Menlo Park Municipal Code Ch. 7.16 Chemical Toilets

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the cleaning of chemical toilets which are owned and operated by any county, sanitary district, sanitation district, sewer maintenance district, or to any agency or institution of the county, state or federal government.

(Prior code § 7.1)

It is unlawful for any person to carry on or engage in the business of the cleaning of chemical toilets or to dispose of the cleanings therefrom in this city unless he shall hold an unrevoked registration issued by the health and welfare department of the county.

(Prior code § 7.2)

All applications for registration under this chapter shall be filed with the health and welfare department of the county. The application shall state the name in full of the applicant, if a partnership then names of each of the partners, the relation of the applicant to the firm or partnership, the place of business and place of residence of the applicant for registration and of each of the partners of the business, and shall state the exact location of the place at which it is proposed to dispose of cleanings. The application shall be signed by the authorized officer of a corporation, or by the managing partner, if a partnership.

(Prior code § 7.3)

Registration shall be issued only after a satisfactory examination by a duly authorized representative of the health and welfare department of the county covering the equipment to be used, the applicant's knowledge of sanitary principles and of the laws and ordinances affecting human health or nuisances, and the reliability of the applicant in observing sanitary laws, ordinances and directions, and in selecting laborers and employees who may clean out chemical toilets without endangering human health or comfort; and only after examination of the place and manner of disposal of the cleanings proposed by the applicant.

(Prior code § 7.4)

The department of health and welfare of the county shall act upon each application within thirty days of the date of filing.

(Prior code § 7.5)

Registration shall be only for the unexpired portion of the calendar year in which application is made, and at the end of the calendar year all registrations shall become void and of no effect.

(Prior code § 7.6)

Applicants may be registered under such terms, conditions, orders and directions as the department of health and welfare of the county may deem necessary for the protection of human health and comfort. The department of health and welfare is empowered to require any and all persons who are registered with him to clean chemical toilets or to dispose of the cleanings therefrom, to file with the health officer at any time and at such frequency or intervals as is desirable, a statement giving the name and address of the owner or tenant of each and every one of the premises where a chemical toilet shall have been cleaned out by such registrant or his employees or by others on his behalf and the statement shall also describe in precise terms the place where the cleanings shall have been disposed of and by whom. The health and welfare department is empowered to require such statements to be sworn to before a notary.

(Prior code § 7.7)

A change of address of any registrant including a member of a partnership which is registered and of the place of business thereof shall be reported in writing by registered mail by the registrant within two (2) days after the change of address.

(Prior code § 7.8)

Any registration issued under this chapter may be revoked by the issuing health officer for cause on ten (10) days' notice to applicant, which notice shall be served by registered mail or in person at the latest place of residence or of business reported by the applicant.

(Prior code § 7.9)

It is unlawful to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any order of the health and welfare department of the county made pursuant to this chapter for the protection of human health and comfort.

(Prior code § 7.10)

The county department of public health and welfare is authorized to issue rules and regulations in order to administer and carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(Prior code § 7.11)