3660
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 100

must not be less than 3 in. Gully-traps must have a water seal of not less than 2½ in., with openings of suitable outlet capacity.

(i.) All bath, lavatory, sink, wash-tub, rain-water, or other waste-pipes shall discharge into the open air either directly over a trapped gully at a height of not less than 3 in. nor more than 6 in. above the grating thereof, or over (and at a height of 3 in. above) a watertight concrete channel led to a gully-trap, and not being distant therefrom more than 6 ft. The waste-pipe from the kitchen and scullery sinks of hotels, boardinghouses, clubs, and restaurants shall discharge over a grease-trap of approved pattern and material.

(j.) The waste-pipes of baths, lavatories, and sinks shall be siphoned directly under their intakes with approved siphon traps of equal bore, and having a seal of not less than 2 in.

(k.) Kitchen sinks must be constructed of impervious materials. The following will be considered impervious materials: Lead, galvanized iron, copper, enamelled or plain cast iron, glazed fireclay or earthenware.

(l.) No water-closet shall be placed in any bath-room, or in any room or closet used for any other purpose than that of a water-closet, lavatory, privy, or urinal, or in any room, unless at least one of its walls is an outer wall.

(m.) When for any reason any sanitary convenience, or any portion of a drain or any fittings in connection therewith, are no longer required for use, such sanitary convenience shall be removed and such portion of the drain or fittings shall be disconnected and removed, and any openings or connections with existing drains and sewers shall be properly closed and made good.

(n.) Where a drain is used to make a connection to a sewer or septic tank, or where a water-closet is connected with a drain, such drain shall be provided at its highest point with a ventilation-shaft of such size, and constructed of such material, and carried to such height above the eaves as the Board’s Sanitary Inspector may direct.

Privies.

2. No person shall construct any privy or closet other than a water-closet, except in accordance with the following conditions; and the owner and occupier of any premises upon which any privy or closet exists, and which does not conform to these by-laws, shall at any time after two months from the coming into force of these by-laws cause such privy or closet to conform in every respect thereto.

(a.) No part of any privy shall be at less than 15 ft. distance from any road, street, or footpath, or any dwellinghouse, or from any part of any wash-house, shed, convenience, or other erection attached to such dwellinghouse, or from any building, shop, or office in which any person may or may be intended to be employed in any manufacture, trade, or business (other than a detached wash-house used exclusively for domestic purposes), or from any place of public worship, or any public hall or school. Every privy shall be so situated that the pan can be removed and the contents disposed of without the same having to be carried through any house, thop, facsory, or workshop.

(b.) Every privy other than a water-closet shall be so constructed or altered that at least one of its sides shall be an external wall. The floor, including the space under the seat, shall be of good sound timber, planed, tongued and grooved, or of brick or cement, and shall be at least 6 in. above the level of the ground immediately adjoining thereto. It shall be properly lighted and ventilated, and the door shall be in the best position adapted to conceal the interior from the public view. The seat shall be capable of being opened or removed for its full width for the purpose of cleaning the space beneath. Battens shall be so placed on the floor beneath the seat as to secure that the pan shall be so placed that all excreta shall fall therein.

(c.) All privies for the reception of nightsoil (not being water-closets) shall be pan privies, with moveable receptacles for the nightsoil. Such receptacles shall be watertight metal pans of a size and pattern approved by the Board.

(d.) The occupier of any shop, house, factory, workshop, or other premises provided with a pan privy shall cause the pans thereof to be emptied and properly cleansed at least once in each week, and in any case so frequently as to prevent overflow.

(e.) The occupier (and where the premises are not occupied, the owner) of the premises on which any pan privy is situated shall keep such privy in a good state of repair, and in a clean and sanitary condition.

Disposal of Nightsoil.

3. No person shall place or deposit nightsoil in a pit or other fixed receptacle in the ground, or spread nightsoil upon the surface of the ground, or bury nightsoil within 33 ft. of any church, hall, house, shop, factory, or workshop, or within 20 ft. of the boundary of any adjoining land. No person shall dispose of nightsoil so as to create a nuisance. No person shall bury nightsoil otherwise than in the following manner: A V-shaped furrow or trench shall be formed of not more than 18 in. in depth, and the nightsoil shall be placed along the bottom of such furrow or trench and covered with earth level with the surface, and so that the nightsoil shall be forthwith covered with at least 6 in. of earth.

Pig-keeping.

4. No person shall keep, or allow, suffer, or permit to be kept, any pig within the district on any holding of less than one acre in area, or shall in any case so keep any pig as to be a nuisance or injurious to health, or keep, or suffer, permit, or allow to be kept, any pig in any pig-sty at a less distance than 100 ft. from any house or from any road. The owner or occupier of any land upon which pigs shall be kept shall cause the floor of every pig-sty thereon to be constructed of concrete or other impervious material, and to be so maintained that there shall be no soakage of the soil with pigs’ food, urine, or drainage from the sty. The owner or occupier of any land upon which there shall be a pig-sty shall keep such sty at all times in a cleanly and wholesome condition.

Stables.

5. No person shall erect, or cause or allow to be erected, any stable at a less distance than 15 ft. from any dwelling-house, public building, or church, or at a less distance than 15 ft. from any boundary of neighbouring property. The floor of any stable now or hereafter erected shall be constructed of concrete or other impervious material, and shall be so constructed that there shall be no soakage of the soil with urine or drainage from the stable. No person shall allow an accumulation of animal excreta or manure to remain on any property so as to cause a nuisance.

6. Every occupier of a building or premises wherein or whereon any horse or other beast of draught or burden, or any cattle or swine, may be kept shall provide in connection with such building or premises a suitable receptacle for dung, manure, soil, filth, or other offensive or noxious matter which may from time to time be produced in the keeping of any such animal in such building or upon such premises. Such receptacle shall not be erected within 15 ft. of any dwelling-house or place in which any person is employed in any manufacture, trade, or business, or in which any food intended for human consumption is stored, or within 20 ft. from any public road. He shall once at least in every week remove or cause to be removed from the receptacle provided in accordance with the requirements of this by-law all dung, manure, soil, filth, or other offensive or noxious matter produced in or upon such building or premises and deposited in such receptacle.

7. No live animal shall be kept in the district so or in such manner as to be a nuisance or injurious to health.

8. The penalty for any breach of this Part of these by-laws shall be a fine not exceeding £5, and in the case of a continuous breach an additional fine not exceeding £5 for every day on which the breach is continued after the first day.

9. If in the opinion of the Board a full compliance with any provision of these by-laws would needlessly injuriously affect the course and operation of business or be attended with great loss, hardship, or inconvenience to any person without a corresponding benefit to the community, the Board may, on special application, relax the strict observance of any provision or modify the same, provided that such other terms and conditions as the Board may impose be complied with by the applicant.

General.

10. These by-laws shall apply to the whole district. They shall come into force on their being gazetted.

The common seal of the Inhabitants of the Avondale Road District was affixed hereto at a meeting and by order of the Avondale Road Board on the 1st day of November, 1911, in the presence of—

JOHN POTTER,
Chairman.

E. E. COPSEY.
D. CAMPBELL,
W. H. WHYMAN,
T. HENRY SPARGO,
F. WALKER,
Members.

FREDK. BLUCK,
Clerk.

I, Robert Haldane Makgill, District Health Officer for the Auckland Health District, approve of the foregoing by-laws.

R. H. MAKGILL.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed in accordance with the Road Boards Act, 1908.

FRED. BLUCK,
Clerk, Avondale Road Board.

29th November, 1911.