Cross References — As to animals and fowl generally, ch. 205; as to emergency management generally, ch. 225; as to creating or permitting nuisances, ch. 215; as to maintenance of privies, ponds, drains, etc., §215.010; as to throwing or placing pollutants in lake, §235.010; as to refuse, garbage and junk generally, ch. 230; as to water generally, ch. 700.
[CC 1974 §11-1; Ord. No. 27 §4-701, 3-13-1958]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section:
Any person occupying premises within the City.
The actual owner, agent or custodian of any premises in the
City.
Any condition that provides a shelter or protection for rats.
[CC 1974 §11-2; Ord. No. 7 §1-710, 2-8-1958]
Two (2) members of the Board of Aldermen, who shall be appointed
by the Mayor, shall constitute a Board of Health and such members
shall hold their office for a term of one (1) year and until their
successors are duly appointed and qualified.
[CC 1974 §11-3; Ord. No. 7 §1-710, 2-8-1958]
A.
The
duties of the Board of Health shall be as follows:
1.
To exercise a general supervision over the sanitary affairs of the
City;
2.
To report to the Mayor all causes which, in their opinion, are likely
to be detrimental to the general health of the City;
3.
To confer with the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen or the City Marshal
when requested to do so, concerning any matter with the City pertaining
to its duties;
4.
To determine as to the facts when it shall be reported that an infectious
or contagious disease has been or is about to be brought into the
City;
5.
To report as to the truthfulness of such reported infection or disease,
in writing, to the Mayor or the Board of Aldermen; and
6.
To render such other professional services as may legally be required
of them by the Board of Aldermen.
[CC 1974 §11-4]
In any case of public emergency, the Board of Health shall have
authority to establish regulations relative to prevention and control
of contagious or infectious diseases.
[CC 1974 §11-5; Ord. No. 22 §4-210, 3-1-1958]
For every failure, refusal or neglect by any person to comply with any order from the Board of Health or to remedy or remove any nuisance existing on their premises, or if any person shall in anywise disobey, disregard or interfere with the enforcement of the orders of the Board, such person shall be punished as provided in Section 100.220. In addition to such penalty, all expenses incurred in removing such nuisance may be recovered by the City as other fines, penalties or forfeitures.
[CC 1974 §11-6; Ord. No. 27 §4-704, 3-13-1958]
It shall be the duty of the Board of Health to perform the following
duties required in this Chapter: To examine and inspect any accumulation
of trash, garbage or junk within the limits of the City; to determine
if unsanitary conditions exist which afford feed or harborage for
rats; and, upon finding such conditions, to give the owner or lessee
in possession of the premises upon which such unsanitary condition
exists a written notice of such condition and of the action needed
to correct such condition.
[CC 1974 §11-7; Ord. No. 27 §4-705, 3-13-1958]
Upon receipt of the written notice provided for in Section 217.060, the owner shall complete all action necessary to eliminate the unsanitary condition within fifteen (15) days or within such extensions of time as may be granted to correct such conditions or be deemed guilty of a violation of this Chapter.
[CC 1974 §11-8; Ord. No. 27 §4-702, 3-13-1958]
All garbage, waste, animal or vegetable matter or small dead
animals shall be stored in containers with a windproof and ratproof
cover.
[CC 1974 §11-9; Ord. No. 27 §4-703, 3-13-1958]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to place, leave, dump or permit to
accumulate any garbage, rubbish, trash or junk which affords either
food or a harborage for rats within the City.
B.
It
shall be unlawful for any owner of premises within the City to place,
store or accumulate upon his/her premises any junk, unlicensed or
unused motor vehicles, house trailers and trailers, farm equipment
or junk of any type which offers or affords harborage of rats and
other vermin.
[CC 1974 §11-10; Ord. No. 27 §4-706, 3-13-1958]
[CC 1974 §11-11; Ord. No. 259 §§1 — 2, 4-12-2000; Ord. No. 486, 11-1-2015]
A.
The appropriate officials of the City of Lake Waukomis are hereby
authorized to conduct testing, including smoke testing or other forms
of testing, to determine if any of the residences or other structures
within the City of Lake Waukomis allow or permit any rainwater or
surface water to empty into or drain directly or indirectly into the
sanitary sewer system of Lake Waukomis.
B.
All residences and other structures shall drain rainwater and surface
water into the waters of Lake Waukomis in such a manner that will
prevent siltation and damage to the adjoining and neighboring property.
C.
It shall be unlawful to cause or permit any rainwater or surface
water to empty into or drain, directly or indirectly, into the sanitary
sewer system of the City of Lake Waukomis; provided that all residences
and structures now so equipped that such rainwater and surface water
is draining into the sanitary sewer system shall have sixty (60) days
after written notice has been provided to comply with this Section,
and it shall thereafter be unlawful to cause or permit rainwater and
surface water to empty or drain, directly or indirectly, into the
sanitary sewer system of the City.
D.
If it is determined that any residence or other structure is being
maintained in such a manner as to cause or permit any rainwater or
surface water to empty into or drain, directly or indirectly, into
the sanitary sewer system of Lake Waukomis, Missouri, then the owner
or owners of said residence or other structure shall be provided written
notice, either by delivery in person or by certified mail to said
address, giving the owner sixty (60) days to comply with this Section.
Each twenty-four-hour period thereafter that the owner fails to comply
shall be deemed an additional violation of this Section.
E.
It shall be unlawful to cause or permit any ditches, culverts and/or
drain tubes which divert rainwater and/or surface water runoff from
being or remaining blocked or clogged by the accumulation of storm
debris, yard waste and/or man-made material or trash to the extent
that such rainwater and/or surface water runs over the street or road
and/or accumulates adjacent to the street or road.
