(a) Chief of Police as Sanitary Officer.
There is hereby established a City Department of Sanitation, and the Chief of Police shall assume the functions of the City Sanitation Officer as set forth in this article.
(b) Functions.
The City Sanitation Officer shall have charge of and control of all functions involved in the protection of and the preservation of the sanitation of the City.
(c) Duties.
The City Sanitation Officer shall, upon proper complaint:
(1) Inspect or cause to be inspected commercial, industrial or housing conditions including ventilation, lighting and sanitation fixtures.
(2) Be responsible for the enforcement of all provisions of the Codified Ordinances relating to health and sanitation.
(3) Make inspection tours of the City as often as deemed necessary but at least once every month to see that the health and sanitation provisions of the Codified Ordinances are fully complied with.
(4) Work closely and in cooperation with the City Manager in enforcing such health and sanitation provisions. He shall see that violators are arrested and summoned before the Police Court Judge.
(5) Work closely and in cooperation with the County Health Officer and the Sanitation Department of the City, and shall endeavor to beautify the City and to correct existing health hazards.
(6) Be responsible to the City Manager and Council, and shall submit monthly a report to them of the progress made in enforcing the Codified Ordinance provisions, the number of violators arrested and the final disposition of all cases concerning such provisions.
(7) Acquaint himself with all provisions of the Codified Ordinances pertaining to health and sanitation.
(8) Be responsible to administer such provision of the Codified Ordinances relating to garbage collection, as directed by the City Manager.
(1967 Code Sec. 16-1 to 16-3)