HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0708ORDINANCE N0. 'j08
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA
ADOPTING THE HEALTH CODE OF THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES, ENACTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS
ORDINANCE N0. 7583, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS HERE-
INAFTER SET FORTH IN THIS ORDINANCE,
The City Council of the City of Lynwood does ord.ain as
follows:
Seetion l. ADOPTION OF HEALTH CODE. There is hereby
adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood the Aealth Cod.e
of the County o£ Los Angeles, enacted by the Board of Supervisors as
Ordinance No. 7583, except sections: 110, 317, 372, 53~, 534, 535,
536, 537, 538, 542, 600, 750, 751~ 75Z, 759, 817, 8z1, 854, 856, 857,
908 (c), g19 E(1) and. (4), 1021 and Sections 10001 to 10002, inclu-
sive.
Section 2. ~iMENDMENT OF SECTIONS AND P,4lRTS OF SECTIONS OF
HE.~LTH CODE OF COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. (a) Wherever in the Health
code of the County of Los Angeles the word.s: "Los Angeles County
Ordinance No. 2269" (the Uniform Plumbing Code of the County of Los
Angeles) appear, there shall be substituted therefor the words: "City
of Lynwood Ordinance No. 688" (the Uniform Plumbing Cod.e);
(b) Wherever in the Health Code o£ the County of Los
;An$eles the words: "Los Angeles County Build.ing Code" appear, there
shall be substituted therefor the words: "Uniform Build.ing Code."
Section 3. DEFINITIONS, In ad.dition to the definitions
contained. in Sections 301 to 319, inclusive, of the Health Code o£ the
County of Los Angeles (County Ordinance No. 7583), there is defined
herein the following: (a) "Fowl." The word. "fowl" as used. herein
shall mean a large or edible bird and shall not be deemed to include
caged. birds;
(b) The term "racing, homing pigeons," means "a pigeon
trained to return home from a distance." Said racing, homing pigeons
are such as can be identified by seamless leg bands issued by the
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American Racing Pigeon Union and "A. U.'~ and the figures designating
the year issued.
5ection 4, CONTROL OF FOWL. Subject to the provisions of
Section 9 of this ordinance, no person owning or having control of any
chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys or other fowl shall permit the same to
run or go upon the premises of any other person.
Section 5. NUMBER OF FOWL LIMITED, No person shall keep or
su£fer to be kept, more than one male rooster, or more than one male
turkey, nor shall such person keep or suffer to be kept a total of
more than twelve of any fowl, whether they be twelve of the same kind.
or a combination of twelve different kinds.
Section 6. FOWL AND ANIMALS PROHIBITED. No person shall
keep any of the following fowl or animals within the city: hogs, geese,
quacking d.ucks, guinea hens, mink, fox, goat, bull, steer or any other
animal whose fur is used commercially, except rabbits and chinchillas.
Section 7. NUMBER OF R.P~BBITS THAT 1KAY BE KEPT, No person
shall keep more than twelve (12) breed.ing rabbits or hares in said
City o£ Lynwood;
Section 8. PIGEONS, DOVES, HOUSING OF. (a) No person shall
erect or maintain any pigeon house or dove cote, or other structure or
place where pigeons or doves are kept, or keep any pigeona or d.oves
within 35 feet of any dwelling, except as provided. in Subdivision (c)
of this section.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Subdivision (c) of this
Section 8, pigeons and doves must be kept in a pigeon house, dove cote,
cage or other enclosure and such pigeon house, d.ove cote, cage or other
enclosure must be enclosed in such a manner as to prevent the escape of
any pigeons or doves theZ•efrom.
(c) Racing, homing pigeons which are not raised or kept for
the market or other commercial purposes, may be kept and. liberated for
exercise or racing within not less than twenty (20) feet from any door,
wind.ow, or other opening o£ any dwelling, if a permit in writing auth-
orizing the keeping and liberating for exercise and racing of such
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racing, gomjn
~ Aigeons be first applied for and obtained £rom the
City Council.
Every app3ication for a permit to keep and liberate for
exercise and racing of such racin
g, homing pigeons shall be made upon
forms to be furnished for that purpose by the City Clerk,
Sect_ i~ 9 pR NIES AND WATER CLOSETS PROHIBITED EXCEPT AT
CONSTRUCTION SITES, No person shall keep or suf£er to be kept on the
premises owned, occupied or controlled by him, any privy or water
closet except that there may be kept at a construction site such number
of water closets as provid.ed by Section 5416 of the Health and Safety
Cod.e.
Section 10. VIOLATION. Violation of this ordinance is
punishable by f not more than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00)
or by imprisonment in the city or county ,jail for not more than six
months, or by both such fine and. imprisonment. Each day during any
portion of which any violation of any provision of this ordinance is
committed, continued or permitted, makes euch violation a separate
offense.
Section 11. NUISANCES. Whenever a nuisance or condition
end.angering the public health shall be aseertained. to exist on any
premises or in any house, or in any other place, the health officer
shall notify in writing the person having control of or acting as agent
for such premises, house or other place, to abate or remove such
nuisance or condition within a reasonable time, to be stated on such
notice, the health officer may abate such nuisance or condition, and.
the person having control of such house, premise or place, in addition
to the penalties provided by this ordinance, shall be liable to the
City of Lynwood for the cost of such abatement, to be recovered in a
civil action in any Court of competent ~urisdiction. If no person can
be found. upon whom to serve such notice, the health officer may proceed
to abate such nuisance or condition at the expense of the city at a
cost not to exceed $ 50.00 per day.
Sect_ io~?, TOILETS, L~VATORIES, DRESSING ROOMS. ~111
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restaurants, itinerant restaurants, food establishments and. slaughter
houses shall be provid.ed with toilet facilities conveniently located.
in or ad~acent thereto. Location of all toilets shall be approved. by
the health officer, Each toilet shall be located in a room separate
and apart £rom the room or rooms, in which food ie prepared, stored,
cooked, served or sold.
The toilets shall be provided with self-closing doors, Al1
operators shall have access to such toilets. Sueh toilet rooms shall
be well ventilated and. plumbed, and the floors, walls, ceilings,
lavatories, and toilet bowls shall at all times be kept free from any
accumulation of dirt, filth or corrosion, There shall be provided a
lavatory or lavatories where every operator shall be required to wash
his hands immediately before starting work and. after using the toilet.
Where both male and female persons are employed, and £ive
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or more persons are employed there shall be provided for each sex one (1)
toilet for eaeh multiple of fifteen (15) members o£ said sex employed
and.for each fraction of said multiple. Lavatories shall be provided
at a ratio of one (1) lavatory to each two (2) toilets. Urinals may
be substituted for toilets not to exceed one-half (1/2) the toilet
requirements. Except as otherwise provided, all lavatories shall be
supplied. with hot and. cold running water, soap, and ind.ividual towels
with a receptacle for their disposal,
Food establishments wherein sealed or packaged foods are
handled exclusively, and where such packages are never opened on the
premises, shall not be required to supply hot water for lavatories.
A room or enclosure shall be provid.ed where employees shall
change and store their outer garments. Such room or enclosure shall
be separated from toilets, food storage, or food preparation areas, No
pereon shall d.ress or und.ress or store his clothing in any area other
than as provid.ed herein. Sueh change rooms and enclosures shall be
maintained in a clean and sanitany cond.ition.
When, in the opinion o£ the health officer, the number o£
lavatories £or any food operation is inadequate, or their location is
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such that the use of them by the operators will be inhibited., he shall
ord.er the installation o£ additional lavatories in such numbers and
locations that will insure the protection of the public health by
their use.
Seetion 13. TOILET FACILITIES AND LAVATOftY REQUIRENIENTS
FOR BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS IN PLACES OF PUBLIC GATI~RING. It shall
be unlawful for any person to conduct a business or place of public
gathering unless there be provided toilet facilities conveniently
located in or adjacent thereto. If, in the opinion of the health
of£icer, the number o£ toilet facilities and. lavatories is inadequate,
he shall ord.er additional toilet facilities or lavatories, or both,
to be provided..
Section 14. DEPOSIT OF REFUSE. Except as otherwise
provided. in this ordinance, no person shall permit the contents o£
any cesspool, septic tank, water closet, sewer, or any sewage effluent,
excrement, urine, slop water, butcher offal, market refuse, garbage,
rubbish, cans, dead animals, d.ead. fowl, or any other putrid or o£fen-
sive animal or vegetable matter to remain, or to be d.eposited, or dis-
charged. upon the surface of the ground on any premise, lot, or in
any build.ing, basement, or in any public street, or into, or in a
manner that might contaminate any standing water, stream, hole, excava-
tion, or public place. This section does not prohibit the placing of
cans or rubbish in any lawfully existing dump or waste d.isposal facility.
Section 15. PERMITS REQUIRED, The following table
shall d.etermine those operations for which a permit shall be required
£rom the health officer, as well as the fee therefor, and the length
of time for which such permit shall be valid:
Day Nursery
~5.00
Until revoked.
Food Establishment $5.00 Until revoked.
Hawker $5.00 (If a Until revoked.
permittee has a valid. health per-
mit issued by the County of Los
Angeles, no fee shall be charged,)
Home for the Aged $5,00 Until revoked
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Hote1 $5,0~
Itinerant restauran t $5.00
Mental Institution $5,00
Private Day School $5.00
Restaurant $5.00
Rooming or Boarding House$5.00
Slaughterhouse $5,00
Swimming pool or
swimming area $5.00
Temporary Refreshment
stand $5.00
Vending Machine $5.00
Section 16. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT
Until revoked
30 days
Until revoked.
Until revoked
Until revoked.
Until revoked
Until revoked
Until revoked.
30 days
Until revoked
Every person desiring
a permit required by this ordinance shall file an application with the
City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, upon a form provided by the health
officer, and at the time such application is submitted., shall pay the
required.fee.
It shall be unlawful £or any person to make any false or
fictitious statement concerning himself, or any operation requiring
a permit, when applying for a permit for such operation.
Section 17. FORM OF APPLICATION. Every application for a
permit required by Section 15 of this ordinance shall be signed by the
applicant and. shall contain:
(a) The name and address of the person who shall be
responsible for, and in control o£, the establishment.
(b) The location o£ the establishment, if permanent, or the
proposed locations if such establishment is permitted more than one
location by the provis3ons of this ord.inance.
(c) Such other information that the health officer may
require £or the administration of this ordinance and other applicable
codes.
Section 18, REINST~TEMENT OF PERMITS, When a permit has
been suspended, an application may be made with the City Clerk of the
City of Lynwood for reinstatement, such application for reinstatement
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shall be on a form furnished by the Health Officer and shall include
a signed statement d.eclaring that the conditions for which the permit was
suspended have been corrected. Upon receipt of such application by
the health of£icer from the City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, the
health of£icer shall make an investigation and if all applicable lavs
and regulations have been oomplied with, he shall reinstate the peunit.
Section 19. TOILET FACILITIES, It shall be unlawful for
any person to occupy or to cause or permit another person to occupy
any dwelling which is not supplied. with at least one water closet in
a separate compartment within the building for each portion of the
dwelling which is designed for the occupancy of a single family.
Section 20. GAS BURNING APPLIlSNCES. Every gas burning
appliance shall be approved. by a nationally recognized testing agency.
Every gas burning appliance except ranges, refrigerators, and hot
plates approved by such agencies for unvented use, shall be approved
£or vented use, and be connected to an effective flue or vent lead.ing
to the outsid.e air, not less in size than the vent collar on the
appliance. Appliances with forced air draft or sealed. combustion
chambers shall be vented in accord.ance with the manufacturerts
directions, The installation of gas heaters or the alteration of
existing gas heaters shall be d.one under a permit obtained.from the
Build.ing Inspector o£ the City of Lynwood.
Section 21. PRIVATE OR P!lROCHIAL DAY SCHOOL DEFINED.
"Private or Parochial Day School" means any establishment providing a
course of training similar to that given in any grade of public school
or college, but shall not include any establishment maintained by any
public school.
Section 22. PRIVATE OR PAROCHIAL BOARDING SCHOOL DEFINED.
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"Private or Parochial Boarding School meane any institution providing
room and.board and givin~ a course of training similar to that given
in any grade of public school or college, but shall not includ.e any
establishment maintained. by a public school or college.
Section 23. CHILDREN~S BOARDING HOMES DEFINED, "Childrents
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Boarding Homes" means any institut3on providing room and b6ard for
the reception and care of one (1) or more children below the age of
eighteen (18) years, regardless o£ sex, unrelated to caretaker, in
absence of parents or guardian, with or without compensation.
Section 24. EFFECT OF ORDINANCE. ~ny section, subsection,
sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance which ie £or any reason
held to be unconstitutional, such d.ecision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council declares
that it would have passed. this ordinance and. each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any
one or more sections, subsections, clauses or phrases be d.eclared.
unconstitutional.
Section 25. REPEAL.
Ordinance No. 36o entitled.: "AN ORDINANCE OF 'PI~ CITY OF
LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND M@~IINTENANCE OF
HOSPITALS, SANITARIUMS, PREVENTORIUMS, ASYLUMS, REST HOMES, PRNATE
SCHOOLS ANA PRIVAZ`E BOARDING SCHOOLS IN SAID CITY," is hereby repealed..
Ordinance No. 468 entitled; "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD ~MENDING ORDINANCE 360, RES,.~TING TO THE HEALTH CODE." is
hereby repealed.
Ordinance No, 491, entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF ',~F~ CITY
OF LYNWOOD REGULATIIdG THE M,~NUFACTURE, 59~LE, SERVICE, AND EXAIBITION
OF FOOD AND FOODST[TFFS,'~ is hereby repealed.
Ordinanee No. 568 entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 468 OF SAID CITY, WHICH ORDINANCE AMONG
OTHER THINGS, REGULATES HOMES FOR AGED, DAY NURSERY SCHOOLS, BOARDIN(3
5CHOOL5, ETC." is hereby repealed.
Ordinance No. 610 entitled: "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTSONS
27 AND 28 OF ORDINANCE NLII~'IDER 491 OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD." is hereby
repealed..
Ordinance No. 678 entitled: "AN ORDINANCE DEFINING NITISANCES
AND PROVIDING FOR THE ABATEMENT AND DESCRIBING PENALTIES AND REPEALING
ALL ORDIN~NCES OR PARTS OF ORDIN34NCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH,° is hereby
repealed..
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The above repeals shall not affect or prevent the
prosecution or punishment of any person for any aet done or committed
in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed prior to the taking
effect of this ord.inance,
Section 26. PUBLICATION, The City Clerk is hereby ordered
and directed to certify to the passage of this ord.inanee, and to cause
the same to be published once in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper of
general circulation, printed and published in the City of Lynwood.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said
City held on the 8th day of June, 1960, and finally adopted and.
ordered published at a regular meetin$ of said Council held on the
19th day of July, ig6o, by the following vote:
l~yes: Councilmen Duncan, English, Finch and Rowe.
Noes; Couneilmen: None,
Absent: Councilmen Pend.er.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES: ss.
CITY OF LYNWOOD )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the
City of Lynwood, and ex-officio clerk of the Council
of said City, do hereby certify that the above is
a true and correct copy of ordinance No. 708
adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood
and that same was passed on the date and by the vote
therein stated.
Dated this 21st day of July , 1960 .
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