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Cesspools
right to dispose of house refuse in an ashpit used in common
by the occupiers of several tenancies, but in no case shall such
ashpit be of greater capacity than is required to enable it to
contain the refuse which may accumulate during any period not
exceeding one week.
17. The occupier of any premises who shall use any ashpit
shall, if such ashpit consist of a movable receptacle, cause such
receptacle to be kept in a covered place, or to be properly covered,
so that it shall not be exposed to rainfall, and if such ashpit consist
of a fixed receptacle, he shall cause the same to be kept
properly covered.
18. Where the Sanitary Authority have arranged for the
daily removal of house refuse in their district, or in any part thereof,
the owner of any premises in such district or part thereof shall
provide an ashpit which shall consist of one or more movable
receptacles, sufficient to contain the house refuse which may
accumulate during any period not exceeding three days, which the
Sanitary Authority may determine, and of which the Sanitary
Authority shall give notice by public announcement in their
district. Each of such receptacles shall be constructed of metal,
and provided with one or more suitable handles and cover. The
capacity of each of such receptacles shall not exceed two cubic feet.
Provided always that this bye-law shall not apply to the
owner of any premises until expiration of three months after the
Sanitary Authority have publicly notified their intention to adopt
a system of daily collection of house refuse in that part of their
district which comprises such premises.
19. Where any receptacle shall have been provided as an
ashpit for any premises in pursuance of any bye-law in that behalf,
no person shall deposit the house refuse which may accumulate on
such premises in any ashpit that does not comply with the
requirements of these bye-laws.
20. Every person who shall construct a cesspool in connection
with a building, shall construct such cesspool at a distance of
one hundred feet at the least from a dwelling-house, or public
building, or any building in which any person may be, or may be
intended to be, employed in any manufacture, trade, or business.
21. A person who shall construct a cesspool in connection
with a building shall not construct such cesspool within the
distance of one hundred feet from any well, spring, or stream of
water.
22. Every person who shall construct a cesspool in connection
with a building, shall construct such cesspool in such a
manner and in such a position as to afford ready means of access
to such cesspool, for the purpose of cleansing such cesspool, and of
removing the contents thereof, and in such a manner and in such
a position as to admit of the contents of such cesspool being
removed therefrom, and from the premises to which such cesspool
may belong, without being carried through any dwelling-house,
or public building, or any building in which any person
may be, or may be intended to be, employed in any manufacture,
trade or business.