by a responsible person.
[Ord. #40-2, S10, S11, S12]
No slaughter house or place where cattle, horses, poultry, swine
or sheep are slaughtered or killed or where dead horses, cows or fowls
are dissected and cut up for commercial purposes, shall be conducted
within the township unless a permit shall have been granted by the
board of health. Persons using any building or place for the purpose
of slaughtering or cutting up dead animals shall cause such building
or place and appurtenances thereto to be immediately and thoroughly
cleaned of all offal, blood, fat, garbage or all other offensive matter.
The permit required by this subsection for slaughtering, killing,
dissecting or cutting up live or dead, cows, horses, swine, poultry,
or sheep may be issued by the board of health upon the payment of
a fee of $50 and the permit shall expire on December 31 following
the date of issue.
[Ord. #40-2, S13]
No meat, fish, poultry, vegetable, fruit or milk, not fresh,
sound, wholesome, and safe for human food and consumption nor the
meat of any fish, bird, poultry or animal that has died from disease
or accident shall be brought into the township or offered for sale
or sold therein.
[Ord. #40-2, S14]
No person shall manufacture, have, offer for sale, or sell any
article of food or drink which is adulterated within the meaning of
an act of the Legislature of New Jersey entitled, "An Act to prevent
the adulteration of food or drugs, "known as Title 24: 1-1 to 24:
18-49, Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey, supplements and
amendments thereto.
[Ord. #40-2, S15]
All bakers, wholesale or retail, confectioners, grocers and
others selling bread and cake in the township shall wrap each and
every loaf of same in clean paper.
[Ord. #40-2, S16]
No person shall be allowed to live or sleep in any room where
food intended for sale or distribution is produced, manufactured,
packed, distributed or sold.
[Ord. #40-2, S17]
No person shall sell or deliver or deal in any ice for domestic
or public use within the limits of the township without a permit from
the board of health. A separate permit shall be required for each
office, store, station, depot or other place used for the distribution
or sale of ice.
Before such permit is granted the applicant shall pay to the
board of health a license fee of $2. Every such permit unless sooner
forfeited or revoked shall expire on December 31 next succeeding the
date of issue.
[Ord. #40-2, S18]
No scavenger, person, institution or corporation shall deposit
or cause to be deposited in any lands, lots, fields, or other places
in the township any ashes, garbage or other refuse matter, or any
rags, bones, scraps, garbage, offal, or other thing liable to decay,
except on permit of the board, which permit shall be revocable by
the board at any and all times. Each applicant for such permit shall
pay the board the sum of $2, and the permit shall expire on December
31 next succeeding the date of issue, unless revoked prior thereto.
[Ord. #40-2, S19]
Any person whose duty it may be, who shall have undertaken to
remove from the public street, lot, lands, streams, or any other public
or private place, any decaying animal or vegetable substances shall
remove the same within 12 hours after notification to remove the same
by the board of health or any member thereof.
[Ord. #40-2, S20]
All vehicles or receptacles used under any permit for removing
the contents of cesspools or privy vaults, or for carrying swill,
garbage, or other liquid or partially liquid material shall be only
those approved by the board of health, and they shall be water-tight
and be kept clean and inoffensive when not in use.
[Ord. #40-2, S21]
No privy vault, or cesspool shall hereafter be constructed in
the township without a permit for that purpose being first obtained
from the board of health. All privy vaults and cesspools for the construction
of which permits may be granted, shall be built in such manner as
the board of health shall direct and in compliance with the rules
of the State board of health.
[Ord. #40-2, S22]
No privy vault, or cesspool shall be built or maintained within
10 feet of the line of any street; within five feet of any party line
or fence of the adjacent property, nor within 20 feet of the door
or window of any house unless otherwise permitted by the board of
health, and no privy vault or cesspool shall be completed nor shall
any cover be put upon or over the same until the privy vault or cesspool
has been inspected by the executive officer of the board of health
and has been found to correspond to the directions of the board of
health and the regulations of the State board of health.
[Ord. #40-2, S23]
The owner or occupant of any premises whereon a cesspool or
privy vault is located shall cause the same to be cleaned and the
contents thereof removed within 24 hours after receiving notice in
writing to that effect from the board of health.
[Ord. #40-2, S24]
Every physician shall, within 12 hours after his first professional attendance upon any person in the township who is affected with any of the communicable diseases listed in Chapter 6 of the Sanitary Code enacted by the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey, communicate notice thereof to the reporting officer of the board of health.
[Ord. #40-2, S25]
Every teacher, nurse and school medical inspector shall report
forthwith to the principal or other person in charge of the school,
the name of any child in such school who appears to be affected with
a disease declared by the Sanitary Code of the Department of Health
of the State of New Jersey to be communicable, and the principal or
other person in charge shall report forthwith in writing, or by telephone,
to the reporting officer of the board of health, the supposed nature
of the disease and the name, age, sex, color and address of the person
attending such school who appears to be affected with any communicable
disease, and such person shall be at once sent home or isolated.
[Ord. #40-2, S26]
Every child and school teacher in or who has visited any household
at the time when there has been therein a case of diphtheria, epidemic
cerebrospinal meningitis, acute poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis),
scarlet fever, and small pox shall be excluded from every public,
private or Sunday school and from every public and private gathering
for such time and under such conditions as may be prescribed by this
board of health.
[Ord. #40-2, S27]
It shall be the duty of the executive officer of the board of
health upon receiving a report of a communicable disease, to forthwith
establish such isolation or quarantine or other restrictive measures
as may be necessary to protect the public health or as may be required
by this chapter or by the State Sanitary Code. Whenever isolation
or quarantine is to be established on any premises, the executive
officer of the board of health shall cause a written order establishing
such isolation or quarantine to be served upon the person then in
charge of such premises. Service upon any responsible member of the
household shall be deemed sufficient service upon all members of the
household of the person served. In lieu of such service, such order
may be posted on the building or premises occupied by the affected
person or persons, or posted on the premises, a notice in writing
terminating such isolation or quarantine.
[Ord. #40-2, S28]
After isolation or quarantine of any person affected with or
exposed to a communicable disease shall have been established such
person shall not leave the apartment or premises where he is isolated,
nor shall any other person remove such person, or permit him to be
removed, unless a permit for such removal shall first have been issued
by the secretary of the board of health.
[Ord. #40-2, S29]
When violations of quarantine or isolation methods are observed,
which the family cannot or will not correct, the secretary of the
board of health shall request the assistance of the attending physician
and should these measures fail, and the patients or parents'
consent to removal to a hospital be refused, the board of health shall
direct the removal of such person to a suitable place when removal
can be made without undue risk to such person (as may be determined
by two or more reputable physicians) on the grounds that the patient
is a menace to the health of others.
[Ord. #40-2, S30]
As used in this chapter.
Shall mean any restaurant, lunch room, cabin, bar room, hotel,
or other place where food or drink is offered for sale to the public
and any camp, trailer camp, tourist home or public recreation place
or place of business where toilet facilities or water for drinking
or culinary purposes may be available for use of the public.
[Ord. #40-2, S31]
Any toilet, toilet room or wash room maintained in or in connection
with any public place shall be kept clean at all times, and any toilet
or receptacle for human excrement at or in connection with any public
place shall be constructed and maintained so that flies cannot gain
access to the excremental matter contained therein, and such excremental
matter shall at all times be prevented from flowing over or upon the
surface of the ground and shall be prevented from gaining access to
any of the water of this State.
[Ord. #40-2, S32]
Any water used or available for use for drinking or culinary
purposes or for the cleansing of utensils used in preparing or serving
food or drink for public consumption shall be of a quality safe for
such use and shall meet standards of quality fixed by the director
of health of the State of New Jersey.
[Ord. #40-2, S33]
Food offered for sale or intended for public consumption shall
be protected from flies, dust and dirt.
[Ord. #40-2, S34]
No common towel and no common drinking utensil shall be permitted
at any public place, except it be thoroughly cleansed after each use
and before use by another person.
[Ord. #40-2, S35]
Garbage, including waste vegetable and animal material, which
may attract flies, shall not be permitted at or in connection with
any public place unless the material is kept covered to prevent access
of flies and escape of foul odors.
[Ord. #40-2, S37]
Any person or persons hindering or obstructing a member of the Board of Health, or anyone duly authorized by them, in the performance of his duties, in entering any premises for inspection in carrying out any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as stated in chapter BHI, section BH1-2.
