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Home » US Law » 2022 New Hampshire Revised Statutes » Title X - Public Health » Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste

Section 147:1 – Local Regulations.

    147:1 Local Regulations. – I. The health officers of towns may make regulations for the prevention and removal of nuisances, and such other regulations relating to the public health as in their judgment the health and safety of the people require, which shall take effect when approved by the selectmen, recorded by the town […]

Section 147:10 – Nuisances; When; Regulations.

    147:10 Nuisances; When; Regulations. – No privy, toilet, sink, drain, cesspool, septic tank, or the discharges from such facilities, and no pen or sty for swine, shall be erected or continued in such place or condition as, in the judgment of the health officers, to be a nuisance or injurious to the public health. […]

Section 147:11 – Discontinuance; Penalty.

    147:11 Discontinuance; Penalty. – The health officers may, in writing, order the discontinuance of any nuisance or that a privy located within 100 feet of a public sewer shall be connected to the sewer. In cities or towns having a water and sewerage system, the health officers may, in writing, order the discontinuance of […]

Section 147:12 – Sewer Fees.

    147:12 Sewer Fees. – Nothing in the preceding sections shall be construed as permitting a rental, license, or other sewer fee that is unreasonable in the opinion of the local board of health. Source. 1907, 106:3. PL 140:12. RL 165:12.

Section 147:13 – Offensive Matter.

    147:13 Offensive Matter. – If a person shall place, leave, or cause to be placed or left, in or near a highway, street, alley, public place, or wharf or on a private disposal site or shall allow to be exposed unburied, any animal or other substance liable to become putrid or offensive, or injurious […]

Section 147:14 – Drainage.

    147:14 Drainage. – No person shall discharge, leave, or cause to be discharged or left, within the limits of any public highway, any drainage or discharges from any privy, toilet, sink drain, cesspool or septic tank, when such discharges or matter may enter or pass through any open highway ditch or drainage structure constructed […]

Section 147:14-a – Investigation and Inspection.

    147:14-a Investigation and Inspection. – Any authorized member or agent of the department of health and human services may enter any land for the purpose of collecting information that may be necessary to investigate or inspect drainage systems pursuant to RSA 147:14 or private sewage systems pursuant to RSA 147:17-a. No owner shall refuse […]

Section 147:15 – Slaughterhouses, Etc.; Permits.

    147:15 Slaughterhouses, Etc.; Permits. – If a person shall use or occupy a building or place near a dwelling-house or schoolhouse, or in the compact part of a town, for a slaughterhouse, a place of deposit of green pelts or skins, or for trying tallow, currying leather, or carrying on any other business that […]

Section 147:16 – Withdrawal of Permits.

    147:16 Withdrawal of Permits. – The health officers may withdraw the permission by notice in writing whenever in their opinion such use or occupancy of a building or place becomes a nuisance. In such case they shall order the abatement of the nuisance and the discontinuance of the use or occupancy within a time […]

Section 147:16-a – Procedure for Ordering Building Vacated.

    147:16-a Procedure for Ordering Building Vacated. – The health officer shall have the authority to order occupants to vacate a building, structure, or other premises if the officer determines, based on reasonable information and belief, that the condition of such premises constitutes a clear and imminent danger to the life or health of occupants […]

Section 147:16-b – Outdoor Wood-Fired Hydronic Heaters.

    147:16-b Outdoor Wood-Fired Hydronic Heaters. – If the owner or operator of an outdoor wood-fired hydronic heater (OWHH), as defined under RSA 125-R, operates the OWHH in a manner which causes a nuisance or is injurious to the public health, the health officers may, in writing, order that use of the OWHH be discontinued. […]

Section 147:17 – Cleansing Premises; Penalty.

    147:17 Cleansing Premises; Penalty. – Whenever a building, tenement or room occupied as a dwelling or schoolroom, or any cellar or other appurtenance connected therewith, has become the source of danger to the health of its occupants or others from want of cleanliness the health officers may order the owner, the owner’s agents or […]

Section 147:17-a – Private Sewage Systems.

    147:17-a Private Sewage Systems. – I. Faulty Private Sewage System. Whenever any private sewage system is in such disrepair as to constitute a source of danger to the health of the public, the health officer may order the owner to put the same in a proper sanitary condition. II. Failure to Repair. If the […]

Section 147:17-b – Installments for Repair Cost.

    147:17-b Installments for Repair Cost. – All expenses to the town or city for repairs made pursuant to the provisions of RSA 147:17-a, II shall constitute an assessment against the owner and shall create a lien upon the lands on account of which such repairs are made. The governing board shall have all the […]

Section 147:18 – Expectoration.

    147:18 Expectoration. – It shall be unlawful for any person to spit upon any sidewalk, in the compact part of any city, village or town, or in any railway station, hall or other public place, or in any street or steam railway car other than smoking cars, except into spittoons or other receptacles provided […]

Section 147:19 – Receptacles for Waste.

    147:19 Receptacles for Waste. – All persons keeping fruit for retail sale adjoining a sidewalk in the compact part of any village or city shall provide for public use a suitable receptacle for waste matter upon the outside of such store and adjoining or upon such sidewalk. Source. 1903, 2:2. PL 140:18. RL 165:18.

Section 147:2 – Rulemaking; Enforcement.

    147:2 Rulemaking; Enforcement. – The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall, in addition to the rules and ordinances of the health officers of towns, adopt other rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, as in the commissioner’s judgment the public good requires, and the rules shall be enforced by the department of […]

Section 147:20 – Care of Receptacles.

    147:20 Care of Receptacles. – The receptacles mentioned in RSA 147:18 and 19 shall be kept clean and wholesome. Source. 1903, 2:3. PL 140:19. RL 165:19.

Section 147:21 – Rubbish.

    147:21 Rubbish. – No person shall deposit any rubbish within the limits of any highway, park or common, or throw upon the sidewalk or into any street in the compact part of any city or village, any waste from any fruit or any paper, or other offensive or unsightly substance. Source. 1903, 2:4. PL […]

Section 147:21-a – Discarded Refrigerators.

    147:21-a Discarded Refrigerators. – Any person who owns, controls or has in custody a container originally used for refrigeration purposes shall, before discarding it, remove the door, doors or lid. Any person failing to comply with this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Source. 1955, 158:1. 1971, 392:1. 1973, 528:59. 1998, 318:12, eff. […]