Any person or persons owning or having control of any building or premises shall keep the same in a clean condition, and any such person having control of any building or premises in or upon which there is any substance or materials, or any condition which is or may become a source of danger to the public health or a nuisance shall, when ordered by the Board of Health, in writing, remove or abate the same within the time specified in said order.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Merrimac as Art. XII, Secs. 12.1 to 12.4, of the 2016 General Bylaws. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Any person or persons owning or having control of any premises abutting on a private way and having the right to use such private way shall, when ordered by the Board of Health, in writing, remove or abate, from that part of said private way adjoining such premises, any substance, material or condition which is or may become a menace to the public health or a nuisance, and such removal or abatement shall take place within the time specified in said order.
No person or persons shall place or cause to be placed or left in or upon any public or private street or way, enclosure or grounds, or in any body or stream of water within the limits of this Town the body of a dead animal, fowl, or any substance or material that is or may become offense or cause a nuisance.
No owner or occupant or agent of any building or premises shall permit any sewage, garbage, contents or drainage of a private vault, cesspool or water closet or sink drain or any other filth to empty on the surface of the ground or to enter into any ditch, brook, stream or body of water unless specially permitted to do so by the Board of Health.