Ordinance 1589 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • The walls of such vault or cesspool shall be of brick, cement, stone or sound plank of not less than two inches in thickness. The bottom of al3 vaults and cesspools shall be smooth and level in surface. The size of all vaults hereafter constructed shall be not less than five (5) feet in depth, without special permit from the health officer, and two and one-half (22) feet by four (4) feet in length and width. All vaults shall be fly-proof and be closely boxed or walled at the top with the privy building, and a ventilating pipe of wood or other material of not less than four (4) inches in diameter shall extend from the top of the vault to two (2) feet above the building. Avery privy shall be provided with close-fitting covers, subject to the approval of the health officer. Avery cesspool here- after constructed shall not be less than ten (10) feet deep, without special permit from the health officer, nor less than three (3) feet in diameter if of circular form, nor less than twelve (12) square feet in surface measurment if rectangular. Avery cesspool shall be provided with close-fitting covering, subject to the approval of the health officer. No person or persons shall throw or deposit in any privy, vault, or cesspool any garbage, cans, crockery, or other rubbish whatsoever, and the owner or occupant of premises shall be responsible for the condition of all privies, vaults and cesspools on the same. Section 19: Avery tenement, lodging house, or restaurant keeper shall have proper and suitable tight-covered metallic cans or receptacles for receiving garbage and other refuse matter, the same to be of galvanize* iron or other material, approved by the health officer. UNSANITARY BUILDINGS. Section 20: Whenever the health officer shall deem any building, or any part thereof, for any sanitary cause, to be unfit for human habitation, he may issue an order to be served upon the owner, agent, or occupant requiring all persons to vacate such