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The Commissioner of Environmental Health may, with the consent of the Director of Public Health and Welfare and the Director of Law, order any furniture, clothing or other property to be destroyed, removed or disinfected, whenever he or she deems it necessary for the health of the City.
(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)
In the event of any actual or threatened violation of this chapter or an emergency situation, the Director of Law, in addition to other remedies provided by law, may institute proper suit in equity or at law to prevent or terminate such violation or remedy such situation.
(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)
(a) Every person owning or having possession, charge or control of any cellar, excavation, yard, court, lot or area where water stands or accumulates shall drain the same or cause the same to be drained. Whenever the premises containing such cellar, excavation, yard, court, lot or area abuts upon a street containing a public sewer, such water shall be conducted into such sewer. Nothing herein shall prevent the construction or maintenance of a pool or fountain if such is constructed and provided with drainage in accordance with law, and if the water in such pool or fountain does not become stagnant.
(b) No person shall allow any water from any well, spring, fire plug, hydrant or other place over which he or she has control, to run so that it forms a stagnant pool or mud hole, on his or her premises or on land under his or her control, or in any street or other public grounds or abutting lands.
(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)
The owner, occupant or person in charge of any property within the City shall maintain such property free from any accumulation of garbage, rubbish, refuse or other waste which is not confined in approved receptacles for collection or so as to prevent rodent infestation. The permitting of any premises within the City to be littered with garbage, rubbish, refuse or other waste is hereby declared to be a nuisance and unlawful.
(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)
No person shall park a truck or motor vehicle whether loaded or unloaded, which is used for the collection and transportation of garbage, trash, rubbish or the contents of private sewage tanks, on any public street, alley or other public place except for loading purposes or emergency repairs.
(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)
(a) Every person who has contracted or undertaken, or is bound to heat or to furnish heat for any building or portion thereof, occupied as a business establishment where one (1) or more persons are employed, shall heat or furnish heat for every occupied room in such building or portion thereof, so that a minimum temperature of seventy degrees Fahrenheit (70°F) may be maintained therein at all occupied times.
(b) Whenever a building is heated by means of a furnace, boiler or other apparatus under the control of the owner, agent or lessee of such building, such owner, agent or lessee, in the absence of a written or verbal contract or agreement to the contrary, shall be deemed to have contracted, undertaken or bound himself or herself to furnish heat in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(c) As used in this section, “at all occupied times” means all times at which a building or a portion thereof is occupied during the usual working hours established or maintained for such business establishment, of each day whenever the outer or street temperature falls below fifty degrees Fahrenheit (50°F).
(d) Nothing herein shall apply to buildings or portions thereof, used and occupied by trades, business or occupations where high or low temperatures are essential and unavoidable.
(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)
The sale or distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products in a smaller quantity than that placed in the pack or other container by the manufacturer is hereby declared to be a nuisance which affects and endangers the public health. The Commissioner of Environmental Health or any authorized City officer or employee who, upon information or by observation ascertains a violation of this section, may impose the penalties set forth in this chapter and in Section 201.99. Enforcement of this section is in addition to any other method of enforcement provided in these Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. No. 1512-10. Passed 12-6-10, eff. 12-6-10)