Bowling Green City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 154
HEALTH REGULATIONS
§ 154.01 ADOPTION OF HEALTH REGULATIONS.
(A) The Wood County and State of Ohio health regulations adopted or amended from time to time are adopted by the city and incorporated by reference as if fully set out herein, including Chapter 700, Chapter 710, and Chapter 720, Chapter 800, Chapter 810, and Chapter 820, health, safety, and sanitation regulations for structures and vacant lots, swimming pool rules; combined park-camp rules; resident camps and day camp rules; food service operation regulations of the state department of health; mobile home park rules as adopted by the state department of health; solid waste disposal licensing and regulations; regulations pertaining to marinas; and vending machine food service operation regulations as adopted by the state department of health. The purpose of the regulations as aforesaid is to prescribe rules and regulations governing the general health and sanitation of the community, including buildings, dwellings, and appurtenant structures within the corporate limits of the city.
(B) A complete copy of the health regulations for the county and state is on file with the Clerk of Council and in the county law library. The Clerk of Council shall make copies available for distribution to the public upon request, at the cost of the duplication.
(C) The city hereby adopts all amendments to the Wood County and state health regulations as described herein as they shall be made from time to time. The amendments shall be on file with the Clerk of Council and in the county law library.
(D) The Municipal Administrator and the Mayor are authorized to enter into a contract or contracts with the county commissioners under which the county health department will administer the health regulations as adopted herein within the corporate limits of the city.
(1980 Code, § 154.01) (Ord. 4896, passed 6-6-1988) Penalty, see § 154.99
§ 154.02 ENFORCEMENT.
The county health department is authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of the health regulations as adopted herein within the city.
(1980 Code, § 154.02) (Ord. 4896, passed 6-6-1988)
§ 154.99 PENALTY.
(A) Whoever violates any provision of the health regulations as adopted in § 154.01 herein, shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. It shall be a separate offense for each successive day the violation continues.
(B) Any person who neglects or refuses to obey a proper order issued by the county health department or the Planning Director for the city, or an authorized representative of the county health department or the Planning Director, shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day the unlawful condition is permitted to exist after the time specified for abatement in the order shall constitute a separate offense.
(C) The imposition of penalties as provided for in this section shall not preclude the city attorney from instituting an appropriate action to prevent the unlawful continuance of an activity in violation of the health regulations as adopted herein; to restrain, correct, or abate a violation; to prevent occupancy of a structure deemed unsafe or unsanitary pursuant to the terms of the health regulations as adopted herein; or to prevent the continuance of an illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about any premises.
(1980 Code, § 154.99) (Ord. 4896, passed 6-6-1988)