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The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this code. The terms, phrases, words and their abbreviations
shall have the meaning given herein, unless the context specifically indicates
otherwise. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present
tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular
number, words in the singular number include the plural number, and the masculine
shall include the feminine. The word "shall" as used herein is mandatory,
and the word "may" is permissive.
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ADULT NURSING HOME
AIR POLLUTION
BEAST
BOARD
BOARDINGHOUSE
BOARDINGHOME FOR CHILDREN
BOROUGH
BUILDING
BUILDING DRAIN
CARRIER
CATTLE
CELLAR
CHILD
CLEANING
CODE
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
CONTACT SUSPECT
CONTAINER
CONVALESCENT HOME
DENSE SMOKE
DISINFECTION
DWELLING
DWELLING, MULTIPLE
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
ECONOMIC POISONS
ENFORCING OFFICIAL
FISH
FLUID MILK PRODUCTS
FLY ASH
FOGGING
FOOD
FOOD ESTABLISHMENT
FOWL
FUEL-BURNING EQUIPMENT
GARBAGE
HEALTH OFFICER
HEALTH OFFICIAL
HOME FOR THE AGED
HOTEL
HOUSE CONNECTION
HOUSE DRAIN
HOUSE SEWER LATERAL
INCINERATOR
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INFANT
INSPECTOR
ISOLATION
KENNELS
LABEL
LABELING
LAUNDROMAT
LAVATORY
LICENSE or PERMIT
LODGING HOUSE
MAIN SEWER
MEAT
MEMBER
MILK PRODUCTS
MOTEL
MOTOR HOTEL
MUNICIPAL SEWERAGE SYSTEM
NEW JERSEY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE or N.J.A.C.
NEW JERSEY STATUTES or N.J.S.A.
NONPUBLIC SCHOOL
NUISANCE
NURSE
NURSING HOME
ODOR
OPEN BURNING
OPERATOR
OUTDOOR BATHING PLACES
OWNER
PACKAGE
PERMIT or LICENSE
PERSON
PET SHOP
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
PLUMBING
PLUMBING SYSTEM
POLLUTED
POLLUTION
POULTRY
PROPERTY and PREMISES
PUBLIC GROUND, PUBLIC SQUARE or PUBLIC PLACE
PUBLIC SEWER
QUARANTINE
REFUSE (See also "garbage.")
REGULATIONS
REPORTABLE DISEASE
RESIDENTIAL UNIT
RESTAURANT
REVISED STATUTES
REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR PERMIT
RINGELMANN SMOKE CHART
RUBBISH
SALVAGE OPERATIONS
SANITARY SEWAGE
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWER
SEWER ENGINEER
SEWER INSPECTOR
SMALL ANIMALS
SMOKE
SMOKE UNIT
SPRAYING
STATE
STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
STREET
SUSPENSION OF LICENSE OR PERMIT
TENANT
TENEMENT HOUSE
TOILET
TOURIST LODGE
TRADE WASTE
Y-PLANS
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
An establishment which maintains facilities for the care of two or
more adult individuals not related by blood or marriage to the person or persons
maintaining such establishment, suffering from illness or any infirmity and
where convalescent or nursing care is rendered to such individuals.
The presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more added substances
in such quantities and of such duration as to be injurious to human, animal
or plant life or to property or which unreasonably interferes with the comfortable
enjoyment of life and property.
Any large, four-footed animal.
The Board of Health of the Borough of Leonia.
A private dwelling in which at least three but not more than six
rooms are offered for rent, whether or not table board is furnished to lodgers,
and in which no transients are accommodated and no public restaurant is maintained.
Any house or establishment where children under age 16 are boarded
or cared for, whether for 24 hours or longer, by or under supervision of persons
not close relatives of such children, for compensation or as a business.
The Borough of Leonia.
Any roofed structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure
for persons, animals or property of any kind.
The lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system within a building
which receives the discharge from soil and waste pipes and conveys it to the
house connection.
A person who harbors the pathogenic organisms of a communicable disease
but who does not show clinical evidence of the disease.
Includes the following animals and their respective young: cows,
bulls, steers and other hoofed animals.
The lowest story of any building, dwelling or tenement house, of
which 1/3 or more of the height from the floor to the ceiling is below ground
level.
Any person under the age of 18.
The thorough removal of contaminating material or materials.
This chapter or Sanitary Code as herein designated, unless some other
code is expressly indicated.
Any infectious or contagious disease in which the causative agent
may be transmitted from person to person or from animal to person by direct
or indirect means.
Any person who has been sufficiently near or exposed to any infected
person to make probable the transmission of an infectious or causative agent
to such person.
Synonymous with "package" as herein defined.
An institution similar to adult nursing home but where complete or
partial recovery of patient is expected.
Smoke that is equivalent to or denser than No. 2 on the Ringelmann
Smoke Scale.
The application of any disinfectant materials to infected materials
in sufficient concentration and for a sufficient length of time to destroy
pathogenic organisms.
Any building or portion thereof which is occupied as a residence
or sleeping place of one or more individuals, families or households.
A building used solely for dwelling purposes by three or more families.
A dwelling having two distinct sets of kitchen and living facilities
designed and/or used to house not more than two families.
Those chemicals used as insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides,
nematocides or defoliants.
Includes the Health Officer or other official authorized by the Board
to enforce this code and its ordinances.
Includes every part of any marine or water-dwelling animal.
Includes milk, cream, certified milk, skim milk, skimmed milk, nonfat
milk, nonfat fortified milk, fortified skim milk, fortified skimmed milk,
flavored milk, dairy drink, buttermilk, cultured buttermilk, cultured skim
milk, cultured milk, cultured sour cream, cultured salad cream, yogurt, cultured
half-and-half, Vitamin D milk, Vitamin D fluid milk products homogenized milk,
modified milk, ice cream mix, ice milk mix and half-and-half.
Particles of gasborne solid matter arising from the combustion of
solid fuel, and does not include process materials.
Spraying in the form of a cloud for the control of insects within
a prescribed area.
Includes any article used for food or beverage for man or other animals,
and every ingredient therein, including, without limitation, all confectionery,
condiments, flavorings and other components of such articles.
Includes any bakery, confectionery, cannery, packing house, slaughterhouse,
dairy, creamery, meat market, fish market, delicatessen, restaurant or other
place or vehicle used in the production, preparation, transportation or handling
of food intended for sale or distribution.
Any feathered animal.
Any furnace, boiler, water heater, device, mechanism, stoker, burner,
stack, oven, stove, kiln, still or other apparatus or a group or collections
of such units in the process of fuel-burning for the generation of heat or
power. Refuse burning equipment shall be considered incinerators as herein
defined and not as "fuel-burning equipment" under this definition. Ovens,
stoves or ranges used exclusively for domestic cooking purposes are not included
herein.
The accumulation of animal or vegetable matter, or both, liquid or
otherwise, that tends to decay.
The individual duly appointed or designated by the Board to enforce
this code and its ordinances and supervise the work on behalf of the Board.
The Health Officer shall possess a license issued by the New Jersey State
Department of Health.
The same as "enforcing official."
An institution similar to an adult nursing home but only for persons
65 years of age or over.
An establishment operated for profit open to the traveling public
for keeping of guests. Food and beverages may or may not be part of the services
rendered.
That part of the sewerage system beginning five feet outside the
inner face of the building wall which receives the discharge from the building
drain and conveys it to the house sewer lateral.
The same as "building drain."
That part of the sewerage system that runs from the sewer main to
the curbline and includes all necessary fittings, as shown on connection or
Y-plans.
Any device, apparatus, equipment or structure used for destroying,
reducing or salvaging by fire any material or substance, including but not
limited to refuse, rubbish, garbage, debris or scrap or facilities for cremating
human or animal remains.
Contaminated liquid waste from industrial processes as distinct from
sanitary sewage.
A child under six months of age.
Those persons appointed by the Board to aid in the enforcement of
the public health laws of this state or to aid in the enforcement of the rules,
regulations and ordinances of the Board. Such inspectors shall possess the
appropriate license from the New Jersey State Department of Health in the
grade and classification required for their Board duties.
Separation of a person affected or suspected of being affected with
a communicable disease or a carrier of the infectious or causative agent of
a communicable disease from other persons in such a manner as will prevent
the direct or indirect conveyance of the infectious or causative agent to
other persons.
Includes any building, yard, enclosure, premises or lot of ground
used as a commercial establishment for the keeping, raising, breeding, selling
or boarding of dogs or other animals.
A display of written, printed or graphic matter upon or affixed to
the immediate container, not including the liners, of any article.
All labels and other written, printed or graphic matter upon an article
or any of its containers or wrappers or accompanying such article.
An establishment where washing and/or drying of wearing apparel and
other washable fabrics are done by the customers or an employee of the establishment.
A room with conveniences for washing.
A duly authorized license or permit from the Board, issued in accordance
with this code or the regulations of the Board.
A private dwelling unit where the owner, tenant or occupant is engaged
in keeping two or more lodgers, not related to him by blood or marriage, for
a part of a day or longer period, under expressed contract or agreed rate
of payment, and no food is served to such persons on the premises.
See "public sewer."
Includes every part of any animal, whether mixed or not with any
other substance.
One of the appointees who constitute the Board.
Includes ice cream, ice milk, sherbets, butter, butter oil, the various
types of cheeses, dried milk, dried skim milk and any other food for human
consumption made from milk and designated as a milk product by the State Health
Department.
See "hotel."
See "hotel."
The Leonia sewer system and all appurtenances thereto.
The official instrument of the state for codification of its rules.
That body of statutory law containing revisions of the Revised Statutes
of New Jersey and known as the "New Jersey Statutes," as amended and supplemented.
A private or institution-related school which may be attended in
place of a public school.
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, and as otherwise herein defined.
A person registered as such under the laws of the state.
A home where nursing care is given.
A property of a substance which affects the sense of smell.
Any fire wherein the products of combustion are emitted into the
open air and are not directed thereto through a stack or chimney.
Any person who has care, custody or control of building or premises
or a portion thereof, whether with or without knowledge of the owner thereof.
Small streams, rivers, lakes, tidal waters and artificial lakes or
bodies of water formed from a land depression used to provide recreational
facilities for bathing or swimming purposes for other than an individual or
his family or guests of his household.
Any person who, alone, jointly or severally with others, shall have
legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without accompanying actual
possession thereof; or who shall have charge, care or control of any premises
or part thereof, including but not limited to a dwelling or dwelling unit,
as owner or agent of the owner or as a fiduciary, including but not limited
to a dwelling or dwelling unit, shall be deemed to be a co-owner with the
lessor and shall have joint responsibility with the owner over the premises
or portion thereof leased or subleased.
Includes any wrapper, case, basket, hamper, can, bottle, jar, tube,
cask, vessel, tub, firkin, keg, jug, barrel or other receptacle, but shall
not include open containers which permit a visual and physical inspection
by a purchaser at retail nor bags and other receptacles which are filled in
the presence of a purchaser at retail.
A duly authorized permit or license from the Board, issued in accordance
with this code or the regulations of the Board.
Any person, association, partnership, trust or corporation or any
one or more of them or combination of any of them.
A place of business housing domesticated animals for the purpose
of raising and selling.
A person qualified and licensed to practice physiotherapy.
The practice of installing, maintaining, extending, repairing and
altering plumbing systems. It is also the installed plumbing system piping,
materials, plumbing fixtures and appurtenances of such systems in connection
with the following: sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities together
with their venting systems, a public or private water supply system and fire
protection systems within or adjacent to any building, structure or conveyance.
The sanitary and storm drainage facilities, together with their venting
systems and plumbing fixtures, a public or private water supply system and
the fire protection systems within or adjacent to any building, structure
or conveyance to a point of connection to a public or private water supply
or other acceptable terminal.
Dirty or defiled, unfit for human consumption or detrimental to health.
The presence of one or more substances in such quantities as to be
injurious to human, animal or plant life or to property or which unreasonably
interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property.
Includes chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, pigeons, pheasants
and all other fowl or winged animal kept, raised or sold for human consumption
or for production of eggs.
Unless restricted or limited by the context to either real or personal
property, includes both.
Severally, any and every public ground, public square, public park
or other public place within the Borough which is within the jurisdiction
and control of the Borough and which is or may be in general use by all citizens
and in which all have an equal right of passage and repassage at will.
The sewers laid longitudinally along the center line or other part
of the street or other right-of-way to which all owners of abutting properties
have equal rights and which is controlled by the Borough.
The restriction of movement of any person and animal who has been
exposed to a communicable disease, by confining such person to a restricted
area and the exclusion of other persons from that area.
All putrescible and nonputrescible wastes, except body wastes, and
shall include but not be limited to garbage, rubbish, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
Includes any laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, acts, instructions
or regulations, whether general or special, adopted by a specified body, such
as the State Health Department or the Board.
Those diseases to be reported by the Board to the State Health Department.
See "dwelling."
Includes any restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short-order cafe,
lunchroom, lunch wagon, diner, soda fountain, snack bar, luncheonette, tavern,
bar, grill, cocktail lounge, hotel, club, boardinghouse, sandwich stand, refreshment
stand and every other place or establishment in which food or beverage is
sold for consumption on or near the premises or at the time.
That body of statutory law known as the Revised Statutes of New Jersey
(1937) containing the general and permanent laws of the state adopted on December
20, 1937, as amended and supplemented.
The cancellation of a license or permit issued by the Board for the
remainder of the license period, except for licenses issued by the Registrar
of Vital Statistics pertaining to vital statistics.
Ringelmann's scale for grading the density of smoke, Bureau
of Mines Circular No. 7718 of the United States Department of Interior.
Solids not considered to be highly flammable or explosive, and shall
include but not be limited to rags, old clothes, leather, rubber, carpets,
wood, excelsior, paper, ashes, tree branches, yard trimmings, furniture, tin
cans, glass, crockery, masonry and other similar materials.
Any business, trade or industry engaged, in whole or in part, in
salvaging or reclaiming any product or material, including but not limited
to metals, chemicals, shipping containers or drums.
That domestic sewage with storm and surface water excluded, such
as sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings, including
motels, office and commercial buildings, factories and institutions.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface and ground
water are not admitted.
Domestic liquid waste containing animal, chemical or vegetable matter
in suspension or solution.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
The person or firm of duly licensed engineers retained or appointed
by the Borough in connection with the construction, installation and maintenance
of the municipal sewage system, and, if no one has been appointed or such
services have been completed, the term shall mean the Borough Engineer.
The Sewer Inspector of the Department of Public Works of the Borough
or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
Includes rabbits, mink, guinea pigs, rodents, raccoons, squirrels,
hamsters, skunks and monkeys, but no dogs and cats.
Means gas- or air-borne small particles by combustion or other heat
release or heat application processes in concentration sufficient to be observable.
A unit of measure of smoke emission. This is smoke of Ringelmann
No. 1 shade emitted for one minute or its equivalent, or such as smoke of
Ringelmann No. 2 shade emitted for 1/2 minute.
A mechanical application of insecticides to bushes, trees or plants.
The State of New Jersey.
The New Jersey State Department of Health or any successor agency
thereto.
A sewer which carries storm or surface water and drainage, but excludes
sewage and polluted industrial waste.
Includes every public street, avenue, sidewalk, gutter, highway,
park or public place in the Borough.
The suspension of permitted activity under the license or permit
granted by the Board for a specific period of time, except for licenses issued
by the Registrar of Vital Statistics pertaining to vital statistics.
Any person occupying any house, building or portion thereof which
is rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied as a house residence or
a business establishment.
Includes every house, building or portion thereof which is rented,
leased, let or hired out to be occupied or is occupied as a house, home or
residence by three or more families living independently of one another and
having facilities or doing their cooking and sleeping upon the premises.
A water closet.
See "hotel."
All solid or liquid material or rubbish resulting from construction,
building operations or the prosecution of any business, trade, industry, and
shall include but not be limited to plastic products, carton, paint, grease,
oil and other petroleum products, chemicals, cinders and other forms of solid
or liquid waste materials.
A plan prepared by a professional engineer showing house sewer laterals.
