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(a) There is hereby established in the Division of Environment a Bureau of Environmental Health, to be administered and controlled by a Chief, subject to the provisions of the Charter and ordinances of the City, and to the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Environment.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 141.11 and 201.01 of the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, the Chief shall administer and enforce provisions of state and local law, ordinances and regulations relating to environmental health, including but not limited to the sanitation of neighborhoods, places of business, schools and places of recreation, such as those sections of the Health Code which relate to the inspection of food and milk, insect and rodent control, lead poisoning and exposure control, swimming pool inspection, the approval of various license applications as imposed by the Code, and the investigation of environmental health nuisances and complaints. The Chief shall keep such records as may be necessary or useful to the efficient management of the Bureau.
(Ord. No. 2996-90. Passed 4-8-91, eff. 4-15-91)
Note: Section 141.20 became effective July 31, 1991, upon adoption of Board of Control Res. No. 633-91.
(a) The Director of Public Health is authorized to conduct voluntary food safety training courses in order to certify participants as being adequately trained in food safety throughout the year and to fix and collect fees from participants for such purposes.
(b) The Director of Public Health is authorized to make purchases and enter into one (1) or more agreements under the Charter and relevant Codified Ordinances for course materials, supplies, and refreshments, and if necessary, rental of sites for the courses.
(c) The Director of Public Health shall deposit fees collected from participants in the courses into the Food Fund. The fees collected and placed in the Food Fund are appropriated for the purposes stated in this section. All expenditures made under this section shall be paid from the Food Fund and from other funds appropriated for use of the Department of Public Health.
(Ord. No. 498-03. Passed 4-14-03, eff. 4-16-03)
There is hereby established in the Department of Public Health, a Division of Air Quality to be administered and controlled by the Commissioner of Air Quality, subject to the provisions of the Charter and the ordinances of the City, and to the direction of the Director of Public Health.
(Ord. No. 1531-02. Passed 10-14-02, eff. 10-17-02) (BOC Res. No. 68-03. Adopted 2-5-03)
The Commissioner of Air Quality shall administer and enforce the ordinances of the City of Cleveland relating to air quality; confer, as appropriate, with State of Ohio and federal agencies in regard to environmental matters; plan, manage and implement divisional air program and policies; develop environmental policy recommendations; supervise the preparation of air pollution permits, including enforcement and compliance monitoring; oversee all relevant environmental issues; supervise enforcement, monitoring, permitting and information control; and perform such other duties as may from time to time be required by ordinance or the Director of Public Health.
(Ord. No. 1531-02. Passed 10-14-02, eff. 10-17-02) (BOC Res. No. 68-03. Adopted 2-5-03)
Note: Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1531-02, passed October 14, 2002, effective October 17, 2002, reads as follows: “That any references contained in the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, to the Division or Bureau of Air Pollution Control shall be amended to read “Division of Air Quality”. Also, any references contained in the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, to the Commissioner of Air Pollution Control shall be amended to read “Commissioner of Air Quality” consistent with this ordinance.”
Section 5 of Ordinance No. 1531-02, passed October 14, 2002, effective October 17, 2002, reads as follows: “That the Clerk of Council is authorized, when publishing the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, and amendments thereto, to change all references to the Division or Bureau of Air Pollution Control to read “Division of Air Quality” and to change all references to the Commissioner of Air Pollution Control to read “Commissioner of Air Quality”.
There is established in the Department of Public Health a Division of Health Equity and Social Justice to be controlled and administered by a Commissioner of the Health Equity and Social Justice, subject to the provisions of the Charter and ordinances of the City, and to the supervision and direction of the Director of Public Health.
(Ord. No. 843-2020. Passed 11-18-20, eff. 11-19-20)
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