For the purpose of correct interpretation in the enforcement
of this Code and the rules and regulations of the Board of Health
of Ridgefield, New Jersey, the terms, words and names used herein
are hereby defined to mean:
ANIMAL
For the purpose of this chapter, a cat or dog.
[Added 4-10-2013 by BOH Ord. No. 2-2013]
BIRDS
Waterfowl, songbirds, pigeons but not limited to blue jays
and other birds.
[Added 11-9-2011 by BOH Ord. No. 3-2011]
CARRIER
A person who, without symptoms of a communicable disease,
harbors the specific germs.
CERTIFIED ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
A person who has satisfactorily completed a course of study
on the control of animals approved by the Commissioner of Health and
Senior Services.
[Added 4-10-2013 by BOH Ord. No. 2-2013]
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
Those set forth in §
440-29, Article
VI of this Code and any other disease declared by this Board to be communicable
and specially dangerous to public health.
CONTACT
Any person or animal known to have been near enough to an
infected person or animal to have been exposed to the transfer of
infectious material directly or by articles freshly soiled with such
material.
DISINFECTION
The destroying of the vitality of pathogenic microorganisms
by chemical or physical means.
FEED
To give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any
edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting or enticing
wildlife and/or birds; feeding does not include baiting in the legal
taking of fish, pest control and/or game.
[Added 11-9-2011 by BOH Ord. No. 3-2011]
FOOD
As used in this Code, shall include every article used by
man for food or drink and every ingredient in such article and all
confectionery.
FREE-ROAMING CATS
Cats that roam outdoors and interact with feral cats and
wildlife; cats with a specific owner, stray pets, or cats that may
have originated in one household and are fed or cared for by other
households in the neighborhood.
[Added 4-10-2013 by BOH Ord. No. 2-2013]
FUMIGATION
A process by which the destruction of insects such as mosquitos
and body lice and animals such as rats is accomplished by the employment
of gaseous agents.
HEALTH OFFICER or EXECUTIVE OFFICER
As used in this Code, refers to and includes the person so
designated by the Board of Health, who shall exercise the power and
perform the duties of said Board as the executive officer of said
Board.
ISOLATION
Refers to the placing apart of infected persons for the purpose
of preventing contact with other persons and to the establishment
of restrictions directly surrounding such persons.
NUISANCE
Any condition which is dangerous to human life or health,
or that which renders air, water, soil or any type of food hazardous
or injurious to human life or health.
[Added 4-10-2013 by BOH Ord. No. 2-2013]
PERMIT
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction. Shall be construed to mean the permission, in writing,
of this Board issued according to its rules and regulations and the
provisions of the Sanitary Code.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
[Amended 11-9-2011 by BOH Ord. No. 3-2011]
QUARANTINE
Refers to the condition resulting from restrictive measures
which are applied to households, premises or areas of greater magnitude
for the prevention of the spread of communicable diseases to other
areas and also to restrictions applied at ports of entry to prevent
the introduction of diseases from other ports, states or countries.
STREET
When used in the Sanitary Code, shall be held to include
avenues, sidewalks, gutters, places and public alleys.
WILDLIFE
All animals that are neither human nor domesticated.
[Added 11-9-2011 by BOH Ord. No. 3-2011]