HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 962 ORDINANCE NO. 962
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA AMENDING THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT '
THE "PUBLIC HEALTH CODE OF THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES", THE SAME BEING ORDINANCE NO. 7583, OF
SAID COUNTY, AS AMENDED TO DECEMBER 31, 1967.
The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. The Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended
by the addition thereto of a new Chapter 1 of Article V thereof
consisting of Sections 5100 through 5100. 5 , inclusive, as follows:
"CHAPTER 1 - PUBLIC HEALTH CODE
SECTION 5100. ADOPTION OF 'PUBLIC HEALTH CODE OF THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES' .
The 'Public Health Code of the County of Los Angeles' ,
the same being Ordinance No. 7583, of said County, as
amended to December 31, 1967, is hereby adopted as the
public health code for the City of Azusa (hereafter
referred to as 'Health Code' ) . Three copies of the said
Health Code are on file in the office of the City Clerk
of the City.
SECTION 5100.1 DEFINITIONS.
Wherever said Health Code uses the following words
or phrases, they, respectively, shall mean:
(a) 'County' or 'County of Los Angeles' , the City
of Azusa; and
(b) 'Health Officer' or 'County Health Officer' ,
the Health Officer of the City of Azusa; and
(c) 'Person' as defined in Section 1314 of this
Code.
SECTION 5100.2 PENALTY.
Violation of any provisions of this Chapter or of
the Health Code adopted by reference herein shall be
punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00, or by
imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six
months, or both. Each day during any portion of which
any violation of any provision of the said Health Code
is committed or permitted, shall be deemed to be a
separate offense.
SECTION 5100.3 GARBAGE.
Section 601 of said Health Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Garbages and putrescible matter shall be
kept in vessels or receptacles constructed of
metal, plastic, rubber, or any combination
thereof. Such vessels or receptacles shall be
thoroughly cleaned each time their contents are
removed. Such vessels or receptacles shall be
water-tight and shall be constructed so as to
contain not less than three, nor more than ten
gallons and shall be provided with a handle or
handles on the outside thereof, and with a tight
fitting cover. Such garbage or putrescible
material shall not be kept for more than seven
(7) days.
SECTION 5100.4 UNLAWFUL TO DISCARD BOTTLES, SYRINGES,
NEEDLES AND OTHER CONTAINERS USED FOR
DISPENSING MEDICINE, DRUGS, OR POISONS
EXCEPT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
No person shall dispose of, leave, or discard out-
side the exterior walls of the building wherein used, any
container, bottle, syringe, hypodermic needle or hypodermic
syringe, or needles, designed for or used in dispensing,
giving or injecting medicines, drugs or poisons, or any
bandage, dressing or gauze that has been used in treating
or caring for an infectious or contagious disease, except
as follows:
(a) By placing the foregoing in metal trash containers
which have overlapping, fly-tight lids. The lids shall be
secured in place at all times while the container is not
being filled or emptied. The containers, except while
being filled or emptied under supervision of the foregoing
persons shall be sealed by a lid securely fastened with a
padlock or similar locking device under the control of
such persons.
(b) Or by incineration in an incinerator approved
by the Air Pollution Control District.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, bandages, dressings
or gauze that have been used in treating or caring for
an infectious or contagious disease shall either be
incinerated or placed in said containers securely wrapped
in heavy paper or plastic bags, the open ends of which
have been tied or stapled so as to securely contain the
infectious material therein.
SECTION 5100.5 DELETIONS.
Said Health Code as adopted by reference herein is
hereby amended by deleting therefrom Sections 500,
500.1, and 608. "
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by law.
Passed and approved this 3rd day of February , 1969 .
Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF AZUSA
I, DEAN F. KLARR, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 962 was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 6th day of January ,
1969. That thereafter, said ordinance was mag adopted and passed
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 3rd day of
Febru y _ , 1969. by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Cooney, Calvert, Solem
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
City C r
I do further certify that I caused said ordinance to be
published prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage
thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of
Azusa, on the 12th day of February,, 1969, and that the same
was published in accordance with law.
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--� City C erk
Publish Azusa Herald & Pomotropic, February 12, 1969
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