Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask.

Date:: [1913]

Credit: Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Sec. 4. That any person who shall commit any offense specified in section 3 of this ordinance shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $100. Sec. 5. That any person who shall carelessly, negligently, or willfully aid in or contribute to the doing of any act dangerous to life or detrimental to the health of any human being, except for justifiable motives for adequate reasons, or who shall omit any precaution reasonable and proper to prevent or remove danger or detriment to life or health of any human being, shall be liable to a penalty of $25. Sec. 6. That the accumulation of any decaying animal or vegetable substance or substances, or of other offensive matter in the form of rubbish, garbage, or offal, in or upon any lot, street, or highway, or in or upon any public or private place, and allowing the same to remain in or upon any such lot, street, highway, public or private place, until the same shall become hazardous to health, or until the same shall by reason of offensive odors become a source of discomfort to persons living or passing in the vicinity thereof, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and any person or persons who shall allow any such accumulations, or who shall aid therein, shall be liable to a penalty of $25. Sec. 7. That the pollution of any stream, well, spring, or reservoir of water used for drinking purposes is hereby prohibited, and any person or persons who shall cause such pollution, or who shall aid therein, shall be liable to a penalty of $25. Sec. 8. That the construction of any drain or sewer, or the pouring out of fouled liquids on the surface of the ground in such manner as to become the source from which offensive odors shall emanate, or in such manner as to pol- lute the ground, air, or water to the risk or detriment of the health of persons living or passing in the vicinity thereof, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and any person or persons who shall cause or maintain, or who shall aid in causing or maintaining any such nuisance, shall be liable to a penalty of $25. Sec. 9. That the storage of animal refuse or decayable or putrescible matter in liquid or solid form in any vault, cesspool, or other receptacle in such manner as to endanger health, or in such manner that the same shall, by reason of offensive odors emanating therefrom, become a source of discomfort to persons living or passing in the vicinity thereof, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and any person or persons causing or maintaining any such nuisance, or aiding therein, shall be liable to a penalty of $25. Sec. 30. That the overflow of any foul liquids or gases into any place where they may become injurious to health, or the keeping or forming such sunken places or excavations upon any lot or land as accumulate foul water or offensive animal or vegetable matter, is hereby declared to be a nuisance ,and any person or persons who shall cause or maintain any such nuisance or who shall aid in causing or maintaining the same, shall be liable to a penalty of $25. Sec. 11. That the keeping of any tenement house or other house or building, or any part thereof, in such a state of uncleanliness, or the crowding of persons in any tenement house in such a manner as to endanger the health of the persons dwelling therein, is hereby declared to be a nuisance; and any person or persons through whose act such state of uncleanliness shall be caused, and any person or persons by whom such crowding shall be caused shall be liable to a penalty of $25. [Part of ordinance adopted Dec. 11, 1911.] YONKERS, N. Y. NUISANCES. Fillivg of lots, etc. Sec. 82. No animal or vegetable substance and no muck, silt, or dirt gathered in cleaning yards, buildings, docks, or slips, or waste of mills or factories, oi any mate- rials which are offensive, or tend, by decay, to become putrid or to render the atmos- phere impure or unwholesome, shall be deposited or used to fill up or raise the surface or level of any lot, grounds, docks, wharf, or pier within the limits of the city of \ on- kers unless pursuant to a special permit from the health officer; and no ground or material filled with offensive matter or substance or that will emit or allow to arise through or from the same any offensive order of deleterious exhalation shall be opened or turned up, or the surface thereof removed, between the 1st day of May and the 1st day of October in any year, except pursuant to a permit therefor first obtained from the health officer.$