For the purpose of this article, all terms used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
(1)
Air contaminant
means particulate matter, dust, fumes, gas, mist, smoke, vapor or odor, or any combination thereof, produced by processes other than natural.
(2)
Air pollution
means the presence in the atmosphere of one or more air contaminants or combinations thereof, in such concentration and of such duration as are or may tend to be injurious or to adversely affect humans, animal life, vegetation or property, or as to interfere with the normal use and enjoyment of animal life, vegetation or property.
(3)
Communicable disease
shall mean an illness that occurs through the transmission of an infectious agent or its toxic products from a reservoir to a susceptible host, either directly, as from an infected person or animal, or indirectly through an intermediate plant or animal host, a vector, or the inanimate environment.
(4)
Comfortable temperature zone
means a range of indoor room temperatures within which children and adults are not expected to suffer excessive heat loss or excessive heat gain. For purposes of this article, comfortable temperature shall mean no less than 71° F and no more than 81° F as measured in the center of the occupied room.
(5)
Control measures
means those actions required by the health authority to abate or minimize health hazards. Control measures include, but are not limited to, the following: immunization, detention, restriction, disinfection, decontamination, isolation, quarantine, chemoprophyllaxis, preventive therapy, ventilation, removal, disposal, destruction, repair, replacement, and evacuation.
(6)
Health authority
shall mean the Director of Health of the City or his designated representative.
(7)
Health hazard
shall include the existence of one or more of the following conditions in a manner, in a place, in a concentration, in a combination, or in a duration that human or animal disease or injury is likely if the hazard is not abated: harmful concentrations of stinging insects of the Order Hymenoptera; communicable diseases (as specified by the health authority); human pathogens; infectious material; poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac within fifty (50) feet of an occupied residence; human ectoparasites; harmful chemical agents; air contaminants in hazardous or nuisance concentrations; improperly stored or utilized chemical substances; and physical facilities or equipment in a condition likely to result in human injury or disease transmission.
(8)
Health order
means a written document from the health authority provided to a person responsible for abating or minimizing a health hazard which specifies control measures and one or more compliance dates.
(9)
Institution
shall mean any building or facility primarily utilized to house, instruct, or to care for children or adults. Institutions shall include, but not be limited to, nursing homes, public or private schools, and child day-care centers.
(10)
Public place
shall mean all or any portion of an area, land, building, vehicle, or conveyance that is not used for private residential purposes, regardless of ownership. Public places shall include, but not limited to, government buildings, industries, commercial and retail businesses, motels, hotels, schools, child-care facilities (other than single-family homes), and motor vehicles.
(Ordinance 5544, sec. 1, adopted 3/20/01)