A certificate of public safety shall be issued by the Director of Public Safety. No new certificates for new or proposed places or facilities as described in §
135-19A shall be issued until the Director shall have an opportunity to inspect, for compliance with this article. All preexisting medical or nursing facilities within the jurisdiction of the City of Lackawanna shall be required to obtain such certificate.
The Director of Public Safety shall call on, and use, the following persons and departments to give him or her technical assistance, advice and help in inspecting these places and facilities for compliance to safe standards in the areas enumerated and set forth in §
135-22.
A. Chief Engineer of the City of Lackawanna.
F. Sewage Treatment Division.
G. Department of Public Works.
H. Consulting engineers and experts, with approval of
Council.
These aforementioned places and facilities shall
be inspected for safety compliance in the following areas:
D. Safe occupancy (number of persons).
E. Waste disposal (solid and liquids).
F. Traffic engendered by the operation.
H. Safe storage of dangerous or potentially dangerous
substances.
J. Proper safeguards for the protection of the community
taking into mind and consideration the various dangerous or potentially
dangerous or diseased persons or animals associated with the operation
of the facility.
K. Access roads, sidewalks, portals, parking lots, ramps
and the like.
The certificate of public safety shall be good
for a period of one year, and annual reinspections shall be conducted
by the Director. However, any noncompliance coming to the attention
of the Director at any time between inspections shall be corrected
immediately or an order of noncompliance may be issued canceling the
previously issued certificate.