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Township of Montclair, NJ
Essex County
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A. 
Every person who shall have contracted or undertaken, or shall be bound to heat or to furnish heat for any building, or portion thereof, occupied as a home or a place of residence of one or more persons, or as a business establishment where one or more persons are occupied, shall heat, or furnish such heat for, every occupied room in such building or portion thereof so that a minimum temperature of 68° F. shall be maintained therein between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., and a minimum temperature of 60° F. shall be maintained therein between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. in any building, or portion thereof, occupied as a home or place of residence and during the usual working hours established and maintained in a building, or portion thereof, occupied as a business establishment throughout the year.
[Amended 6-10-1980 by Ord. No. 80-37]
B. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to buildings or portions thereof used and occupied for trades, businesses or occupations where high or low temperatures are essential or unavoidable.
C. 
For the purpose of this section, wherever a building is heated by means of a furnace boiler or other apparatus under the control of the owner, agent or lessee of such building, such owner, agent or lessee, in the absence of a contract or agreement to the contrary, shall be deemed to have contracted, undertaken or bound himself or herself to furnish heat in accordance with the provisions of this article.
D. 
The owner or person in charge of any rented or leased dwelling or building where the heating system or systems are a permanent part of the property shall maintain such heating system or systems therein in a safe and proper working condition to supply heat to said dwelling or building.
E. 
On and after October 1, 1956, the owner, lessor or other person in control of any building shall provide a heating system which is a permanent affixed part of said building and shall maintain such heating system or systems therein in a safe and proper working condition to supply heat to said building.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 137-62, Sanitation, and 137-633, Dust from rugs, brooms and mops, which immediately followed this section, were deleted 5-23-2000 by Ord. No. 00-19.
A. 
No person, owner or owner-occupant, shall rent, let, lease or allow to be occupied by that person, owner or owner-occupant or others for domestic purposes, any building which shall not have a plentiful supply of potable running water available on each floor and/or in each apartment.
[Amended 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-29]
B. 
No person shall rent, let, lease or allow to be occupied for business purposes any building which shall not have a plentiful supply of potable running water available on each floor.
C. 
All toilets shall be confined within the main structure of the building.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 137-65, Living conditions, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 5-23-2000 by Ord. No. 00-19.
[Amended 5-23-2000 by Ord. No. 00-19]
A. 
Hereafter no septic tank shall be installed in the Township of Montclair except in locations where it is impossible to connect with a sanitary sewer line.
B. 
No person shall install a septic tank in the Township of Montclair without first ascertaining the proper size as recommended by the Department of Community Services of the Township of Montclair and then making application and obtaining a permit from the Department of Health, and all installations shall be inspected and approved by the Department of Health.
[Amended 6-15-2004 by Ord. No. 04-34]
C. 
Any owner of property along the line of which there exists a sanitary sewer shall connect his or her house or other buildings thereon therewith.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Article XV, Barbershops and Beauty Shops; Article XVI, Boarding Homes for Children; Article XVII, Sale of Water; Article XVIII, Streetcars and Buses; Article XIX, Rummage Sales; and Article XX, Distribution of Medicines, which immediately followed this section, were deleted 5-23-2000 by Ord. No. 00-19.