No cesspool shall be constructed or used upon any property contiguous to a public sewer, and where any such cesspool now exists it shall be, if so required by the Division of Health, immediately filled in such manner as the Division of Health may direct.
All privy vaults and cesspools hereafter constructed shall be laid up with brick or stone and hydraulic cement or reinforced concrete and made watertight, and no privy vault or cesspool shall be built within 10 feet of the line of any street, road, lane or alley or within four feet of the party line or fence of adjacent lot or lots or within 20 feet of any foundation of any dwelling house. All cesspools shall be not less than five feet in depth nor less than five feet in diameter. Every privy vault or cesspool shall extend at least three inches aboveground, to prevent surface or rain water from entering the same. Every privy vault or cesspool now in use or to be hereafter constructed shall be properly ventilated.
No privy vault, cesspool or manure pit shall hereafter be constructed in the Township of Saddle Brook without a permit therefor from the Division. This shall not prohibit the construction of a temporary privy vault during the erection of new buildings, but in all such cases the contractor or builder shall cause the contents of such vault to be covered with lime, fresh earth or ashes twice each day. All privy vaults, cesspools and manure pits for which construction permits may be granted shall be built flyproof, and all existing privy vaults, cesspools and manure pits shall be made flyproof upon the passage of this chapter, and no cover shall be put upon or over any privy vault, cesspool or manure pit until the same has been inspected and approved by the Division of Health.
Before commencing the construction of any new building in the Township, the builder shall excavate a hole in the ground adjoining said building, not less than three feet in depth nor more than four feet in width, and place over same a suitable building to be used as a privy by persons working on the construction of such new building, and keep same at all times in a good sanitary condition. All privies and cesspools must, on being abandoned, be filled up and covered with earth by the owner or owners of same.
No swill, garbage, dead animals, offal, rubbish or any other offensive matter shall be thrown into any privy vault or any other structure adaptable to the purpose, and any privy vault and cesspool shall be cleaned out as often as necessary to keep the contents from overflowing on the surface of the ground, or as may at the option of the Division be considered advisable, and such cleaning shall be done in such manner as not to cause offense to the other residents of the neighborhood, and no such privy vault or cesspool shall be filled with earth until its filthy contents shall have been removed.
When the Division shall be of the opinion that any privy vault or cesspool is a nuisance, source of filth or possible cause of sickness, the Division may abate it, at its option, by ordering the removal of the contents of the vault or cesspool or the proper filling of the same with clean earth in accordance with written instructions of the Division to such effect. Every owner, agent or occupant of any building or premises which is not provided with a suitable privy vault or closet shall, within the time designated by the Division of Health, cause a proper privy vault or closet to be constructed for such building or premises.
No privy vault or cesspool shall be cleaned or emptied within the months of May, June, July, August or September without special permit from the Division. Upon notification by the Division, all privy vaults or cesspools must be immediately cleaned and their contents removed in such manner as not to be offensive.
In each instance where the provisions of this article are not complied with, the Division shall notify the offender in writing, designating a reasonable time at the discretion of the Division for the correction of the offense, and the necessity of any subsequent notice shall be construed to be a separate offense.