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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNo 13 Relating to the Preservation of Health, Defining Certain Powers and Duties of the Board of Health with Respect to Sanitation and Sanitation Facilities, Defining and Prohibiting Nuisances and Providing for the Abatement Thereof..ORDINANCE # A AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, DEFINING CERTAIN POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH '�= RESPECT TO SANITATION AND SANITATION FACILITIES, DEFINING AND PROHIBITING NUISANCES AND PRO- VIDING FOR THE ABATETViENT THEREOF, AND PRO- VIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION. THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TO!,LrN OF NEW CANADA DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. No person shall permit any condition, which is deemed by the town board of health to be a public or private nuisance, on any premises owned or occupied by him tr,iitnin the Town of New Canada. Whenever any cellar, vault, private drain, cesspool, privy, or sewer becomes offensive, nauseous, or injurious to health, such condition shall constitute a nuisance Teitnin the meaning of this section. Sec. 2. Where public sewer is accessible in a street or alley to a building or premises abutting thereon, liquid wastes from any plumbing system in said building shall be discharged into the public sewer, unless otherwise prohibited by ordinance or regulations. If water closets or other plumbing fixtures exist in any building located where there is no public sewer within a reasonable distance, suitable provision shall be made for disposing of the sewage originating in such building by any method of disposal which meets requirements and standards recommended or established by the Minnesota Board of Health. Sewage from buildings other than residences shall be disposed of as required or recommended by regulations, recommendations and published instructions of the Minnesota Department of Health. All septic tanks and Imhoff tanks shall be operated in accordance with Minnesota. State Board of Health regulations and recommendations. In areas where municipal sewers are not available and where, in the opinion of the Town Board of Health, it is not practical to in- stall private i%rater carrying sewage disposal systems, a privy is necessary for disposal of human wastes. Any such privy shall be con- structed in accordance with regulations, plans and recommendations published by the Yinnesote Department of Health and shall be main- tained in accordance with such published recommendations. No facility for the disposal of sanitary sewage, such as septic tank, Imhoff tank, privy, sewer line or leaching field, shall be constructed within fifty feet (50 ft.) of a. well or other source of water supply. It shall be unlawful to pump effluent from any facility used for disposal of sanitary sewage to the ground surfact unless such facility does not receive any human waste. It shall be unlawful to discharge any effluent waste, or other discarded material into the water of any lake, stream, ditch, pond or other body of water in the Town of New Canada. Sec. 3. No owner, lessee, agent, or occupant of any building or premises in the Town of New Canada shall employ, cause, or permit any part of the contents of any vault, privy, sink, or septic tank, dry well or cesspool (being thereon, and of which he has control), to be removed unless according to permit or the regulations of said board of health. Sec. 4. No person or corporation shall discharge out of, or per- mit to flow from, their residence or place of business or any other property operated or owned by such person or corporation, any foul or odorous liquors, slops or substance whatever into any private ground, street, lane, or public ground within the Town of New Canada, or into any body of water, stream or ditch. - 2 - Dec. 5. No manure, garbage, offal, or any vegetable or animal matter or odorous substance which may be detrimental to health shall be dumped or deposited at any place within the limits of the Town of New Canada, except at such place or places designated and provided for that purpose by the board of health. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of every contractor, scavenger, and person, his agents and employees, who has contracted or under- taken to remove any diseased or dead animals, offal, rubbish, gar- bage, dirt, street sweepings, night soil, or other filthy, offensive, or noxious substance, or is engaged about any such removal, or in loading or unloading of any such substance, to do the same with dis- patch, and in every particular in a manner as cleanly and little of- fensive, and with as little danger and prejudice to life and health as possible. Sec. 7. All persons, firms, or corporations engaged in the busi- ness of scavenger within the Town of New Canada, or who may be em- ployed therein by individuals to remove garbage or other substances which for any cause have become offensive, or have to be removed, shall, in removing the same through, over, or along any of the streets, highways, alleys, or public grounds of said town, or elsewhere there- in, convey the same in close, tight, covered boxes, so as to prevent the scattering or dropping therefrom of any such garbage or other substances while in motion or passing along any of the streets, himh- ways, alleys and other places above mentioned, any part or portion of such garbage or other materials, or substances, or permit the emission of smells therefrom. This ordinance shall apply to and is !aereby made binding and ob- ligatory upon all persons, firms, or corporations who a•re now en- gaged in the business of removing garbage or other materials and - 3 - substances which for any cause are offensive or deleterious in said town, or have to be removed therefrom under any of the ordinances thereof now in force therein, or that may hereafter be passed by the board of supervisors of said totem, or which may hereafter be en— gaged or employed to do like work pursuant to either or any of such ordinance. Sec. 8. No person shall obstruct, delay, or interfere with the proper and free use, for the purpose of which they may be and should be set apart for the use of any contractor or person engaged in re— moving any offal, garbage, rubbish, dirt, dead animals, night soil, or other like substances, or with the proper performance of such contracts. Sec. 0. Whenever the attention of the board of health is called to the water from a. well or other source of water supply in New Canada which is, or ma.y be, of doubtful cuality for drinking pur— poses, the board of health shall call same to the attention of the State Board of Health, Division of General Sanitation, with the re— quest that they make a survey and necessary bacteriological analyses to determine as to whether or not continued use of said water shall be permitted. If it is found to be detrimental to health, the board of health shall serve, or cause the local police officers to serve upon the owner of the property, his agent, or occupant, a. notice in writing that such water shall no longer be used for drinking purposes. Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of any police officer to report to the board of health the existence of any nuisance whatever in said town, and perform such other acts relative to the same according to the general or special regulations prescribed relating thereto. Sec. 11. Whenever any nuisance shall be found on any premises within the town, contrary to this ordinance, the board of health is — 4 -- hereby authorized in its discretion to cause the same to be sum— marily abated in such manner as it may direct. Sec. 12. In all cases where no provision is herein made de— fining what are nuisances, and how the same may be removed, abated or prevented, in addition to what may be declared such herein, those offenses which are known to the common law of the land and the statutes of Yinneeota as nuisances may, in case the same exists within, the town limits or vithin one (1) mile thereof, be treated as such and proceeded against as is in this ordinance provided, or in accordance with any other law which shall give the officer try— ing the same jurisdiction. Sec. 13. Every agent or other person having the charge, con— trol or management, or who collects or receives the rents of any lands, premises or other property in the town, shall disclose the name or names of the owner or owners of such land, premises, or property, or the name or names of the person or persons for whom such agent or other person is acting, upon application being made therefor by the board of health. Sec. 14. Any person who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance, or who refuses or neglects to obey any of these rules, orders or sanitary regulations of the board of health, or omits or neglects or refuses to comply with, or who resists any officer, or order or special regulation of said board of health, shall upon arrest and conviction before the justice court of the Town of New Canada. be subject to a fine of not less than Ten Dollars (810.00) and not ex— ceeding the sum of One Hundred Dollars 0,100.00) for each and every — 5 — offense, and each day the violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. Sec. 15. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force im— mediately upon its passage and publication. Passed the Town Board this day of F1 U G U ST 1954. ATTEST: Clerk _ . /Lt4,�� 1 Chairman of the Bopr Ayes — Nays -- G Atstt Of cminne$Ots 88. County of Ramsey ) -------- T.__R. Lillie ----------------------------------------------------- being duly sworn, on oath says; that he is, and during all the times herein statedthas been___________________________________________ the_____________________________a_�___-___publishegr�aof the newspaper known as Ramsey County Review, and has full knowledge of thrQinancfer 41 t d; tllgt for more than one year prior to the publica- tion therein of the ---------(-J----------------------------1- ------------ --------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hereinafter described. said newspaper was printed and published in the Village of North St. Paul, in the County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota, on Thursday of each week; that during all said time said newspaper has been print- ed in the English language from its known office of publication within the Village, from which it pur- ports to be issued as above stated and in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in space to at least 450 running inches of single column, two inches wide; has been issued once each week from a known office established in said place of publication and employing skilled workmen and equipped with the necessary material for preparing and printing the same, and the presswork on that part of the newspaper devoted to local news of interest to the community which it purports to serve has been done in its known office of publication; that during all said time in its makeup not less than twenty- five per cent of its news columns have been devoted to local news of interest to the community it pur- ports to serve; that during all said time it has not wholly duplicated any other publication, and has not been entirely made up of patents, plate matter and advertisements; has been circulated in and near its said place of publication to the extent of at least two hundred and forty (240) copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers and has entry as second class matter in its local post office; and that there has been on file in the office of the County Auditor of Ramey County, Minnesota, the affidavit of a person having knowledge of the facts, showing the name and location of said newspaper and the existence of the conditions constituting its qualifications as a legal newspaper. That the______________ ordinance ------------------------ hereto attached was cut from the columns of of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week, for_--____-__yy_,_,____one -------- successive weeks; that it [[was first so published on Thursday the ------------ 12th ------ day of ------- August -------- 19_5-4and thereafter on Thursday of each week to and including the .------------------ day of --------------------- ...... ------ 19 ---- ; and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to -wit abcdefghijklmnopgrstwvwxyz ----------------`--- - -- -- -�----- ---- -- ----------------- �2t�-a o _ __dust -5-4 Subscribed and sworn to before m ____ _ _ _ ---------------===-=19--= ---- -- ----------------- - - Notary Public, _-------------- _------------------- County, Minn. VERNON I PTACEK,My commission exp es_____ -------------------------------------- 19 ---- Notary Public, Ramsey County, Minn, MY Commission Expires sept. lo, 1959. VILLAGE OF MAPLEVOOD Ra,ms*:-.y County Board of Health Ordinarn-7, ORDINkNCE NO. 1'z As Amenvle'.', By Ordina=,,s Na. 1` AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE REMERVATION OF HEALTH, DEFINING CERTAIN POWERS AND DITTIES OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH WITH RESPECT TO SANITATION AND SANITATION FACILITIES, DEFINING AND PROHIBITING NUISANCES AND PROVIDING FOR THE ABATEFM.T THEREOF, AND FROVIDING PENA_L,TTIES FOR VIOLATION. "SeG- 4,. No o -s-, c6rpoL,a.tion disoh-lrge out of, or permit ',.) flow from, their rc,;siders -.s-- or place of business or any other property operated or owned by su-3h person or corporation, any foul or cdorous liquors, slops or substance whatever into any private gro-L:nl, street, lane, or public ground within the Villagc of Maplewooa, 3z lnt,-., any body of water, stream, cr ditch." 14. Any person who violates, di.sobeye, omits, neglects or refuses to ccmply with any of the provision & this ordinance, or wh:, refuses or neglects to obey any of these rules, crdera or sanitary regulations of the board ^f health, or omits or neglects or .refuges to comply with, or who resists any officer, or order or special regulation of said b -.-bard of health, shall upon arrest and con-rin.tion before the justir;e court of the. Village of Maplevnol be sub jest tV,) a fimr, of nr.t less than Ten Sollars: ($10,oOO) P-nd not Asx r. -and ing the sum of One. Hundred Dollars ($100*00) for each and Pvery offense, and each day the vi:)l%ti:,n continues -h!--,Il- b�� deemad a eepaxate offense)." "S90o 15. This 4-xd1nanoe -4ha,11 take, effeot and be in force ir=,ediately upon ilbs pessa4;,-. and publication." Passed by the Tcm. Board tie i:� 5 d%Y of Augastt 1954o Wal 'Ao E. Luebben, Chairman cf the Board*