The owner, agent, lessee, tenant and occupant of every dwelling, food
establishment or public place or other premises in the Borough where garbage,
refuse, rubbish and ashes may accumulate shall provide and keep on the premises
suitable receptacles with tight-fitting covers for receiving and holding garbage
and decaying refuse or matter of any kind. The capacity of such receptacles
shall be not less than that required to contain all of the normal accumulation
of such wastes from such dwelling or establishment between regular collection
periods.
Every receptacle and place in which garbage or other offensive or decaying
refuse or matter shall be kept at any time shall constantly be maintained
by the persons having charge thereof in a reasonably clean and inoffensive
condition. No such receptacle or place shall be filled to a point higher than
its sides at any time. All such receptacles shall be watertight and shall
be securely covered at all times so that the contents thereof will be inaccessible
to animals, fowl or flies.
All garbage and decaying refuse shall be removed from the premises of
every food establishment or public place at least once each day of operation
and removed from every dwelling or apartment as frequently as is determined
by the Board of Health to be necessary to avoid constituting a menace to community
health, safety and well-being.
All owners, lessees, agents, tenants and occupants of any lot or land
in this Borough shall keep the sidewalks, gutters and streets in front of
such lots and lands free from filth, slops, dirty water, rubbish and all other
things dangerous to health.