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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

and as little damage done to the premises as can be; and unless such defect or nuisance shall be found requiring attention, such ground or building shall forthwith be reinstated in a good and workmanlike manner by or at the expense of the Board.

DISPOSAL OF NIGHTSOIL.

(Sections 69 and 70: This part of this by-law shall apply to and shall be in force only in those parts of the Heathcote Road District described in the Schedule in clause 71.)

NIGHTSOIL, CLOSETS, AND PRIVIES.

69. From and after the date upon which this by-law comes into operation no person shall make, build, or erect, or permit, or suffer to be built or erected any cesspool or cesspit or any like receptacle for nightsoil on any land situated within the area to which this by-law applies, or cover with earth, or permit or suffer to be covered with earth, or buried any nightsoil on any such land, or place, conduct, or drain, or continue to place, conduct, or drain any nightsoil in or into any cesspit or cesspool erected and being on any such land, or deposit or place any nightsoil in any place or receptacle on such land, except in a nightsoil-pan placed in a privy or closet on such land.

70. No person shall remove, cart away, or permit to be removed or carted away any nightsoil from any land situated within such areas, or from any building, closet, or privy being thereon without authority in writing from the Road Board.

SCHEDULE OF AREA.

71. (1.) All that area of land comprised in the boundaries of Rural Sections No. 125 and 326 in the Avon Ward of the Heathcote Road District.
    (2.) All that area of land comprised within the boundaries of the Opawa Ward of the Heathcote Road District.
    (3.) All that area of land comprised within the boundaries of Rural Section No. 49 in the St. Martin’s Ward of the Heathcote Road District.

72. No person shall drain nightsoil or permit the same to be drained or flow into any channel, ditch, or drain, or into any river, stream, or watercourse on or adjoining any such land, or into any ditch upon the line or within the limits of any roads, streets, or ways.

73. No person shall spill or cast or permit or suffer any nightsoil to be spilt or cast upon any land, street, or roadway.

74. From and after the date upon which these by-laws shall come into operation, if, in the opinion of the Road Board, any privy or closet or other building or other receptacle for the deposit of nightsoil, or any nightsoil-pan erected or being erected upon any land with such areas (except where such privy, closet, or other building is connected within the public sewers) is a nuisance, or likely to become a nuisance, or injurious to health, the Road Board may order the owner or occupier of any such land—
    (a.) To abolish such privy, closet, or other building, receptacle, or nightsoil-pan;
    (b.) To amend, alter, construct, or reconstruct the same or any part thereof, and to furnish the same so as to make the same conform with this by-law as hereinafter mentioned, and to satisfy the requirements thereof;
    (c.) To remove such privy, closet, or other building, receptacle, or nightsoil-pan to any prescribed position on such land.

STRUCTURE OF PRIVIES.

75. Every person who shall construct a pan privy in connection with a building shall construct such privy in such manner and in such position as to afford ready means of access to such privy for the purpose of cleansing such privy and of removing filth therefrom, and in such manner and in such position as to admit of all filth being removed from such privy and from the premises to which such privy may belong without being carried through any dwelling-house or public building in which any person may or may be intended to be employed in any manufacture, trade, or business.

76. Every pan privy shall in all respects be well and substantially erected. It shall be provided with a sufficient opening for ventilation as near the top as practicable, and communicating directly with the external air. It shall be enclosed on all sides, and be provided with a door placed in the position best adapted to conceal its interior. If the floor of any privy be of wood, it shall be so constructed that the under-surface of the place or joists supporting such floor shall be at least 3 in. above the level of the ground underlying; or the floor of such privy shall be flagged or paved with hard tiles, concrete, asphalt, or other non-absorbent materials, and shall be constructed so that it shall be in every part thereof at a height not less than 3 in. above the level of the surface of the ground adjoining such privy, and so that such floor shall have a fall or inclination towards the door of such privy of ½ in. to the foot. The whole area of the floor below the seat of a pan privy shall be constructed of asphalt, concrete, or such other impervious material as the Board may direct.

77. The seat of the pan privy, the aperture in such seat, and the space beneath such seat shall be of such dimensions as to admit of a movable receptacle for night-soil of a capacity not less than 1 cub. ft., being placed and fitted beneath such seat in such manner and such a position as may effectively prevent the deposit upon the floor or sides of the space beneath such seat or elsewhere than in such receptacle, or any filth which may from time to time fall or be cast through the aperture in such seat. The seat of such pan privy shall be so constructed that the whole of such seat or a sufficient part thereof may be readily removed or adjusted in such manner as to afford adequate access to the space beneath such seat for the purpose of cleansing such space or removing therefrom or placing and fitting therein the approximate receptacle. Such receptacle shall be constructed of such material or materials and in such manner as to prevent any absorption by any part of such receptacle of any filth deposited therein, or any escape by leakage or otherwise of any part of the contents of such receptacle.

78. The occupier of the premises on which any earth-closet is situated shall keep such closet, building, and appurtenances in a good state of repair, and in a thoroughly clean and sanitary condition, to the satisfaction of the Board. Where premises are unoccupied, the owner shall be in all cases liable and responsible for the repair and cleanliness of the closet, building, and appurtenances.

79. All pan privies within the said district shall be provided with a movable, watertight, metal receptacle, of a size and pattern approved by the Board, and if at any time hereafter there shall be upon any premises within the said district any receptacle for nightsoil not in accordance with these by-laws, the owner or occupier of such premises shall be deemed guilty of an offence against these by-laws.

NIGHT-CARTS.

80. No person shall convey any nightsoil along any street or road within such areas between the hours of 5 a.m. and 9 p.m.

NUISANCES.

81. No person shall lay or construct a drain under any public or private street or road, footpath, or right of way, except such as shall be made or built of iron, stone, brick, glazed pipes, or concrete, and except with the consent in writing of the Road Board being first obtained.

82. Neither the owner nor the occupier of any land or other person for the time being in charge of any premises thereon shall cause or permit or suffer any offensive matter or liquid whatever to be discharged from such land or premises into or upon any street, road, or right of way or public place or into any ditch or drain being within the limits of such street, road, or right of way, and any such owner or occupier or other person who, after receiving notice that offensive matter or liquid has been or is being discharged, fails to remove the same or to prevent and put an end to such discharge, shall be deemed to be guilty of a breach of this by-law.

83. No person shall permit any land or any premises thereon to become a nuisance by reason of injurious smells arising therefrom or by the accumulation of offensive matter thereon or therein.

84. All drains, yards, outhouses, dog-kennels, fowl-houses, and ash-pits, on any premises or land shall be maintained and kept by the owner, occupier, or agent of such premises and land so as not to be a nuisance or injurious to health, and so that there shall be no soakage or overflow therefrom.

85. No person shall carry pig-swill or other offensive matter or liquid along any street or road unless in airtight receptacles between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10 p.m.

RESPECTING STABLES.

86. Every person who shall hereafter erect or alter a stable shall cause the floors of such stable to be properly paved with blocks of hard stone, hard clinker bricks laid on edge or other impervious material, to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Inspector. He shall lay such floors with proper falls to surface channels, which shall deliver into a trapped gully, and which gully-trap shall be connected by glazed stoneware pipes with such public drain as the Sanitary Inspector may determine.

87. The occupier of every stable, whether erected before or after the coming into operation of this by-law, shall from time to time maintain and keep in good condition all floors, channels, gullies, and drains in connection therewith.