The code and all amendments and supplements
hereto shall be known as the "Sanitary Code of the Board of Health
of the Borough of Palisades Park," or as the "Sanitary Code."
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
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 property or unreasonably interfere
with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property.
For the purpose of this chapter shall mean cat or dog.
[Added 8-27-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-12]
Waterfowl, songbirds, pigeons but not limited to blue jays
and other birds.
[Added 8-27-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-12]
The Board of Health of the Borough of Palisades Park.
A private housing or dwelling unit where the owner, tenant
or occupant thereof is engaged in keeping two or more boarders not
related to him by blood or marriage and in serving food to some or
all of such lodgers, for a part of a day or longer period, under expressed
contract or rate of payment.
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.
A person who has satisfactorily completed a course of study
on the control of animals approved by the Commissioner of Health and
Senior Services.
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No. 2019-12]
This chapter.
A child-care center established for children of preschool
age for both morning and afternoon sessions, usually with hot lunches
included and with cots for rest provided.
Smoke which is so heavy and thick as to prevent the seeing
of objects through it at the point of emission into the external air
or the equivalent of No. 3 grade of the Ringelmann Smoke Chart, the
standard device used by the United States Bureau of Mines.
Natural soil, earth and stone.
Any building or portion thereof which is occupied or is intended
to be occupied as a residence or sleeping place of one or more individuals,
families or households.
A person or persons duly appointed by the Board of Health
to enforce this chapter, including but not limited to the Health Officer,
Sanitarian, Building Inspector, Housing Officer, police officers and
fire inspectors.
To give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any
edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting or enticing
wildlife and/or bird feeding does not include baiting in the legal
taking of fish, pest control and/or game.
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No. 2019-12]
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
animal and every ingredient therein and all confectioneries, condiments
and beverages and articles used for components of any such article.
Includes any bakery, box-lunch establishment, cannery, catering
establishment, confectionery, cheese factory, creamery, dairy, delicatessen,
factory dining room or cafeteria, fish market, food-vending vehicle,
grocery, hotel, luncheonette, meat market, packing house, restaurant,
soda fountain or tavern or any place used in the production, preparation,
transportation or handling of food intended for sale or distribution
for consumption.
Cats that roam outdoors and interact with feral cats and
wildlife. Cats with specific owner, stray pets, or may have originated
in one household and are fed or cared by other households in the neighborhood.
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No. 2019-12]
The accumulation of animal or vegetable matter, or both,
liquid or otherwise, that tends to decay.
Any solid waste or combination of solid waste, including
toxic, corrosive, irritating, sensitizing, radioactive, biologically
infectious, explosive or flammable solid waste, which poses a present
or potential threat to human health, living organisms or the environment,
or any waste designated as hazardous by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
An establishment operated for profit, open to the traveling
public for the keeping of guests. Food and beverages may or may not
be part of the service.
Includes any building, yard enclosure, premises or lot of
ground used as a commercial establishment for the keeping, raising,
breeding or boarding of dogs and other animals.
An establishment where washing and/or drying of wearing apparel
and other washable fabrics is done by the customer or an employee
of the establishment.
A private dwelling 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 where no food is served to
such persons on the premises.
That or those person or persons duly appointed by the Mayor
and confirmed by the Council of the Borough to constitute the Board.
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.
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A person licensed as such under the laws of the State of
New Jersey.
A child-care center established for children of preschool
age, usually for morning sessions only.
A duly authorized permit or license of the Board issued in
accordance with this chapter or the regulations of the Board.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
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Includes chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea foul, pigeons,
pheasants and all other fowl or winged animals kept, raised or sold.
Any child between one year and five years of age.
Includes any public place, as well as a restaurant, lunchroom,
cabin, tavern, barroom, hotel and any and every establishment or place
where food or beverage is sold or offered for sale to the public for
consumption on the premises, and any camp, trailer, trailer camp,
tourist home or public recreation place, or any other place of business
where toilet facilities or water for drinking or culinary purposes
is available for the use of the public.
Includes all regulations, whether general or special, which
the Board may, from time to time, lawfully adopt and issue.
Includes all coal or wood ashes, all loose material and dirt-like
substances that tend to decay and all waste material, combustible
and noncombustible, accumulated from buildings or from the cleaning
of buildings.
Includes rabbits, mink, guinea pigs, monkeys, chinchillas,
hamsters, mice and rats, squirrels, raccoons and skunks and any other
small animals or rodents kept or raised as pets or kept or raised
for exhibition or other purposes or as a source of supply for laboratories.
A mechanical application of insecticides to bushes, trees,
plants or structures.
A combination of any materials, whether fixed or portable,
forming a construction, including a building.
Any dog which has attacked or bitten any human being on three
different occasions within a twelve-month period or which habitually
attacks other dogs or animals.
All animals that are neither human nor domesticated.
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No. 2019-12]
The Board, as defined herein, shall be regulated
and guided by the "Bylaws of the Board of Health of the Borough of
Palisades Park," adopted on March 7, 1973, copies of which are kept
on file in the offices of the Board of Health and Borough Clerk.
