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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances (10)-06/08/1956 , ---... ,. 6'i~ II \)J\J CITY OF" COLLEYVILLE TA~RANr COUNTY . 111\R-) o-n 21 2 ~I 2 I!' _ !,IO L,} .. iiI 11.50 VOL 6~3U2. E4Gf57B ORDINANCE NO. 10 AN ORDINANCE TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC HEALTH; PROVIDING FOR METHODS OF CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF PREVENTABLE DISEASES; DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS, WORDS AND PHRASES; PROVIDING FOR THE ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES; ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS OF SANITATION AND HEALTH PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND PROCEDURES TO BE COMPLIED WITH BY RESIDENTS, GOVERNMENTAL UNITS, FIRMS, ASSOCIATIONS, CORPORATIONS AND ALL OTHER PERSONS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS; PROVIDING CONSTRUCTION OF APPROVED SEPTIC TANKS AND PROHIBITING CONSTRUCTION OR INSTALLATION OF ANY METHOD OTHER THAN SEPTIC TANKS TO BE USED FOR SANITATION PURPOSES; ESTABLISHING DUTIES OF AND GRANTING ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; REPEALING ALL OR DINANCESAND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING T}~T ANY WORD, SENTENCE, CLAUSE OR SECTION BE DECLARED INVALID BY ANY COURT OF C01vIPETENT JURISDICTION, THE REMAINING SECTIONS OR PORTIONS OF THE OR DINANCE SHALL NOT BE THEREBY AFFECTED; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE BY FINE OF NOT LESS TIIAN $5.00 NOR MORE THAJ.'J $100.00, AND EACH DAY OF SUCH VIOLATION SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING THAT SUCH ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FOLLOWING ITS ENACTMENT AND PUBLICATION AS BY LAW PROVIDED. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE VILLAGE OF COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS: I. The following terms wherever found in this ordinance, unless otherwise defined shall be understood to mean: A. COMMON DRINKING CUP: Any receptacle used for serving water or other beverage to two or more persons in any public place or any establishment catering to the public, provided this term shall not apply to receptacles properly washed and sterilized after such service. B. DRINKING WATER: All water distributed by any agency or individual, public or private, for the purpose of human consumption, or which may be used in the preparation of foods or baverage or for the cleansing of any utensil or article used in the course of pre- paration or consumption of food or beverages for human beings. The term "DRINKING WATER" shall also include all water supplied for human consumption or used by any institution catering to the public. C. HUMAN EXCRETA: The urinary and bowel discharges of any human being. ~/D VOL 6~t02 PAGE 5[51. D. NUISANCE: Any object, place or condition which constitutes a possible and probable medium of transmission of diseases to or between human beings or any other object, place or condition which may be specifically declared by this ordinance to be a nuisance. E. SANITARIAN: Any trained worker who has a practical knowledge of sanitation as it pertains to disease control. F. SANITARY: Any condition of good order and cleanliness which precludes the probability of disease transmission. G. SEPTIC TANK: Any covered watertight tank, designed for the treatment of sewage, with draining laterals running therefrom. H. SWIMMING POOL: Any body of water maintained expressly for public recreation purposes, swimming and similar aquatic sports. I. TOILET: The hopper device for the deposit and discharge of human excreta into a water carriage system. J. TOURIST COURT: Any camping place or group of two or more mobile or permanent housing units operated on rental property for the use of transient trade or any or all trailer units housing human beings. K. WATER PLANT OPERATOR: Any person trained in the purification or distribution of a public water supply who has a practical working knowledge of the chemistry and bacteriology essential to the practical mechanics of water purification ahd who is capable of conducting and maintaining the purification processes in an efficient manner. L. WATER SUPPLY: Any source or reservoir of water distributed to and used for human consumption. 2. NUISANCES Any and all of the following conditions are hereby specifically declared to be nuisances dangerous to the public health: A. Any condition or place allowed to exist in populous areas which constitutes a breeding place for flies. B. Any spoiled or diseased meats intended for human consumption. C. Any restaurant, food market, bakery, or other place of business or any vehicle where food is prepared, packed, stored, transported, sold or served to the public which is not constantly maintained in a sanitary condition. _2_ ..... , 6'1)(r ,') rut.tH VOL (...; J:_ PAGF.Dou D. Any place, condition or building controlled or operated by any person, firm or corporation, any governmental agency, state or local, which is not maintained in a sanitary condition. E. All sewage, human excreta, waste water, garbage, or other organic wastes deposited, stored, discharged, or exposed in such a way as to beapotential instrument or medium in the transmission of disease to or between any person or persons. F. Any vehicle or container used in the transportation of garbage, human excreta, or the organic material which is defective and allows leakage or spilling of contents. G. Any collection of water in which mosquitoes are breeding within the limits of the Village of Colleyville, Texas. H. Any condition which may be proven to injuriously affect the public health and which may directly or indirectly result from the operations of any bone boiling, fat rendering, tallow or soap works or other similar establishments. I. Any place or condition harboring rats. J. The presence of ectoparasites (bedbugs, lice, mites, etc.) suspected to be carriers of disease in any place where sleeping accomodations are offered to the public. K. The maintenance of any open surface or pit privy, cess pool, or of any overflowing septic tank, the contents of either of which may be accessible to flies. 3. ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES A. Every person, possessing any place in or on which therB is a nuisance shall, as soon as its presence comes to his knowledge, pro- ceed at once and continue to abate the said nuisanoe. B. The City Health Officer, when information and proof of the existence of a nuisance within the Village of Colleyville, Texas, is received, shall issue a written notice to any persun responsible for the said nuisance and ordering the abatement of same. He shall at the same time send a copy of said notioe to the Village Attorney. Such notice shall specify the nature of the nuisance and shall designate a reasonable time within which such abatement shall be accomplished. In the event such notice is not complied with within the specified time, the Village Attorney shall be so advised by the Health Officer and he shall immediately institute proceedings for the abatement thereof. ...3.... */0 , . . 6("(}'" ""~<' -,',,\, ) ~/ > VOL. (.,; ,_ PADED ~ 4. GARBAGE AND REFUSE A. All premises occupied or used for residential, business or pleasure purposes shall be kept in a sanitary condition. B. No kitchen waste, laundry waste, or sewage shall be allowed to accumulate, discharge or flow into any public place, gutter, street or highway. C. No waste products, offal, polluting material, spent chemicals, liquors, brines or other wastes of any kind shall be stored, deposited or disposed of in any manner as may cause the pollution of the surrounding land or the contamination of the well waters to the extent of endangering the public health. D. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to use any land within the limits of the Village of Colleyville, as a private or public dump ground that might constitute breeding places for insects, rodents or flies. 5. DISPOSAL OF HUMAN EXCRETA A. Until such time as a sewer system is available within the Village of Colleyville, Texas, all human excreta shall be disposed of through a septic tank approved by the City, County and State Health Departments, with draining laterals running therefrom, con- structed as provided herein, and in the Building Code of the Village of COlleyville, Texas. Providing further that the manner of such disposal shall be sufficient to prevent the pollution of surface soil, the contamination of any drinking water supply, the infection of any flies, cockroaches, or the creation of any other nuisance. B. All effluent from septic tanks hereafter constructed shall be disposed of through a subsurface drainage field designed in accordance with good public health engineering practise or any other method which does not create a nuisance. C. No cess pool, open surface or pit privy shall hereafter be constructed within the Village of Colleyville, Texas. -4.... -=/rID , . (~()U~j "(' ~- ~(J VOL Jf.,/ '. P^Jf UUu 6. TOILET FACILITIES All operators, managers, or superintendents of any public buildings, school houses, theatres, filling stations, tourist courts, bus stations and taverns shall provide and maintain sanitary toilet accomodations. 7. PUBLIC BUILDINGS Any and all public buildings hereafter constructed shall have incorporated therein all such heating, ventilation, plumbing, screen- ing, and rat-proofing features as may be necessary to properly protect the health and safety of the public. 8. ICE PLANTS A. No person except officers, employees, or others whose duties require such, shall be permitted to go upon the platform covering the tanks in which ice is frozen in ice factories. All employe~s whose services are required on tanks shall be provided with clean shoes or boots which shall be used for no other purpose. B. No ice contaminated with sand, dirt, cinders, lint or any other foreign substances shall be sold or offered for sale for human consumption. C. All water used in the manufacturing of ice shall be from an approved source and be of a safe quality. D. Every ice plant operator shall provide sanitary handwashing and toilet facilities for the use of all employees thereof. 9. DRINKING WATER A. All drinking water for public use shall be free from deleteri- ous matter and shall comply with the standards established therefor by the State Department of Health or the United State Public Health Service. B. The use of the common drinking cup is hereby prohibited in this Village. No drinking water shall be served except in sanitary containers or through other sanitary mediums. 10. PROTECTION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES A. No district, firm, corporation or individual shall furnish ...5- ~/D 6')OQ r.'~,,, VOL" (.,; ~ fAC!: l)t5~ to the public any drinking water for which any charge is made, un- less the production, processing, treatment and distribution is at all times under the supervision of a competent water works operator holding a valid certificate of competency issued under direction of the Texas State Department of Health. B. No owner, agent, manager or operator or other person having charge of any water works supplying water for public or private use shall knowingly furnish to any person any contaminated drinking water or permit the appliances thereof to b~come unsanitary. C. The owner or manager of every water supply system furnishing drinking water to persons, firms or corporation within the Village of Colleyville, shall have the water tested at reasonable intervals and shall furnish the City Health Officer with monthly reports thereof. D. No physical connection between the distribution system of a public drinking water supply and that of any other water supply shall be permitted unless such other water is of a safe sanitary quality and the interconnection is approved by the State Department of Health. No water connection from any public drinking water supply shall be made to any sprinkling, condensing, cooling, plumbing, or any other system unless the said connection is of such a design as will insure against any backflow or siphonage of s~wage or contaminated water from said system into the drinking water supply. Upon discovery of any condition contrary to these provisions written notice shall be given to the owner or agent maintaining such condition by the City Health Office and such owner or agent shall make such corrections as are necessary to eliminate the condition complained of. E. No part of subsections A, B. and C of Section 10 shall apply to the production, distribution or sale of raw, untreated surface water. II. APPROVED PLANS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC SUPPLIERS AND SEWAGE SYSTEM A. Every person, firm or corporation, public or private, con- templating the establishment of any drinking water supply or sewage disposal system for public use shall, previous to construction thereof, submit completed plans and specifications therefor to the Village of Colleyville, Health Officer, and the State Department of Health, and the said Health Offic~r and the said Department shall approve same; provided said plans conform to the water safety and stream pollution laws of this State. The said water supply or sewage dispos~l system shall be established only after approval has been given by the City Health Officer and the State Department of Health. B. Any agency supplying drinking water or sewage disposal service to the public desiring to make any material or major changes in any water or sewage system that may affect the sanitary features of such utility, shall, before making such changes, give written notice of such intentions to the Village ~f Colleyville and the State Department of Health. -6- if'IO VDl6~~{}2 rM1f: 5~5 12. SANITARY DEFECTS A. All sanitary defects existent at public drinking water plants which obtain their supply from underground sources shall be immediately corrected. B. No public drinking water supply system furnishing drinking water from underground sources to the public shall be established at any place subject to possible pollution by any flood waters, unless adequately protected against flooding. C. All suction walls or suction pipes, used in any public drinking water supply system shall be constantly protected by practical safe-guards against surface or subsurface pollution. D. No livestock shall be permitted to water or remain within the well house enclosure of a public drinking water supply system. E. All public drinking water distribution lines shall be con- structed of impervious material with tight joints, a reasonably safe distance from sewer lines. F. No water from any surface public drinking water supply shall be made accessible or delivered to any consumer for drinking purposes unless it has first received treatment essential to rendering it safe for human consumption. All treatment plants including aeration, coagulation, mixing, settling, filteration and chlorinating units shall be of such size and type as may be prescribed by good public health engineering practices. G. Clear water reservoirs shall be covered and be of such type and construction as will prevent the entrance of dust, insects and surface seepage. I). IMPOUNDED WATER All persons, firms, corporations and governmental agencies that impound any body of water for public use shall cooperate with the State and Local Departments of Health in the control of disease-bearing mosquitoes on the impounded area. .....7.... */0 6()(J2 po.. 1 (t VOL (..J .... Et\GF.n~tt 14. SWIMMING POOLS AND BATH HOUSES A. All owners, managers, operators and other attendants in charge of any public swimming pool shall maintain all such pools in a sanitary condition. The bacterial content of the water in any public swimming pool shall not be allowed to exceed safe limits as prescribed by established standards of the State Department of Health. Residual chlorine from 0.2 to 0.5 parts per million units of water shall be maintained in every public swimming pool throughout the period of their use. B. No water in any swimming pool open for the public shall ever be permitted to show an acid reaction to a standard PH Test. c. Any and all parts of any public bath house and the surroundings thereto shall at all times be kept in a sanitary condition. D. No comb or hairbrush used by two or more persons shall be permitted or distributed in ahy bath house of a public swimming pool. E. Facilities shall be provided in all swimming pools for ade- quate protection of bathers against aputum contamination. F. All persons known or suspected of being infected with any transmissible condition of a communicable disease shall be excluded from the pool. G. The construction and appliances of all public swimming pools shall be such as to reduce to a practical minimum any possibility of drowning or injury of bathers. All swi~~ing pools hereafter con- structed shall be in conformity with good public health engineering practices. H. All bathing suits and towels furnished to bathers by any person or persons shall be thoroughly washed with soap and hot water and thoroughly rinsed and dried after each use. I. All dressing rooms of any swimming pool shall contain shower bath facilities. J. The operator or manager of any public swimming pool shall provide adequate and proper approved facilities for the disposal of human excreta by the bathers thereof. ....8- 1/1 /0 6')02' pu~""'1 VOL '(.,; - B4Dr. flu I 15. SCHOOL HOUSES AND GROUNDS A. Every school building shall be located on the grounds that are well drained and maintained in a sanitary condition. B. Every school building shall be properly ventilated and pro- vided with an adequate supply of drinking water and approved and sewage disposal system, hand-washing facilities, a heating system, and lighting facilities, all of which shall conform with established standards of good public health engineering practices. C. All public school lunch rooms maintained and operated shall comply with the State Food and Drug Regulations. D. All public school buildings and appurtenances thereto shall be maintained in a sanitary manner. E. All building custodians and janitors employed on a full time basis shall be versed in the fundamentals of safety and school sanita- tion. 16. TOURIST COURTS, TRAILER COURTS, HOTELS, INNS AND ROOMING HOUSES A. Every agency, person, firm or corporation operating any tourist court, trailer court and hotels, inns and rooming houses in this Village shall provide a safe and ample water supply for the general conduct thereof and shall submit samples of said water at least once each year before the month of May to the City Health Officer for bacteriological analysis. B. Every tourist court, trailer court and hotels, inns and rooming houses shall be equipped with an approved system of sewage disposal maintained in a sanitary condition. C. All owners or operators of any tourist court, trailer courts and hotels, inns and rooming houses shall provide every practical facility essential to keeping the entire area of each of said courts in a sanitary condition. D. Every owner or operator of a tourist court and hotels, inns and rooming houses providing gas stoves for the heating of any unit thereof shall determine that such stoves are properly installed and maintained in properly ventilated rooms. E. All owners, operators, or managers of every tourist court and hotels, inns and rooming houses shall maintain all sanitary app_ liances situated therein in good repair. F. All food offered for sale at any tourist court and hotels, inns and rooming houses shall be adequately protected from flies, dust, vermin, spoilage and shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times. ...9- *fD , -. , , 6( )0' ) l'-"" r) VOL (.,; ~PJIGF. tJ~b G. No owner, manager or agent shall rent or furnish any unit of any tourist court, trailer court and hotels, inns and rooming houses to any person succeeding a previous occupant without having first thoroughly cleaned the said unit and having provided clean and sanitary sheets, towels and pillow cases therefor. H. Every tourist court, trailer court and hotels, inns and rooming houses failing to conform to any provisions of this ordinance is hereby declared to constitute a nuisance. I. All owners, operators or managers of any hotel, inn, tourist court, trailer court or rooming house shall maintain all such premises in a sanitary condition. 17. FAIR GROUNDS, PUBLIC PARKS AND AMUSEMENT GROUNDS Every fair ground, public park or amusement center of any kind shall be maintained in a sanitary condition and any and all food and heverages which may be sold in any part of such place shall be ade- quately protected against flies, dust, vermin, spoilage and shall he kept in a sanitary condition. 18. INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS A. No person, firm, corporation or other employer shall use, or permit to he used, in the conduct of any business, manufacturing establishments or other place of employment, any process, material or condition known to have any possible adverse effect on the health of any person, or persons, employed therein unless arrangements have been made to maintain the occupational environment to the extent that such injury will not result. Every industrial establishment shall be con... tinually maintained in a sanitary condition. 19. PENALTY Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of any section or subdivision of this ordinance, shall be fined not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. The penalties of this ordinance shall not apply where a person or persons have exercised due diligence and have vio- lated the same without any intent. ...10 ... -:ffID . . , . VOL 6;~U2 PAUf 58.9 20. CUMULATIVE This Ordinance is cumulative of all laws and ordinances pertain~ ing to building, zoning and sanitation. Should any section, article, provision or part of this ordinance be declared to be unconstitutional and void by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall in no way affect the validity of any of the remaining parts of this ordinance, unless the part held unconstitutional or void is inseparable from and indispensable to the operation of the remaining parts. The Board of Aldermen declares that it would have passed those parts of this ordinance which are valid and omitted any parts which may be unconstitutional if it had known that such parts were unconstitutional at the time of the passage of this ordinance. 21. EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance shall become effective, and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its adoption and publication as by law provided. ADOPTED this 8th day of June, A. D. 1956. APPROVED: ('~ " - ~ . . -< ~ A' J f--/.iAym;:--- , ( ') ... : . VOL 6~JO:2 }iJ-:r;;{~O ;Ii...;._U,.~ ,.. FilED d~R~ANT COUNTY. TEXAS ~'r" lHrI I f" 1/.\ r:' STATE OF TEXA9-t , COUNTY OF TARRANT f f I hereby certify that this instrument was FIlED on the , r tlate and at the time stamped hereon by me and was dul1 ~ ' RECORDED in the Volume and Page of the DEED RECORDS of Tarrant County.Jexas as stamped hereon by me. MAR 29 19lT /'.. . ~ l '-'no '/'",...~~ 'j,;rJ<.JI~~.. / J J/ J l..;/..~_." "., "'- P j) .' / COIINTY CLERK IARRAI'lJ COU'!'ilY.. 1!;X;'\S. _.,"" ~ )-::> j ~..cj "' :; , .