A Department of Health in and for the City of
Watervliet is hereby established. The health officer shall be the
head of such department. He shall serve for a term of four years unless
sooner removed by the council. No person shall be eligible to appointment
as health officer unless he shall possess the qualification established
by the Public Health Council of the State of New York. (Ord. No. 5-B,
1-1-1920)
The health officer shall exercise all the powers
and be charged with all the duties now or hereafter conferred upon
or required of local boards of health or local health officers by
the laws of this State, so far as the same pertain to cities, except
as limited or extended by, the provisions of this ordinance should
be "article". The health officer shall also possess such powers and
perform such duties as may be prescribed by ordinances or resolutions
of the council. (Ord. No. 5-B, 1-1-1920)
The health officer shall have an office at the
city hall, and shall attend at said office at least two hours every
business day of the year. The health officer shall have the aid and
assistance of a clerk who shall be the clerk of the department of
health and registrar of vital statistics for the city, and the duties
of registrar of vital statistics heretofore reposed in the city clerk
are now reposed in said clerk to the department of health. (Ord. No.
5-B, 1-1-1920)
Any persons aggrieved by an order, decision
or direction of the health officer may appeal therefrom to the council
which may affirm, reverse or modify the order, decision or direction
appealed from. (Ord. No. 5-B, 1-1-1920)
All plans for plumbing, sewers and drains shall
be submitted to the health officer for his approval before contracts
are let for the construction of the same, and in case he shall disapprove
the same, such plumbing, sewers and drains shall not be constructed
unless on appeal to the council, it shall approve of the same. The
health officer has power, subject to the right of appeal as heretofore
provided, to stop the construction or installation of plumbing or
use of drains and sewers which are not properly constructed or properly
used, or which are not in accordance with plans previously approved
and adopted. (Ord. No. 5-B, 1-1-1920)
The council of the city or the general manager
thereof shall appoint a plumbing and sanitary inspector, who shall
also act as water inspector. The sanitary and plumbing inspector,
as such, shall be subject to the regulation, control and orders of
the health officer, and as water inspector shall be subject to the
regulation, control and orders of the director of public works.[1] (Ord. No. 5-B, 1-1-1920)
[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 76, adopted 1-11-1924,
vested the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Public Works in
the General Manager.
No plumbing shall be placed in any house, business
structure, or building, until the plans for same shall have been filed
with and approved by the health officer. Such plans shall be kept
by said health officer, and be accessible to the owner or occupant
of said building or structure affected by this section at all reasonable
times. The plumbing in said building or structure shall be constructed
according to said plans. If an alteration is desired, new plans showing
the alteration shall be filed with said health officer, and approved
in like manner as the original plans.
Said health officer shall as soon as possible
after his appointment formulate rules and regulations for the better
control and sanitary arrangement of plumbing in the City of Watervliet.
Any plumber or contractor who shall put in any plumbing in the City
of Watervliet, until his plans have been approved by the health officer,
as herein provided, shall forfeit to the city the sum of one hundred
dollars for each and every offense, which shall constitute disorderly
conduct, and the party so offending, a disorderly person.
Architects or builders who shall hereafter draw
plans for or construct buildings, business structures or dwellings,
in the city, shall make and leave permanently with the owner or occupant
of said building, structure or dwelling, a copy of the plumbing specifications
and blueprint, showing the location of all drain pipes, sewer pipes,
waste pipes, traps and other connections throughout the buildings,
structures or dwellings herein referred to. After the passage of this
ordinance, the provisions of this article shall apply and refer to
any extensions, alterations or additions to the plumbing in any building,
structure or dwelling within the city limits.
The health officer may enforce obedience to
the foregoing provisions by prescribing therefor and therein penalties
for each violation thereof, not exceeding $100.00 for any offense.
In addition to the penalty the health officer may also determine that
a violation thereof shall constitute disorderly conduct and that the
person violating the same shall be a disorderly person. (Ord. No.
5-B, 1-1-1920)
The council shall appoint an examining board
of plumbers consisting of three persons who shall have all the powers
and perform all of the duties prescribed in and by article 4 of the
General Cities Law, relative to plumbing and drainage. The provisions
of such article are hereby made applicable to the City of Watervliet.
(Ord. No. 5-B, 1-1-1920)
