Paramount Municipal Code Art. 4 Garbage in Quarantine Areas

For the purpose of this article the word "garbage" is defined to be all animal and vegetable refuse that shall have resulted from animal or vegetable matter prepared for or intended to be used as food, or that shall have resulted from the preparation of food.

(Prior code § 33-23)

Whenever a communicable disease is found to exist in animals or human beings in the City, and in the opinion of the County Health Officer the preservation of the public health and safety demands the sanitary disposal of garbage in a given infected area, in the manner hereinafter provided, the Health Officer may designate the areas as a quarantine district.

(Prior code § 33-24)

In all quarantine districts established by the County Health Officer pursuant to Section 13.20.240, it shall be the duty of every householder or person occupying a dwelling or a flat, manager or person in charge or control of any boardinghouse, restaurant, hotel, apartment, eating house, food market or food store or other place where garbage is found to exist, to cause to be kept portable vessels, tanks or receptacles for holding garbage. Each of such vessels, tanks or receptacles shall be constructed of metal and shall be provided with a tight-fitting metal cover.

(Prior code § 33-25)

In all quarantine districts it is unlawful for any garbage to be fed or otherwise disposed of in any manner on the premises. All garbage in such districts shall be transported out of the districts and there disposed of in any lawful manner. It is the duty of every householder and all other persons enumerated in Section 13.20.250 to keep in metal containers any garbage accumulated on his or her premises, and to provide for the removal of such garbage at least twice a week.

(Prior code § 33-26)

The County Health Officer is hereby charged with the duty of enforcing this article.

(Prior code § 33-27)