[Added 10-12-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-011]
As used in this chapter:
Shall mean the County Board or Health or a local Board of
Health or a joint Board of Health established under state law or by
way of shared services agreement with another municipality.
Shall mean and include the Health Officer or other official
authorized by the Board of Health to enforce this chapter.
Shall mean and include an individual, firm, corporation,
association, society, partnership, and their agents or employees.
[Added 10-12-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-011]
a.Â
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 municipality:
1.Â
Any matter, thing, condition or act which is or may become detrimental
or a menace to the health of the inhabitants of this municipality.
2.Â
Any matter, thing, condition or act which is or may become an annoyance,
or interfere with the comfort or general well-being of the inhabitants
of this municipality.
3.Â
Pollution, or existence of a condition or conditions which cause
or threaten pollution, of any waters in this municipality in such
manner as to cause or threaten injury to any of the inhabitants of
this municipality either in their health, comfort or property.
4.Â
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 municipality or endanger their comfort, repose, health or safety.
5.Â
The growth, existence or presence of ragweed on any plot of land,
lot, highway, right-of-way or any other public or private place.
6.Â
The growth, existence or presence of poison ivy within 20 feet of
any property line.
7.Â
The existence or presence of any water or other liquid in which mosquito
larvae breed or exist.
8.Â
The existence or presence of any accumulation of garbage, refuse,
manure of 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.
9.Â
Depositing, accumulating, or maintaining any matter or thing which
serves as food for 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 on any land, premises, building or other place.
b.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to commit, maintain
or allow any nuisance, as declared and described in this section.
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No. 2021-011]
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 said building
where one or more persons reside shall always be kept at 68° F.
or above between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
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No. 2021-011]
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 or it, or upon any public street, alley or thoroughfare
in this municipality, any unnecessary noises or sounds by means of
the human voice, or by any other means or methods which are physically
annoying to persons, or which are harsh, prolonged or unnatural.
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No. 2021-011]
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.Â
Is not adequately and properly ventilated; or
b.Â
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;
or
c.Â
Does not have plumbing fixtures consisting of a kitchen sink, bathtub
or shower, lavatory and flush toilet, connected to the potable water
supply; or
d.Â
Does not have facilities for the discharge of all household liquid
wastes into a public sewage system approved by the State Department
of Health, or into a private sewerage system approved by the Enforcing
Official.
[Added 10-12-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-011]
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.
[Added 10-12-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-011]
a.Â
Whenever a nuisance as declared by Section 19-2 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 or more of the tenants or occupants of the premises or place.
b.Â
Whenever a nuisance as declared by Section 19-2 is found on any public property or 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 like condition existing on a private premises or place.
c.Â
If the owner, tenant or occupant upon being notified as provided
by this section shall not comply with such notice within the time
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 said
Board shall deem proper.
[Added 10-12-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-011]
The Board of Health may institute an action at law to recover costs incurred by it in the removal or abatement of any nuisance as declared by Section 19-2 from any person who shall have caused or allowed such nuisance to exist, or from any owner, tenant, or occupant of premises who, after notice and notification as herein provided, shall fail to remove and abate the same within the time specified in such notice.
[Added 10-12-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-011]
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Board
of Health or its Enforcing Official.
