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.