(a) Membership. The Mayor together with the Commissioners shall be the Board of Health and shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary from time to time to protect the public health of the city.
(b) Chairperson - inspection authority. The Mayor shall be ex officio Chairperson of the Board of Health and shall be authorized and empowered to enforce all sanitary laws applicable to the city and for that purpose to enter into any shop, house, building, cellar, room or other place, whether public or private, within the city, to see that the health regulations and rules are carried out.
(2010Code, § 8-101)
The City Health Officer shall:
(a) Cause health investigations and inspections to be made as required by the laws of the state and of the city;
(b) Make recommendations to the Board respecting the improvement of health of the inhabitants of the city;
(c) Make all health reports required by the State Department of Health and Environment, Division of Health;
(d) Prepare an annual health report of the city for submission to the governing body; and
(e) Perform such other duties as may be required of him or her under the laws of the state or of the city.
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or permit any nuisance within the city as defined, without limitation, as follows:
(a) Filth, excrement, lumber, rocks, dirt, cans, paper, trash, metal or any other offensive or disagreeable thing or substance thrown or left or deposited upon any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk, park, public or private enclosure, or lot whether vacant or occupied;
(b) All dead animals not removed within 24 hours after death;
(c) Any place or structure or substance that emits or causes any offensive, disagreeable or nauseous odors;
(d) All stagnant ponds or pools of water;
(e) All grass or weeds or other unsightly vegetation not usually cultivated or grown for domestic use or to be marketed or for ornamental purposes;
(f) Abandoned iceboxes or refrigerators kept on the premises under the control of any person, or deposited on the sanitary landfill, or any icebox or refrigerator not in actual use unless the door, opening or lid thereof is unhinged or unfastened and removed therefrom;
(g) All articles or things whatsoever caused, kept, maintained or permitted by any person to the injury, annoyance or inconvenience of the public or of any neighborhood; and
(h) Any fence, structure, thing or substance placed upon or being upon any street, sidewalk, alley or public ground so as to obstruct the same, except as permitted by the laws of the city.
(K.S.A. 21-6204)
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