(A) Enforcement responsibilities. The County Health Officer shall be responsible for the enforcement of every provision of this chapter and shall personally or through assistants make all investigations required herein and issue or approve all permits required.
(Prior Code, § 9-1)
(B) Right-of-entry; correcting unsafe conditions. The County Health Officer is hereby authorized to enter upon and inspect all premises within the corporate limits of the city to see that the same are kept in sanitary condition and a safe condition from fire hazard and in compliance with this chapter. The Health Officer shall have authority to notify the owners of property to require them to remedy any unlawful conditions which he or she may observe or see on or about the premises. The notice to be given to the owner or to the person in charge of the property. The Officer shall have authority and power, in a lawful manner to cause the owner or occupant of the premises to remedy the conditions or be prosecuted. The special Officer shall be entitled to wear and exhibit a badge as special officer, with power and authority as herein specified.
(Prior Code, § 9-2)
(C) Hindering, obstructing by others. It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder, obstruct or delay the County Health Officer or any of the Officer’s assistants in the lawful discharge of their duties.
(Prior Code, § 9-3)
Penalty, see § 96.999