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ORDINANCE MAKING WASTE WATER A NUISANCE AND ASSIGNING REGULATION TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH
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The Board of Health shall be and the same is hereby vested with the authority and duty to inspect and inquire into the manner and method of disposing of or accumulation of filth, or foul water, waste water from hydrants, sinks, bathtubs, or any other source whatsoever; and after inspection the said Board of Health by resolution may declare to be a nuisance any method of disposing of the same, or any accumulation thereof on lots, or in streets, alleys, wells, cessponds, pools, or vaults, which in the judgment of the board of Health is offensive or unhealthful or likely to become so.
Upon such resolution, and at the direction of the Board of Health, the Chief of Police or his Deputy shall serve notice in writing on the person, firm or corporation owning, using or controlling premises from which such filth or waste water or foul water is disposed of or flows, or upon which the same accumulates, either personally or by delivering a copy to someone not under fourteen years old at the usual place of abode, or the office or place of business of such person, firm or corporation, or leaving a copy thereof in a conspicuous place at such usual place of abode, or office or place of business, which notice shall state that such disposal or accumulation has been declared by the Board of Health a nuisance, and that arrests will be made if the same be not discontinued or cleaned up within a specific reasonable time, not less than twenty-four hours.
The maintenance or continuance of such method of disposal or of such flow, or accumulation of filth, foul or waste water or other matter where the same is offensive or unhealthful to the community, or likely so to become, after the same shall be declared a nuisance and the notice served as hereinbefore provided, shall constitute a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof the person, firm or corporation guilty thereof shall be fined in ...
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