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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 156ORDINANCE NO. / S --K, A AN ORDINANCE CREATING A BOARD OF HEALTH IN THE CITY OF AZUSA, PROIrIDING FOR THE SANITARY CONDITIONS AND PUBLIC HEALTH OF 'SAID CITY, AND DEN'INING AND DECLARING THAT ARE PUBLIC NUISANCES AND PROVIDING A REMEDY FOR THE e ABAT SENT OF SAID NUISANCES AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF OR- DINANCES IN CONFLICT THERF?"ITH. The Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa do ordain as follows: Section I. It shall be the duty of the President of the Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa, subject to the ratification of the board of Trustees to appoint a Board of Health, consisting of five members, one at least of whom shall be a practicing physician and a graduate of some reputable school of medicine, and one of whom, if practicable, shall be a civil engineer. The president of the Board of Trustees, subject to the ratification of said board, shall designate one of the appointees as Health Officer and president of the Board of Health. The members of such Board of Health shall hold office at the pleasure of the appointing power. The Health officer and other members of the Board of Health shall receive such compensation as the Board of Trustees shall specify. Sectio.�n( 2. The regular meetings of the Board of Health shall be held on the firstof each quarter of the calendar year, at :ao o'clock r.M., in the Trustees' room or in such other place as may be established as the regu- lar place of meeting. Special meetings may be called at any time by the presi- dent or three. members of the Board, written notice of the time and purpose of the meeting being served upon each member at least one hour before the time for! the meeting or left a -t his residence or place of business) A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum, and any business within the jurisdiction of the Board of Health may be transacted at any lawful meeting of such Board. The ordinary parliamentary rules, as laid down in Roberts' Rules of Order, shall govern the proceedings of.the Board of Health. Section 3. The Board of Health shall have general supervision of all matters pertaining to the sanitary condition of the City of Azusa, and it shall have power to make such rules and regulations relative thereto as may be necessary and proper and are not contrary to law. The orders of the Board of Health, regularly issued and within the jurisdiction of said Board, shall have all the binding force of law. It shall be the duty of the Board of Health, and every -1- member thereof, to co-operate with the Board of Trustees in every way possible for the promotion of good health of the citizens of Azusa and for the preven- tion of the spread of diseae:e in said City. The Board of Health shall report to the Board of Trustees at any regular meeting, or special meeting called for that purpose. any unsanitary conditionsa that may exist within the city and recommend some method for their abatement. Said Board of Health shall also make an annual report to the Board of Trustees giving an outline of the year's work, the vital statistics and the present condition of this city with reference to the health of its inhabitants. It shall also be the duty of the Board of Health, in reporting any unsani- tary conditions to the Board of Trustees to include the ascertained or estima- ted cont to the city, if any, of the proposed means for their abatement. All expenses necessary to the enforcement of the orders of the Board of Health other than those provided for in the city ordinances, must be authorized by the Board of Trustees before becoming alawful charge against the city. ' Section 4. The Health Officer shall be the president and general executive of the Board of Health. Inaddition to the usual prerogatives of the Presiding officer, he shall be charged with the duty of carrying out the rules, regulation and orders of the said board. He shall assist the City Marshal in enforcing the general laws of the state. the ordinances of the city and the order of the Board of Health for the promotion of cleanliness and the prevention of disease in said city. In case any person neglects or refuses to comply with the lawful requirements of the Health Department of the City of Azusa, it shall be the duty of the Health Officer to file a complaint in the Recorder's court and assist the Marshal in procuring evidence and prosecuting the suit to a successful issue. Section 5. It is hereby made the duty of every physician, householder, or other person in the City of Azusa to report to the Health Officer of said city immedi- ately in writing evefy person in said city who shall be or whom they may have i reason to believe is sick from Cholera, Diphtheria, Plague, voliomyelltia, Scarlet Fever, Smallpox, Typhus Never and Yellow Never, and all other diseases reportable by law as set forth in (Chap.339, Acts of 1911). Section 6. Any person, householder or hotel keeper having a person suffering from any contagious or infectious disease in any house, dwel_ing or premises owned, conducted or controlled by him, shall renovate, clean, purify, and disin- fect the same to any extent and in such manner as the Health Officer may direct for the purpose of preventing further infection. -2- Section 7. All persons attending or coming in contact with a case of infectious or contagious disease shall take such precautions against the spread of such disease and carry out such sanitary regulations as the Board of Health may di- rect. Section 8: No person suffering from an infectious or contagious disease shall be removed from or leave the place where he first became sick, without a permit from the Health Officer. The Health Officer, with the approval ofthe Board of Health, may cause to be removed from such houses as can not be satifffactorily quarantined, to a hospital or other place provjded by the city for quarantine, any person affected with anthrax, beri-beri, cdrebro-spinal meningitis, chicken- pox, cholera, dengue, diphtheria, dysentery erysipelas, german measles, glandere gonococetYs,infection, hookworm, leprosy, malaria, measles, mumps, pellagra, plague, pneumonia, pkim poliomyelitis, rabies, scarlet fever, smallpox, syphilis tetanus trachoma, tuberculosis, typhoidfever, whooping -cough, yellow fever, or other infectious or contagious diseases. Section 9: It is the duty of the Health Officer to notify the principals of the public schools and the librarians of the City of Azusa, or the teacher or principal of any private sbhool of the name and location of any person suffer- ing from any infectious or contaiiious diseases in the dity of Azusa; and it shall be the duty of every superintendent, .principal or teacher of any public or private school in the City of Azusa to exclude from school any persons suffer Ing from any infectious or contagious disease, and any person who may belong or reside with a family or in the same house in which a person is affected with any einfectious or contagious disease until a permit is obtained from the City Health Offteer stating that such person has permission to attend school of the rublic Library. Section 10: The City Clerk shall perform those duties prescribed in Section 9 of Chapter 1 of the Municipal Corporation Act of 1883, as amended by Statutes of 1905, page 408. Section 11: The Board of Health may take such measure as it may from time to time deem necessary to prevent the spread of contagious diseases; and it is the duty of the Board of Health of the City of Azusa to make any and all regulation+ for the proper management and control of persons and places under Xaat=ta¢"x&ixx quarantine in said city, and it is the duty of the Health Officer to enforce the same. -3- r � a i Section 12.. Conductors on trains shall,not bring into the City of Azusa any person or persons affected with any contagious, infectious, or quarantinable disease as provided by the State Board of Health, nor shall they prevent the Health Officer of said city, or any one appointed by the Board of Health, from inspecting cars or trains at any time. The Board of Health of the City of Azus shall have the power to stop trains outside the City of Azusa for the purpose o inspection before such trains shall be allowed to enter the city. Section 13. The Health Officer, the Board of Health, or any member thereof, is each, in his official capacity, hereby authorized to enter into any house, or . other building, or upon any lot or premises, in the day time, for the purpose of examining into the cause of any complaint, rumor, or suspicion of unsanitary conditions that may exist kHra therein. Upon becoming cognizant of the pres- ence of any contagious or infectious disease within the city or adjacent there- to, said Health Officer shall have power, and it shall be his duty to quarantin any building or premises ?there such disease exists, or to exclude people from the city who reside in or come from any infected dwelling, or district, outside said city. He shall regulate or prevent all communication with the occupants of any quarantined building or premises, posting conspicuous notices, and pro- viding for the comfort of those who are thus isolated. He shall also disinfect the building, remove and destroy any bedding or clothing liable to transmit the disease and do all other acts necessary to abate the evil and protect the city; and it is hereby declared unlawful for any person to obstruct the view of or destroy or deface or remove any notice posted by order of the Board of Health, or any member thereof, until such time as the Health Officer may direct. Section 14: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to peddle or dispense any medicines or drugs or distribute samples of medicines or drugs or distribute, post or tack up medicine advertisements or circulars within the said city of Azusa until such person, firm or copporation shall have first registered with the Board of -Health of the city of Azusa, in a register kept for that purpose, the name of the person, firm, or corporation wishing to peddle or dispense or distribute samples of such medicines or drugs or distri- bute, post or tack up such medicine advertisements or cirulars together with the names of the various medicines or drugs which they wi$h to peddle, dispense distribute or advertise. If the said Board of Health is satisfied that the peddling, dispensing, orl CM � 1 distributing of such medicines and drugs by such person, firm w corporation does not conflict with any laws of the State of daifganniia California or ordin- ances of the City of Azusa, and that no injury to any one may result thereby, a And that the advertisements or circulars proposed to be distributed, posted or tacked up are in their opinion unobjectionable or not obscene or suggestive they may issue a permit to peddle, dispense or distribute the medicines and drugs named in such permit or distribute, post or tack up the medicine adver- tisements or circulars named in such permit upon the payment of a fee of one dollar (;1.00) therefor. Nothing in this ordinance, however, shall apply to licensed pharmacists or traveling salesmen dealing directly with physicians or pharmacists; and nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to take the place of the licenses required in any other ordinances of the City of Azusa. Section 15. No privy vault shall be dug within five (5) feet of any property line or within fifteen (15) feet of any residence or sidewalk, or less than eight (8) feet deep, and must not be filled above Us one 11) foot from the top of the ground. Section 16. Cesspools must be dug to a depth satisfactory to the Health Offices and lined with redwood planks of two inches in thickness and not over one- fourth inch apart; or with brick, or rock and properly braced to such depth as to prevent any caving in, and the top must be securely covered at least twelve 12) inches below the surfacd of the ground with redwood.planks at least four (4) inches in thickness, and the outside portion between the lining and bank must be filled with gravel or dirt; providing, that in all cases where the horizontal cross section of the cesspool has an area of twelve (12) square feet or less, the lining of the walls of the said cesspool may be constructed of one -inch lumber. No cesspool shall be dug within five (5) feet of any property line. No cesspool shall be closed until a permit is received from the Health Officer to do so. Section 17. No privy or cesspool shall be build on premises abutting on any street or alley having a lateral or main sewer, or for use of any building or place, if located within one hundred X100) feet by direct connection with any lateral or main sewer. Section 18. whenever any cesspool,skprivy, vault or water closet becomes foul -nor offensive the Board of Health, or Health Officer, shall declare it a nuisanc and order the owner, agent or occupant of the premises upon which it is situate to abate such nuisance by cleaning, disinfecting or renewing, or dispensing -5- j a t with it entirely and requiring a toilet with flush connections with cesspool as in the judgment of the Health Officer the case may require, specifying in such order a reasonable time within which the order must be obeyed. Section 19. it shall be unlawful for any person to spit or expectorate tobacco juice or sputum upon any cement floor or walk upon the floor or, walls of any room, hall or outhouse; or in any car, carriage or other placd where it will disfigure such objects, pollute the garments with which it comes in contact. Section 20. it is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation to permit any dead animal, garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish, decay- ing or offensive material to remain on his or her premises, except as herein- after provided, or to throw or to permit to be thrown into any vacant lot, public street or placd,many such animal, garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish, decay ing or obnoxious material, or permit any stagnant water, slops or suds to run or accumulate in pools in any roads, alleys, or other public places, or pre- mises occupied, owned or controlled by him or her, or permit any manure, but- cher's offal or filth of any kind to accumulate, or to permit any gaud yard, stable or other enclosure where horses, mules, cows or other animals are kept, to be or remain in an unhealthy or offensive condition. Seegion 21. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation ate sell, offer for sale, or have possession of, with intent to sell within the City of Azusa, any tainted, unwholesome, corrupted, infected or spoiled meat, fish, game, or poultry, or any bob veal less than four weeks old, or veal on which the navel cord still exists. The Board of Health of said city or any officer appointed by the Board of Health for that purpose is authorized to enter any place where meat, fish, or game is kept for sale, and condemn, mark, mutilate and order to be e r moved within four (4) hours any meat, fish or game or poultry which this ordinance prohibits, or is in any way objectionable for food. And it is declared to be unlawful for any person to resist such entry and inspection by said board of Health or officer appointed by same. Section L'z. It shall be ;:nlawttzl to keep ax* or cause to be kept a cow or cattle, horse or horses, within the City of Azusa without carefully cleaning the stable or corral or other placd where such animal or animals are kept of all manure at least once during each day. Section 23. It shall be unlawful for any person to suffer or permit any chick ens, geese, dicks, turkeys, doves. or other similar fowls owned or controlled _g- R � J 4 t by him, to go upon the premises of any other person in said city, or to keep the same or any thereof in a corral or pen within twenty-five (25) feet from any structure used as a dwelling located on the front half or any lot within said city. ,Section 24. It shall be unlawful to keep or`maintain afny,cow or cattle within the City of Azusa within aafifty (50) feat of any structure occupied or used as a residence located on the front half of any lot. Section 25. Every act or thing done or being within the limits of the City of Azusa, which is prejudicial to the health of its inhabitants and is forbidden by general law or by an ordinance of said city, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and shall be considered and treated as such in all actions and pro- ceedings whatever; and all remedies, which are or may be proceded in law for the prevention and abatement of nuisances, shall apply. thereto. Section 26. It shall be and it is hereby made the duty of City Marshal, Night - Watchman and all regular and special police officers of said city, to immediate ly report to the Board of Health or to the Health Officer, all nuisances and other sources of filth detrimental to public health as soon as the same may be discovered by such officers. Section 27. Every person who attempts, by means of threat or violence, to date or prevent the Health Officer, Board of Health, City ?Marshal, regular or specia police from enforcing the provisions of this or any other ordinance, for the praaaa4tzx protection of the health of the city, or who knowingly resists, by the use of force or violence, such officer in the performance of duty, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 28. The City Clerk shall furnish the Board of Health with the necess- ary books, blanks, and other stationery, on requisition of the Health Officer. The City Marshal shall serve all papers and processes and post all notices, ex- cept the notice of quarantine, which must be posted by the Health Officer, or by some member of the Board of Health acting as such. Notices of quarantine and orders pertaining to cases of contagious or infectious diseases shall en- join immediatekg obedience; all other notices shall state the time within which obedience will be required. Section 29. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance whether acting for himself or as the agent or servant of another person or of a firm, company or corporation or as an official agent, employee or representa- -7- 3 tive of any municipal,corporation or of the state is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars($10.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00.), or by imprisonment for a term or not more than ninety (90) days or by both such fine. and imprisonment, and each day that a violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance is continued shall constitute a separate offense. Section 30. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Section 31. The City Clerk shall attest to the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Pomotropic, a weekly newspaper printed, published, and circulated in the City of Azusa, and the same shall become effective at the expiration of thirty days from the, date of the final adoption thereof. The.foregoing ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa held on the day of 191, by the affirmative Vote of at least three trustees of said city, to -wit: Ayes: Noes: :�n i/yniu Absent: Signed and approved this ;.3 day of 191 ATTEST: (Seal) City of Azusa. EM