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(b.) Convey or remove, or permit the conveyance or removal of, nightsoil in the district between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.

(c.) Convey or remove into, or permit to be conveyed or removed through or from, the district any nightsoil or offensive matter, unless the same shall be enclosed in pans or other receptacles of a pattern approved by the Board.

Carting Offensive Matter.

14. No person shall drive, take, conduct, or convey any cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle in, through, or upon the district, or any part thereof, whilst any offensive or noxious smell or odour emanates from any such cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle or the contents thereof.

Sufficient Privy.

15. A “sufficient privy” as defined by these by-laws shall be deemed to be a “sufficient privy” within the meaning of the Public Health Act, 1900.

Sufficient Privy necessary.

16. No owner on any premises shall construct or build thereon, or permit to be constructed or built thereon, any privy other than a “sufficient privy” as herein defined.

Preventing Nuisances.

17. No person shall permit any privy, back yard, or premises of which he shall be the occupier or owner within the district to become in such a condition as to be a nuisance or injurious to health.

Ashpit.

18. An ashpit shall not be deemed a “sufficient ashpit” within the meaning of the Public Health Act, 1900, unless the same be either—

(a.) A galvanized-iron watertight receptacle of such shape as to be readily emptied and cleaned, but so that it shall not be of greater interior capacity than 2 cubic feet, and it shall be fitted with a close-fitting covering or door, to be kept shut except when it is being filled or emptied, and with handles for moving and emptying the same; or

(b.) A furrow or trench similar to and to be used in the same manner as is provided by By-law No. 3 of Part IV in respect of the burial of nightsoil, and to in all respects comply with the requirements of the said By-law No. 3.

Position of Pit.

19. No person shall make or construct, or use or permit to be used, any pit or hole for the reception of drainage from any premises within the district unless the same is at least 25 ft. from any dwellinghouse or road.

Pig-keeping.

20. No person shall keep, or allow or suffer or permit to be kept, swine or pigs within the district on any holding of less than 2 acres in area, nor shall they in any case be kept as to be a nuisance or injurious to health, or erect or permit or allow to remain any pigsty at a less distance than 100 ft. from any house or from any road or boundary of any occupied neighbouring property. The floor of every pigsty shall be of concrete or other impervious material to the satisfaction of the Inspector of Nuisances, and shall be so constructed that there shall be no soakage of the soil with pigs’ food, urine, or drainage from the sty.

Stables.

21. No person shall erect, cause, or allow to be erected any stable nearer than 15 ft. from any house, or nearer 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 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.

Fowls.

22. No person shall keep fowls on any allotment of land of a less area than a quarter of an acre. All fowl-houses shall have concrete, tar asphalt, or other impervious floors, and the owner of a fowl-house shall have the walls limewashed at least once in every three months, and shall have the fowl-house cleaned out regularly at least once a week. No person shall erect any fowl-house or cause any fowl-house to be built or remain nearer than 25 ft. from any dwelling, or nearer than 10 ft. from any boundary of any adjoining land.

House Drainage.

23. The owner of any house shall, when required by the Inspector of Nuisances, provide the same with suitable and sufficient drainage, to the satisfaction of the Inspector of Nuisances, to carry away the whole of the sewage and household waste-water from the house, and provided with such grease-traps or other traps as the Inspector of Nuisances may require; and such drains shall be constructed of iron or earthenware glazed pipes at least 4 in. in diameter, with sockets properly jointed and cemented, and laid underground at a gradient of not less than 1 in 40, and led into a pit constructed as follows:—

Such pit shall be at least 8 ft. deep, and must go down to a rock bottom or gravel strata, or such other strata as shall be approved of by the Inspector of Nuisances, and any rock bottom if not traversed with crevices shall be opened by blasting. The pit shall then be filled up with stones of not less than 3 in. in diameter to not less than 18 in. of the lowest ground level of the pit’s mouth. The drain must be led 12 in. into this pit, so that the pipe-mouth discharges among the stones. The stones are to be covered flush up to the ground surface all round with dry earth well pressed down. Such pit must be situated not less than 25 ft. from any dwellinghouse.

General Drainage.

24. No person shall construct or allow to remain any drain for the carriage of sewage except in accordance with the following provisions:—

(a.) In no case shall two or more premises be allowed to be drained by one common pipe, unless a special permit has first been obtained from the Board.

(b.) No drain shall pass underneath any house except where any other course is impracticable, and in such case the drain shall be of earthenware pipes with cemented joints and embedded in 6 in. of concrete, or cast-iron pipes with lead-caulked joints.

(c.) No right-angle junctions shall be permitted in any drain. All junctions shall be effected by means of Y-junction pipes. No inlet except such as may be necessary for a water-closet shall be permitted within or beneath a building to any drain.

(d.) All sanitary fittings shall be metal-trapped and placed with their outlets against or as near as possible to an external wall, and shall not be directly connected to any drain, but shall discharge (through waste-pipes where necessary) outside the building over a gully-trap, or over a watertight concrete channel of not more than 6 ft. in length leading to a gully-trap.

Storm Water.

25. The owner of any land or building shall provide the same with suitable and sufficient drains to carry away the whole of the rainfall and surface water to a point at least 25 ft. from any house, and so that such water cannot flow, spread, or soak beneath any building.

PART V.

REGULATING HEAVY TRAFFIC.

1. “Heavy traffic” shall mean the transportation of any vehicle, engine, or machine which shall, together with any bricks, pipes, stone, earth, or scoria ash being transported thereon, weigh more than 1½ tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels.

2. The owner of any vehicle engaged in heavy traffic used in carting bricks, pipes, stone, earth, or scoria ash upon any of the roads within the boundaries of the Papatoetoe Road District shall, before using such vehicle upon any such roads, apply to the Papatoetoe Road Board for a license, and shall pay to the said Board the yearly license fee as follows, viz.:—

For vehicles having tires of the width of 4½ in. or over … … … … … £ 5

For vehicles having tires under 4½ in. in width … 10

3. Provided nevertheless that the Board may in its discretion, and on application by the owner or driver of any vehicle engaged in heavy traffic, permit the owner or driver of such vehicle to use the same for the purpose of carting bricks, pipes, stone, earth, or scoria ash upon or over all or any of the roads within the boundaries of the aforesaid road district without having paid such license fee, upon payment to the said Board of the following charges by way of compensation for any damage likely to occur to such roads:—

For every load carried on any one day upon or over any such road … … … s. d. 1 0

If more than three loads are carried in any one vehicle on any one day upon or over any such roads, then for that day … … … 3 0