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Editor's Note: For similar State Statutes, see N.J.S. 2A:170-10.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-1]
No person shall spit, expectorate or deposit any sputum, saliva, mucus or any form of sputum, saliva or mucus upon the floor or upon any part of the interior, steps or platform of any public conveyance, or upon the floors, staircases or any part of the interior of any public building or upon the steps giving access thereto from the exterior, or upon the sidewalks or crosswalks of any street, alley, lane or upon any other public place in the City.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-2]
Officials in charge or control of public conveyances, or of any public building, shall post, and keep posted, in a conspicuous place, one or more printed notices of the provisions of Section 16:14-1.1 of this section prohibiting expectoration. The operator of any such cars or other public conveyances, and the janitor or persons in charge of any such public buildings, shall call the attention of all violators of the preceding section to such notice and shall report any violations thereof. A description of the persons offending against the preceding section shall be given immediately to the Division of Community Health. Any such person failing to post the notices required by this section, and to make the report herein provided for shall be punished for failure to do so as provided in Section 16:14-1.3.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 14:3-3]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not more than $500 nor less than $2.
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Editor's Note: For similar statutory provision, see N.J.S. 26:2-67.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-4]
In order to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, the use of the common towel which may be used for more than one service is prohibited in any hotel, restaurant, saloon, club house, public lavatory, public office, shop, store, or wash room therein, railway station, or other public place in the City. There shall be provided instead, a sufficient quantity of individual towels of a material approved by the Health Officer, so that each person shall have a separate clean towel for his own use.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-5]
After one use, separate towels referred to in the preceding subsection shall be immediately discarded and placed in waste receptacles, and not used again until the towels have been properly cleansed, boiled and sterilized.
CROSS REFERENCE: For licensing and regulation of used clothing stores, see Section 8:16-1 et seq. of these Revised General Ordinances.
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Editor's Note: For State law relating to sanitation in mattresses and related bedding items, see N.J.S. 26:10-1 et seq.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-6]
No rummage sale shall be held unless the Health Officer shall be satisfied that any secondhand wearing apparel or bed clothing which may be sold at the rummage sale has been previously disinfected so as to reasonably assure the health and safety of the subsequent wearer or user. Upon being so satisfied, the Health Officer shall issue a permit which shall not be valid for more than two weeks from the first day of the proposed sale.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-7]
No secondhand mattresses or used mattresses may be made over or used in new ones without being properly disinfected. Any secondhand mattress brought into the City must be accompanied by a certificate from the Health Officer having jurisdiction over the locality from whence it is brought certifying to the fact that is has not been subject to any contamination with infectious or communicable disease.
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Editor's Note: For State Statute regulating the manufacture, sale and labeling of new and secondhand mattresses, see N.J.S. 26:10-6 et seq.
CROSS REFERENCE: For provisions concerning dead animals brought onto slaughterhouse premises, see Section 13:7-6 of these Revised General Ordinances.
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[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-8; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
It shall be the duty of every owner of any animal which shall die from accident or disease or be killed for any purpose other than consumption for food within the limits of the City, to give notice of such death at the office of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, within two hours after such death shall have taken place; provided, however, if such death takes place after sundown, then the notice shall be given by 10:00 a.m. of the day ensuing.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-9]
It shall be unlawful for any person to bring within the limits of the City or to transport or carry any such animal as is described in Section 16:14-4.1 of this section from the place where such animals shall have died to any place within or without the limits of the City, without having first obtained permission in writing therefor from the Health Officer. No such permit shall be granted except upon written application therefor signed by the owner of the dead animal.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-10]
Any permit granted under this section may set forth such special conditions and regulations in respect to such removal or transportation as, in the judgment of the Health Officer may be necessary and proper to prevent such dead animal from becoming or being a nuisance or offense and likely to be dangerous to public health. The failure to comply with any of such conditions or regulations shall effect a forfeiture of the permit, and shall subject such person to the penalties provided for in Section 16:1-5 of this Title.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-11]
If, at any time in the judgment of the Health Officer, any animal such as is referred to in Section 16:14-4.1 of this section is a nuisance or offensive and likely to become dangerous to public health, or if the owner of such animal shall neglect or fail to apply for and receive the permit required by Section 16:14-4.2 of this section, or in case such permit shall be given and the owner shall neglect or fail to remove such animal outside the limits of the City within the time mentioned in the permit, or within such period of time after the death of such animal as in the judgement of the Health Officer is proper to prevent such animal from becoming a nuisance or offensive and likely to be dangerous to public health, it shall be lawful for the Health Officer to cause the removal of such dead animal forthwith.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-12]
Every owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of any stall, stable or apartment in which any horse or any other cattle shall be kept or any place in which any manure or any solid or liquid discharge or excrement may collect or accumulate, shall at all times keep or cause to be kept such stables, stalls or apartments, and the drainage yard and appurtenances thereof, in a cleanly, healthful and wholesome condition, and no offensive smell shall be allowed to escape therefrom.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-13]
In all cases where the Health Officer shall by written notice so require, all manure or excreta shall be removed from all stables and premises where it may accumulate as often as once in each week.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-14]
Every stable or apartment in which any horse or any other cattle shall be kept shall be provided with an underground and properly covered manure vault, or watertight bin of sufficient capacity to care for all manure that may accumulate in such stable or apartment. Unless otherwise permitted by a permit from the Health Officer, (a) such vault or manure bin shall not be nearer than 20 feet to the doors and windows of any building occupied by human beings whether for dwelling or business purposes, and (b) such vault or manure bin shall not be nearer than 10 feet to the line of any adjoining lot, street, alley or public place. Such stable or apartment shall be properly ventilated.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-15]
Whenever the Health Officer shall by written notice so require, every stable or building in which any horses or cattle are kept or stabled, shall be so constructed and drained that no fluid excrement or refuse liquids or washings from vehicles shall flow upon or into the ground. The Health Officer may by written notice require that all of the surface of the ground beneath such stables and buildings, and of the yard adjoining, shall be covered with a concrete or other watertight covering. The material and manner of construction of such covering shall be subject to the approval of the Health Officer.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-16]
No portion of any structure erected shall be used as a place for the keeping of any horse, mule or donkey unless it be built or established at a distance of at least 25 feet from any building used in whole or in part as a place of human habitation, or as a place where food is prepared, placed, kept or sold.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-17]
Whenever the Health Officer shall have satisfactory evidence that any well, the water of which is used for domestic purposes, has become polluted and rendered unsafe for potable use, notice to discontinue the use of such polluted water shall be sent to the owner, agent, lessee or party in charge of such well. At the discretion of the Health Officer, the owner, agent, lessee or party in charge of the well may be ordered in writing to close or fill up such well. If the order is not complied with, within the time therein specified, this section shall be deemed violated and the Health Officer may proceed to cause the well to be closed or filled up. The owner, agent, lessee or person in charge shall pay all expenses therefor.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-18]
Whenever any premises shall have thereon any cistern, well or any other exposed opening which contains foul or stagnant water, or is abandoned or in a dangerous condition, the owner thereof, upon notification by the Division of Environmental Health so to do, shall forthwith fill such opening with ashes or clean earth in the manner provided in Section 16:14-6.1.
[R.O. 1966 § 14:3-19]
No fluoroscopic or X-ray shoe-fitting machines of any nature shall be installed, maintained or operated within the City of Newark for any purpose whatsoever; but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit the fluoroscopic or X-ray examination by a licensed physician or an X-ray or orthopedic technician when directed or supervised by a licensed physician.