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2. Any person or persons owning or having control of any premises abutting on a private way, and having the right to use such private way shall, when ordered by the Board of Health in writing, remove or abate from that part of said private way ad- joining such premises, any substance, material or condition, which is, or may become a menace to the public health or a nui- sance, and such removal or abatement shall take place within the time specified in said order.
3. House offal, commonly called garbage or swill, shall be placed in suitable water tight receptacles properly covered and so located that the house offal may be easily removed by per- sons authorized by the Board of Health. Receptacles used for the storing of house offal, shall at all times be kept in a reason- ably clean condition. No metal, glass, crockery, poisonous sub- stance or substances other than house offal shall be placed in such receptacles.
4. No person shall remove or transport garbage, offal or other offensive material through any public street, court, lane or way without first obtaining a permit from the Board of Health, and provided further that he shall remove and transport the material heroin mentioned in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be established by the said Board. All such permits shall expire on December 31 of the year in which they are issued, but may be renewed annually. They may be revoked by the Board at any time for cause. No permit shall be transferred except with the approval of the said Board. Carts or vehicles used for transporting offensive material shall be water-tight and shall be securely covered with a wood, iron or canvas cover. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent a householder from disposing garbage, offal or other of- fensive material in a manner satisfactory to the said Board of Health.
5. No person or persons shall place or cause to be placed or left in or upon any public or private street or way, enclosure or grounds, or in any body or stream of water within the limits of this town, the body of any dead animal, fowl, or any substance or material that is or may become offensive or cause a nuisance, or may tend to obstruct the flow of any stream.
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6. The owner agent or lessee of any land or enclosure, used as a dump either public or private, shall cause all offensive mat- ter dumped thereon to be immediately covered and all other re- fuse matter dumped thereon to be kept leveled, and the premises kept in such a manner as to cause no nuisance during the process of filling. No person shall dump any offensive material upon any dump unless permitted to do so by the Board of Health, and all such offensive materials shall be properly disposed of to the approval of the Board of Health. All possible care shall be used in preventing the escape of dust and papers from the dump and from the vehicle used in conveying waste materials to the dump.
7. No owner, occupant or agent of any building or premises shall permit any sewage, garbage, contents or drainage or a privy . vault, septic tank, cesspool or water closet or sink drain or any other filth to empty on the surface of the ground or enter into any drain designed for the removal of surface water or any ditch, brook, stream or body of water.
CHAPTER V Septic Tanks, Privy-Vaults and Public Sewers
1. The owner or other person or persons having control of any existing building or buildings hereafter erected or converted into a dwelling to be occupied by one or more families, and from which a public sewer is accessible, shall in a manner and within a period of time satisfactory to the Board of Health, cause such building to be connected with such public sewer.
2. The owner or other person or persons having control of any existing building or buildings, hereafter erected or converted into one or more stores or other places of business, and in which one or more persons are employed, shall provide sufficient toilet facilities, and wherever a public sewer is accessible, shall, in a manner and within a period of time satisfactory to the Board of Health, cause such stores or other places of business to be con- nected with such public sewer.
3. No septic tank, permanent privy vault, or other means of sewage disposal shall hereafter be constructed or installed al- tered or repaired in this town until a permit has been obtained from the Board of Health.
4. An application for permit must be submitted to the Board of Health on a blank furnished by the Board of Health and must be signed by the owner, agent or contractor. The application must give all details of location and design. Inspection of the system is required before back-filling.
5. No building permit for a dwelling house shall be issued until the Board of Health has approved the proposed lot as suit-
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able from a sanitary point of view for human habitation. No building permit shall be issued for a dwelling house on an un- sewered street until a permit for a sewage disposal installation has been obtained from the Board of Health.
6. All disposal works hereafter constructed or installed shall be of approved material and unless otherwise specified by the Board of Health, shall be located not less than ten (10) feet from any dwelling, not less than twenty-five (25) feet from any stream, not less than ten (10) feet from line of any street, court or passageway and not less than ten (10) feet from line of ad- joining lot; all measurements being taken from the nearest por- tion of the sewage disposal works.
All septic tanks hereafter constructed or installed shall have an effective capacity of at least 600 gallons and shall be con- structed of approved material. The effluent from such tanks must be disposed of by proper subsurface works so as not to cause a nuisance in the vicinity or to pollute any water supply.
7. No permanent privy vault shall be constructed, or main- tained on premises which are provided with a public water sup- ply. On premises not provided with public water supply, no per-
manent privy vault shall be constructed or maintained except with the approval of the Board of Health. All permanent privy vaults, hereafter constructed, shall be of approved material, and shall be fly-proof, and unless otherwise specified shall be located not less than twenty (20) feet from any dwelling, not less than twenty (20) feet from line of adjoining lot, and not less than twenty (20) feet from line of any street, court or passageway, all measurements being taken from nearest outer point of vault.
8. Temporary privy vaults for the convenience of contrac- tors or their employees may be erected or installed without a permit, but only under the following conditions. The vault must be at least two feet in depth and must be so located as to cause no annoyance to persons residing in the vicinity.
The owner, contractor, or agent shall cause the contents thereof to be treated in a sanitary manner, and immediately upon completion of the contract the contractor shall remove the privy, shall fill in the vault and leave the premises in a condition satis- factory to the Board of Health.
9. No indoor toilet or water closet, except that which is provided with proper means of flushing with water at time of using, where water is available, shall be hereafter installed on any premises in this town. Where water is not available for flushing, indoor chemical toilets of approved material and con- struction may be installed under special permit of the Board of Health, if proper provision is made for the final disposal of the contents thereof.
10. Whenever a water closet, privy vault, septic tank or drain becomes offensive or obstructed, the owner, agent or occu- pant of the premises shall cause same to be cleaned and made free or otherwise corrected.
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11. Every owner, occupant, or agent of premises in which there is any private sewer, drain, privy vault, septic tank, shall keep the same in a sanitary condition and shall have every privy vault, septic tank emptied and cleaned when necessary or at such times as ordered by the Board of Health. If the owner or oc- cupant fails to comply with such order, the Board may cause the nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness to be removed, and all expenses incurred thereby shall be paid by the person who caused or permitted same, if he has had actual notice from the Board of Health of the existence thereof.
CHAPTER VI Horses, Cows, Goats, Swine and Poultry
1. No person shall keep within the limits of this town, ex- cept in agricultural districts and in non-conforming districts, es- tablished under the Zoning By-Laws of the Town in any build- ing, or on any premises of which he may be the owner, lessee, tenant or occupant, any cows, goats, or swine, without a permit from the Board of Health. All such permits expire annually on December 31 and may be revoked by the Board at any time for cause.
2. The owners or persons in control of any buildings or premises in which cows, goats, live fowl or swine are kept, shall keep the buildings and premises clean and free from decaying food, filth, dirt and stagnant water. The buildings and pens shall be white-washed or disinfected and put in such condition as may be ordered by the Board of Health.
3. The owner or other person or persons having control of buildings hereafter erected or converted into a barn for the stabling of horses or other domestic animals shall keep their barns, stables and yards clean, and shall provide a pit constructed of cement or other suitable material for the reception of manure and other refuse matter. Wherever a public sewer is accessible, the Board of Health will decide as to the advisability of connect- ing such building with said public sewer.
CHAPTER VII Pigs and Piggeries
1. No individual or individuals, partnerships, company or corporation shall keep a pig or swine within the limits of this Town without first obtaining a permit from the Board of Health. All such permits shall expire on December 31 of each year unless sooner revoked. Any permit may be revoked at any time by the Board of Health for cause.
2. A license to transport garbage, offal or other offensive substances along the public highways of this Town must be ob- tained from the Board of Health in accordance with Chapter III, Section 31A and no such materials shall be so transported with- out such a license. All licenses shall expire on December 31. Any
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license may be revoked at any time by the Board of Health for cause. Garbage and other offensive material shall be transpor- ted only in watertight vehicles or containers and shall be securely covered with wood, iron or canvass cover while the vehicle is in motion.
3. All piggeries shall be suitably isolated and maintained in such a manner that no nuisance shall be created thereby. No pen or enclosure shall be located within 150 feet of any public highway.
4 All piggeries will be examined frequently by a repre- sentative of the Board of Health, who will make such recom- uendations to the owner as are necessary to maintain the piggery in proper condition.
5. Properly ventilated buildings of substantial construction, preferably painted white or white-washed, well lighted and so designed that accumulations of offensive material can be readily removed, shall be provided. For indoor pens watertight troughs of cement or metal kept in good repair shall be provided for feed- ing purposes, and these troughs must be thoroughly cleaned every day.
6. All buildings used for the housing of swine shall be kept in a clean and satisfactory condition. Brood houses shall be cleaned daily.
7. If outdoor pens or runs are provided, the swine shall be fed from platforms built of heavy watertight material flat on the ground or on skids one foot above the ground so arranged that the platform can be readily moved and the ground at the earlier location ploughed in. If the feeding platform is elevated, the space between the ground and the platform shall be kept clear and clean, and no food shall be allowed to accumlate about the platform or on the ground.
8. A bin for receiving garbage shall be provided, which shall be covered during warm weather.
9. Garbage cans, wagons and trucks shall be thoroughly cleansed after the garbage has been removed therefrom.
10. Manure and refuse in outdoor pens shall be cleaned out at least twice weekly and must either be immediately removed from the premises or must be so kept that it will not constitute a nuisance and so that the pigs will not have access to it.
11. If uneaten garbage, manure and refuse are collected in compost piles, they shall be treated or covered with earth, loam or other suitable material in sufficient amounts to eliminate any odor or nuisance. All such piles shall be at least 500 feet from any highway or dwelling. No garbage, manure or putrescible matter whatsoever shall, except in the cultivation and use of the soil in ordinary methods of agriculture, be put upon the ground within 250 feet of high water mark of any source of water supply or within 250 feet of high water mark of any waters flowing directly or ultimately into said source of water supply. In addi-
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tion, during the fly-breeding season, they shall be sprayed daily with some suitable coal-tar compound or other satisfactory in- secticide.
12. Wet muck in outdoor pens shall be removed and re- placed with clean sand.
13. A water supply adequate for cleaning purposes shall be provided.
14. No pigs shall be kept within 50 feet of any room where milk is handled. No person who handles milk shall assist in the maintenance of pigs or the cleansing of pens.
15. Adequate personnel shall be employed at all times for the proper maintenance and operation of the piggery.
16. No piggery shall be located, constructed or maintained any part of which is within 250 feet of the high water mark of any source of drinking water supply or any tributary thereof, or within 250 feet of high water mark of any open waters flowing directly or ultimately into any source of water supply.
CHAPTER VIII
Offensive Trades, Occupations and Practice
1. The Board of Health may prohibit the exercise of the following trades or employments, Viz: Those of slaughtering animals, of rendering animal matter, of manufacturing fertilizers and soaps, of mixing or storing of refuse or vegetable substances, of smoking or dehydrating fish or meat, or refining oils, or mak- ing egg dressing, varnish, glue, gas, gasoline or any burning fluid, except at the place or places where such trades or employ- ments are now lawfully established or which may hereafter be assigned by the Board, such trades, or employments being either nuisances or hurtful to the Town, attended by moisome odors or otherwise injurious or dangerous to the public health.
2. No old rags, old papers or other refuse material shall be brought into or allowed to remain within any building used as a dwelling if gathered from any source of such building.
3. No person shall sell or offer for sale any second-hand wearing apparel, bedding, household furniture or household uten- sils that have been exposed to any communicable disease, or that is infected with vermin until the same has been cleansed and dis- infected in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Health.
CHAPTER IX
Collection and Disposal of Refuse and Garbage
1. Definitions:
a. Garbage is all waste animal, fish, fowl, fruit or vege- table matter produced from or resulting from the use or storage of food for human consumption.
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b. Refuse is all combustible and non-combustible rubbish, ashes and ordinary commercial wastes. Rubbish is defined as waste, refuse, broken or rejected matter, hence, anything worth- less. Building or construction wastes and industrial wastes are not included under refuse.
2. Storage of Wastes:
a. Garbage is to be well drained of free water, and where not fed to swine, wrapped in paper and stored in a watertight, tightly covered container. The container shall be kept clean and free from deposits of garbage. No broken glass, cans, bottles or poisonous matters shall be placed in this container.
b. Refuse shall be stored in containers, preferably made of metal, weighing not more than 100 lbs. when full and equipped with proper facilities for handling.
3. Private Collections:
a. Private parties, firms, or corporations may be author- ized to collect garbage and refuse, providing such collection is performed in accordance with these rules and regulations and produces no objectionable conditions in or on the streets.
b. Private collectors, firms or corporations shall, before en- gaging in such business, be licensed by the Board of Health. (See Chapter III, Section 31A, General Laws.) There shall be a fee of $1.00 per year for each vehicle used in such service. Such license may be revoked by the Board of Health, upon receipt of evidence that the nature of collection or disposal is not in con- formity with the requirements of these rules and regulations or such further rules as may be adopted.
c. Private scavenging on the streets is prohibited and no person shall overhaul the contents of receptacles of refuse set upon sidewalks for collection.
d. The Board of Health has applied to the various streets of the town two area classifications for the purposes of garbage collection known as Zone 1 and Zone 2. The areas included in each zone will be announced and redefined from time to time.
Zone 1 shall include all streets or sections of streets for which the Board has contracted for garbage collection for any householder who elects to subscribe to the service and meets the requirements herein.
Zone 2 shall be the entire remainder of the Town not includ- ed in Zone 1.
In order to make garbage collection by licensed collectors available to residents of Zone 2 areas such householders must organize a sufficient group of subscribers to garbage collection to make it practicable for the Board of Health to negotiate with a licensed collector to extend service into such area.
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e. Any resident living in an area classified as Zone 1 may qualify for garbage collection in accordance with provisions herein by the payment of $10.00 for any period from six months to one year or $6.00 for any period of less than six months, to the next 1st of August, payable in advance, to the Town Collector. All fees must be renewed on or before August 1st. (As amended.)
f. Each householder availing himself of garbage collection by a licensed collector through payment of fees to the Town Collector as herein provided shall be subject to the following rules, and continued failure to meet such rules, after notice of such failure by the Board of Health shall disqualify the house- holder from further collection, and said householder shall forfeit any un-used portion of fee paid in advance:
(1) Every house shall be provided with a suitable metal watertight receptacle in which to keep garbage until same is removed by the licensed collector or other person or persons collecting under a permit from the Board of Health.
(2) No refuse, tin cans, ashes, glass, sweepings, oyster, clam or lobster shells, corkdust, old boots and shoes, dead ani- mals, poisonous substances, lawn clippings, or any other foreign substances shall be placed in the garbage receptacle. Garbage containing any of the articles forbidden may be refused by the licensed collector and the householder shall in such cases care for same at his own expense, and forfeit any unused portion of fee paid in advance to the Town Collector.
(3) The garbage pail shall be kept in a place on the ground floor easily accessible to the Collector, and precaution taken so that the cover cannot be removed by dogs or other animals.
(4) The garbage pail shall be kept adequately clean and free from ice or snow.
(5) Householders shall notify the Board of Health of any failure on the part of the licensed collector to gather garbage, and the licensed collector shall notify the Board of Health of the name and street address of any persons from whom he refuses to accept garbage, stating the reasons therefor.
(6) Collection shall be made by the licensed collector twice weekly from June 15th to September 15th and once weekly from September 15th to June 15th. Any subscriber discontinuing the service for any reason whatsoever shall not be entitled to any rebate for any unused portion of fee paid.
(7) Violation of these rules and regulations shall be con- sidered as in the nature of a nuisance and will be dealt with as provided by the public statutes.
Special Provision for Summer Residents
Summer residents of the town may take a special summer season subscription to garbage collection for the five months be- ginning May 1st and ending October 1st for a fee of $6.00 pay- able in advance. This summer seasonal subscription being the only type of subscription that does not terminate each August 1st.
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4. Disposal of Wastes:
a. No public or private premises within the limits of the city or town shall be used as a dump without a permit from the Board of Health.
b. Refuse may be used for filling or grading land, provid- ing a permit is obtained from the Board of Health and in ac- cordance with any rules which the Board may prescribe.
c. All refuse shall be disposed of at a dump designated by the Board of Health or by the town meeting and in accordance with rules prescribed by the Board of Health.
d. Garbage or offensive material shall not be disposed of at any dump. When garbage is fed to swine, the hog farm shall be maintained in a sanitary manner and in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Board of Health.
5. Miscellaneous:
a. These rules and regulations shall not prohibit the dis- posal of combustible refuse and garbage in the home or com- mercial establishment by incineration if no smoke or odors are produced that are classed as nuisances or hazards.
b. The grinding of food wastes into water-carried pulp which is then transported to the household or commercial plumb- ing system and thence into the municipal sanitary sewer system or private sewer is permissible.
c. All vehicles employed in the collection of garbage shall be watertight and covered at all times. Vehicles employed in the collection of refuse shall be equipped as to prevent any material from blowing or dropping onto the highways.
6. Maintenance of Dumps:
a. The dumping of any garbage or other putrescible matter is prohibited except in a properly conducted sanitary fill.
b. No dumping of any material shall be permitted except under the supervision of the person in charge.
c. No material shall be burned at the dump except under the supervision of the person in charge.
d. The dump shall be kept level and in such a manner as to cause no nuisance.
. Cover material shall be brought in when necessary to cover the dumped material.
f. Fences shall be erected if necessary to prevent the blow- ing of material.
g. The dumping hours shall be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Monday through Saturdays: hours on Sunday shall be from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
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CHAPTER X General
Whoever violates any of these rules and regulations shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) except when otherwise provided by law or by these regulations.
CHAPTER XI
Recreational Camps, Overnight Camps or Cabins and Motels, and Trailer Coach Parks
1. Definitions:
A recreational camp is a camp conducted primarily for re- creational purposes whether as a day camp or an overnight, weekly or monthly basis.
An overnight camp or cabin is any tract or parcel of land used, either with or without payment, for public camping by transient guests, or upon which cabins, tents, tent-houses, or similar facilities are provided for use by the public for tem- porary lodging purposes.
A trailer coach park is any tract or parcel of land on which space available for two or more trailer coaches is rented or held out for rent, or on which free occupancy or camping for such number is permitted to trailer owners or users.
A unit is a section of ground in any camp used, or designated for use, as a location for a single overnight cabin, tent or trailer.
In the following regulations, unless otherwise specified, the word camp shall mean any recreational camp, overnight camp or cabin or motel or trailer coach park as defined above.
2. Registration and License:
The management of any organized camp in this municipality covered by the Chapter 140 of the General Laws as amended shall annually apply for a license in writing to the Board of Health. This application shall state the location and type of camp, the approximate maximum number of persons by who it is used, the probable duration of occupancy, the proposed duration of occupancy, the proposed sources of water and milk supply for the camp and the proposed method of sewage and garbage disposal. If the camp is used the year around, such application shall be made annually not later than January 1st or, if used during only a portion of the year, at least 30 days in advance of the date when the requested license is desired to take effect.
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