The Health Officer of an adjoining County may be appointed Health Officer
for the City, with the approval of the City Council and the Board of Supervisors
of such County. The Health Officer shall have the powers and perform the duties
prescribed for his office by state law, the Charter, this Code and other ordinances
and resolutions of the City Council, and he shall be under the general supervision
of the City Manager.
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any noxious, unwholesome
or offensive matter, stagnant water or nuisance of any kind, either to health
or comfort, to be placed or to remain in any house, cellar, lot or other property
belonging to him or in his possession, control or occupancy, and no person
shall place a nuisance on the property of another. However, this section shall
not be construed to prevent the storing of fertilizers within the City, in
warehouses or other buildings removed from the street and where the odor therefrom
cannot reach the street.
The Health Officer shall, at the request of the City Manager, inspect
all streets, yards, privies and other places alleged to be offensive or likely
to become so. When, in the opinion of the Health Officer, anything shall be
found which is or is likely to be injurious to the health of the neighborhood
or a person or family, the Health Officer shall notify the City Manager thereof,
who shall require the owner or occupant of the premises on which such things,
or the person causing the nuisance, to correct the evil forthwith in such
manner as the City Manager may deem expedient. If any person, after being
notified by the City Manager or any officer of the City to remove or abate
anything belonging to him or found on the premises owned or occupied by him
that is or is likely to be injurious to the health of the neighborhood or
any nuisance caused or permitted by him or to bury or destroy any such thing
belonging to him or found on the premises owned or occupied by him, shall
fail to do so within 24 hours after such notice, he shall be fined one $1
for each hour of such failure after the 24 hours shall have passed, and in
addition thereto, the City Manager may have the same done and recover the
costs thereof from the person failing to conform to the provisions of this
section.
Whenever the Health Officer is informed that any well or spring in the
City may be in such condition as to endanger the health of persons who use
or may use water therefrom, he shall immediately cause such spring or well
to be examined. If after such examination he shall be of the opinion that
such spring or well is in such condition as to endanger the health of persons
using or who may use water therefrom, he shall serve a warning notice on those
who are liable to use the water and put a warning sign upon or near to such
well or spring or other source of water and shall summon the owner of the
property, or his agent if he is a nonresident, or his guardian or committee,
requiring him to appear before the judge of a court of competent jurisdiction
to show cause why such spring or well should not be closed or put in safe
condition.
Whenever an inspection by the Health Officer or by any other City officer
at the direction of the City Manager of any building or other structure is
found not to meet the minimum health or sanitation standards established by
state law, this Code or other ordinance, written notice specifying each such
deficiency so found to exist shall be given to the owner or person in charge
of such building or structure, which notice shall require such owner or person
in charge to remedy each such deficiency within a reasonable period of time,
to be stated in such notice, which shall be not less than 10 nor more than
45 days and which shall be served by personal service or by registered mail
or by any other lawful means for the service of civil process, and it shall
then become the duty of such owner or person in charge to comply with the
requirements of such notice within the period of time stated therein, and
each day of failure so to comply shall constitute a separate offense.