HomeMy WebLinkAbout0339 Ordinance ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDIN_'t.NCB P ROVIDING FOR, THE PROTECTION AND PRE SERVAT ION OF
PUBLIC HEALTH PERTAININGPARTICULARLY TO POULTRY , S-MINE , AND
STOCK KEEPING AnD BUILDINGS - PRIVIES , SESS POOLS AND SEINER CON-
NECTIONS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOAAtibN THEREOF AND
PROHIBITING NUISANCES .
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO DO ORDAIN AS FOLIONS :
Section 1 . All poultry. or pigeon coops , or houses and pens
or yards shall be kept clean and free from decaying foods , and
from filth of any kind , and shall be spaded whenever so required
by the Health Officer. The droppings from poultry and pigeons ,
and the yard rakings , shall be subject to app all provisions of
this ordinance relating to stable manure .
Section 2. . No person shall keep swine or construct ox maintain
any hog "or pig pens within the corporate limits of the City .of
Pasco , except by permission of the City Council.
Section 3 . No shed , stable ,or other building where a' horse , cow
or other animal is kept shall .be nearer than thirty (30) feet to
any dwelling or residence or building occupied as such.
Section 4. Every stable , shed , or other building where a horse ,
cow or other animal is kept , shall have either within or immediate-
ly adjoining it , a flyproof , covered , watertight room, box', or bin ,
for receiving and holding manure and. litter accumula tin, between
the .times of removal from the premises , and of such size and con-
struction and located -and ventilated, as may be approved by the
Health Officer . Such manure room, box, bin, or other receptable ,
shall be kept tightly closed at all times, except when in the actual
use of filling or emptying same , and such room , box, bin or receptable
shall not be overfilled , and shall be completely emptied at least once .
each week from April 1 , to December lst , and the same shall be
cleaned and disinfected with a solution of lime or any standard
disinfectant , whenever so ordered by the Health Officer.
Section 5. All yards surrounding stables or buildings wtiere animals
are housed shall be kept well drained and free from standing' water
and filth.
Section 6 . Under no circumstances shall any manure be thrown or
deposited in any alley , street , or :public place or on any vacant
lot; but the scattering of manure on the lawn or garden for fer-
tilizing purposes shall be permitted between November lst of one
year and Npril lst of the succeeding year , provided the same is not,
of such a nature or in such a condition as to be a nuisance .
"t Section 7 . All manure , garbage , offal , -slops , kitchen refuse and
other offensive nauseous substances , shall be removed in proper
vehicles or receptacles so loaded , filled or covered as to prevent
scattering during transportation through the streets and alleys
or along the railway rights-of-way in the City of Pasco , and all
such wagons , cars , vehicles or other receptacles. shall be cleaned
at such frequent intervals as will prevent the same from becoming
foul -or offensive to the public , or dangerous to the public health.
Section 8 . No person shall suffer or permit any, cellar , vault ,
private drain , cesspool or privy , or sewer upo4 any premises be-
longing to or occupied by him within the corporate limits of the
City of Pasco to become nauseous , offensive or injurious to the
public health, and it shall be the duty of all occupants of
property to keep all privies , privy vaults , cesspools and drains
bn{.the premises occupied by them in a clean and sanitary condition.
Section 9 . It shall be unlawful for any person , firm or corpora-
tion, whether as owner , agent or employee , to have or maintain
any privy .or privy vault , cesspool , pit or like place. which is
not securely protected from flies.
Section 10. It shall be t4lawful.; for any person to dig or use , or
cause to be dug or used , any privy vault , or build or rebuild or
cause to be built or rebuilt any privy building within the .limits
of the City of Pasco , except upon a written permit from the City
Health -Officer , - and no such permit will be grantedwhere the premises .
upon which said privy vault would be located are within one hundred
and fifty (150) feet of a public sewer and within a swexe. district.
Section 11 . All vaults hereafter constructed riust be not less than
four feet wide (from front to rear) and three feet long and must be
closely joined to the privy building and ventilating pipe of wood
or other. ma.terial of not less than six inches in diameter shall
extend from the top of the vault to two (2) feet above the' roof of
the privy building and the opening at the top of this pipe must be
securely screened to exclude flies.
Section 12. The cover of the .seat in the privy buildings must be
kept closed at all times when seat is not in use .
Section 13 . The cover $r the vault at the rear of the building
must be kept closed at ,all ' times., except when the vault is being
cleaned.
Section. 14 .' The door of the privy building must be made self-
closing by means of a spring , weight or other device , and must
not be allowed to remain open at any time .
Section 15. No body waste- or excreta from anyperson suffering
from typhoid fever , dysentery or other serious intestinal trouble
shall be deposited in any privy or privy vault , or dumped into
any sewer , without being previously disinfected in such manner
as may be approved by the health Officer in conformity with. the
regulations of the State Board of Health.
Section 16 . All privy vaults without curbing, or, with foul or
rotten wooden curbing , or inadequate or partially caved , or other-
wise defective in. the judgment of the Health officer , and all
privy. buildings too old or too dilapidated to be made to conform
with the requirements of this ord.inanc.e , and all cesspools with-
out 'curbing , or inadequate either in size or covering , or caved , or
in any manner dangerous to the public health , shall be condemned
by the Health Officer , and -a new privy vault , privy building or
cesspool shall be constructed within not less than ten (10) days
from the date of condemnation. In 'either case , notice of con
demnation must be posted on the premises and a copy served on the
owner or his agent or left at . the residence or office of either.
Section 17. It shall be the duty of the owners or owner , or agents
of property , or occupants , to 'keep all privy vaults and privy
buildings and cesspools on property owned , managed or oDuupied
by them, clean, and to properly clean them whenever notified by
the Health Officer so to do.
Section 18 . No building shall be used as a dwelling house unless
the same is.'provided with a. privy vault and. building , or is proper-
ly connected with a cesspool or sewer.
Section 19. The Health Officer -of the City of Pasco is hereby
empowered and it .is hereby made his duty', in all cases where there
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is a public sewer in any street , highway, or alley in the City of
Pasco , to compel every owner or occupant of lands , buildings , or.
premises fronting or abutting on said street , highway or alley ,
or within one hundred and fifty (150) feet thereof , and within a
sewer district , constructor cause to be constructed a sufficient
sewer or drain pipe , in the manner prescribed by the plumbing
ordinance of the City of Pasco , which shall connect such land ,
buildings or premises and all sumps , d:itches , water closets , and
pipes therein or thereon , used. as a receptacle or conductor of
filth , with such nearest accessible public sewer (unless such con-
nection is impracticable by reason of the topography of the ground) .
Section 0 . The'Health Officer under • the 'direction and with the
approval of the City Council • shall, from time to time make and
promulgate such rules and regulations •as shall be necessary or
required to carry out the content and purposes of this ordinance.,
and said rules and regulations. shall be followed and obeyed by those
to whom they apply .
Section 21 . The City Health Officer shall , fr ;m time to time ,
inspect buildings and premises wherever located within the corporate
limits of the City of Pasco , and if he shall , for any reason , deeMv
that the same have become unsanitary or for. any reason dangerous to
public health then such Health Officer shall notify the oYaner ,,
agent or occupant of such premises to remove the condition making
said premises unsanitary or a danger to public health or if such
condition or danger cannot be removed , then said premises , build-
ings or parts thereof shall be condemned for occupancy and if need
be shall be ordered destroyed."4 Provided , however , that the owner
agent , or occupant of said premises may appeal to the City Council
from any order issued by the said Health Officer within five days
from and. after the issuance and service of such order and in case
no appeal •shall -be taken the said Health Officer shall , if .he
deems it advisable or necessary ,' instruct the Chief of Police to
carry out and enforce any. �pprder so issued and any person failing
to comply with said orderAay in addition to having the premises
condemned and the orderXenforce-d be deemed guilty 'of ttiola ting
this ordinance and shall be prosecuted accordingly.
Section 22. The word "person" wherever used in this ordinance
shall be held and construed to mean and include natural persons
of either sex , corporations , aas.ociations co-partnerships , whether
acting by themselves or by a servant , agent or employe; the singular
he plural and the
number shall be held and construed to include t
masculine pronoun to include the feminine .
Section 23. . Any person or persons who shall fail , refuse or neglect
to comply with or wi o shall violate any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall upon conviction thereof be unished by a fine in
any sum not to exceed one hundred dollars 0100) or by imprison-
ment not to exceed thirty (30) days in the City Jail , or by both
said find and imprisonment.
Section 24'. - This ordinance shall take effect five clays from acid
after its passage and- publication.
PASSAD AlTD»APPROVED this 20th day of April , 1923.
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