[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Catasauqua 5-7-1962 by Ord. No. 476 (Ch. IX, Part 1A, of the
1962 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A Board of Health is hereby established in and
for the Borough of Catasauqua, in accordance with the provisions of
Article XXXII of the Borough Code, as added by the Act of 1947 P.L.
1621. The Board of Health shall have general supervision over sanitary
conditions in the Borough and shall perform all the duties and may
exercise all the powers vested by law in boards of health in boroughs.
The Board of Health shall meet regularly, at a stated time and place,
at least once each month, and shall hold special meetings as the health
conditions of the Borough may require. Any member of the Board of
Health who, without sufficient cause, or without having been excused
from attendance by the Board of Health, shall fail to attend any of
the stated meetings of the Board of Health over a period of six months,
or who shall otherwise neglect his duties as a member of the Board
of Health for a period of six months, shall be considered as having
withdrawn from membership on the said Board, and the Borough Council
shall proceed to fill the vacancy thus created. Provided, the Board
of Health now in existence in the Borough shall constitute the Board
of Health hereby established, and the tenure of the members of such
Board of Health shall not be affected by this chapter.
The Board of Health shall also have authority,
in case of the prevalence or threatened prevalence of any contagious
or infectious disease, to order and direct that special emergency
measures be taken by persons residing or being in the Borough. Such
orders promulgated by the Board of Health may deal with: contacts
between individuals, whether or not such individuals have been directly
exposed to any such disease; the cleaning and/or disinfection of premises;
the removal of persons from unsanitary or exposed places to other
locations; the disposal of refuse; and the control of animals and/or
insects. Every such order shall be effective, during the time of any
such emergency, just as if it had been specifically set forth in this
chapter, and any person who shall violate any such order shall, upon
conviction thereof before the Mayor or any District Justice of the
Borough, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $50 and costs
of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs,
to imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than 30 days.
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall
maintain or permit to be maintained on any property owned or occupied
thereby within the Borough any condition productive of a nuisance
detrimental or a menace to the public health or which may be so declared
by the Board of Health, and, upon receipt of a notice from the Board
of Health that such a condition exists on property owned or occupied
thereby, it shall be the duty of such person or persons, firm or corporation
to abate such nuisance to the satisfaction of the Board of Health
within the time limit specified in such notice. In addition to the
responsibility for the cost of such abatement, with a further amount
of 10% thereof, such person or persons, firm or corporation shall
be guilty of a violation of this chapter, and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be subject to the penalty hereinafter provided for such violations.
No person, firm or corporation conducting or
operating any store, shop, stand or delivery vehicle within the limits
of the Borough for the sale of meat, fish, butter, eggs, fruit, vegetables,
bread or any other article of food which is subject to decay, mold
or decomposition, shall have or keep in or about such store, shop,
stand or vehicle, any meat, fish, butter, eggs, fruit, vegetables,
bread or any other article of food which is decayed, decomposed or
spoiled, as to render it unwholesome, offensive or otherwise unfit
for human consumption.
All stores, shops, stands and vehicles, from
which articles of food are vended or sold, shall at all times be kept
clean and in a sanitary condition, free from offensive odors and any
accumulation of decomposed animal or vegetable matter, and shall at
all times be open to the inspection of the Health Officer of the Borough
or any other authorized agent of the Board of Health.
[Added 12-29-1980 by Ord. No. 818]
Each public eating and drinking place in the
Borough of Catasauqua shall be required annually to obtain and display
a license issued by the Board of Health.
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Inspection before approval. Said license shall be
issued only after inspection and approval by the Health Officer or
his authorized agent.
[Amended 4-1-2013 by Ord. No. 1288]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this chapter shall, for every such violation,
upon conviction thereof before the Mayor or any District Justice of
the Borough, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $50 and costs
of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs,
to imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than 30 days. Provided,
each day's violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall
constitute a separate offense. Any person found guilty of violating
an ordinance shall be assessed court costs and reasonable attorneys’
fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings.
