[CC 1981 §200.010; Ord. No. 144 §§1 — 2, 10-10-1962]
A.
Upon
recommendation of the Mayor there is hereby established a Department
of Public Health and Sanitation, the head of which shall be the Director
of Public Health and Sanitation who shall be appointed by the Mayor
and approved by the Board of Aldermen. He/she shall be a licensed
practitioner of medicine who has had special training and experience
in public health administration.
B.
The
Mayor may appoint such assistants as may be necessary to carry out
the provisions of this Chapter.
[CC 1981 §200.020; Ord. No. 144 §3, 10-10-1962]
A.
The
Director of Public Health and Sanitation shall have charge of the
administration of public health and sanitation in the City of Winchester,
and to that end he/she shall have the authority and be required:
1.
To see that laws and ordinances relating to public health and sanitation
are observed and enforced.
2.
To establish and maintain such activities and clinics as are needed
to promote the public health of the City, including but not limited
to:
a.
Control of communicable diseases.
b.
Control of rodents and mosquitoes.
c.
Control of dogs and rabies.
d.
Inspection of the water supply and water supply facilities and plumbing
facilities to see that they conform with established principles of
public health.
e.
Control of refuse collection and disposal.
f.
Control of public health nuisances.
g.
Control of milk and food sanitation.
3.
To perform such other duties with reference to public health and
sanitation as may be prescribed by the Mayor.
[CC 1981 §200.030; Ord. No. 144 §4, 10-10-1962]
The Mayor may appoint the St. Louis County Health Commissioner as Director of Public Health and Sanitation provided for in Section 220.010 of this Chapter and may contract with the County of St. Louis for the services of said Commissioner and the County Department of Health to perform the duties of the Director of Public Health and Sanitation of the City of Winchester and to carry out the provisions of this Chapter.
[CC 1981 §200.040; Ord. No. 167 §2, 11-13-1963]
The Commissioner of Health or his/her authorized agent is hereby
authorized and empowered to inspect all buildings, lands and places
as to their conditions for health and sanitation and when necessary
prevent the use thereof and require any alterations or changes necessary
to make them healthful or sanitary.
[CC 1981 §200.050; Ord. No. 167 §3, 11-13-1963]
The Health Department, under the supervision of the Commissioner of Health, shall have general supervision over the public health and shall see that the laws and ordinances in relation thereto are observed and enforced and for that purpose the said Commissioner is authorized and empowered, with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, to make such rules and regulations consistent with ordinances as will tend to promote or preserve the health of the City and carry out the purposes and intents of this Chapter. He/she is empowered to authorize and require any employee or Law Enforcement Officer to enter into and examine premises as provided in Section 220.040 of this Chapter and ascertain the condition thereof so far as the public health may be affected by it and to declare and abate nuisances as herein or by law or ordinance provided.
[CC 1981 §200.060; Ord. No. 167 §4, 11-13-1963]
The Commissioner shall keep a record of his/her acts and orders
and shall file in his/her office all petitions, documents and papers
belonging thereto. Copies of such records, petitions, documents and
papers when certified by him/her shall be prima facie evidence in
any court of the facts therein contained.
[CC 1981 §200.070; Ord. No. 167 §5, 11-13-1963]
All Law Enforcement Officers shall observe the health and sanitary
conditions in their districts and shall promptly report to the Commissioner,
through the chief Law Enforcement Officer, any disease, nuisance or
unsanitary condition.
[CC 1981 §200.090; Ord. No. 167 §7, 11-13-1963]
The Commissioner is authorized to issue permits to owners or
operators when such comply with reasonable regulations for the conduct
of such business and occupations to prevent the occurrence of public
health nuisances which may include registration and statement of the
methods or conditions to be employed in their operation or maintenance
for food vending trucks, water hauling, septic tank cleaning and disposal
of water, garbage, offal and rubbish disposal and hauling, dumps,
the business of keeping animals or fowl or reptiles, except usual
farm animals and fowl.
