Santa Fe Springs Municipal Code Ch. 94 Health and Safety

(A) The city hereby adopts as the Public Health Code of the City, Title 11 of the Los Angeles County Code, as amended through and including Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 97-0071, which was effective on January 16, 1998.

(B) The provisions of said Ordinance No. 97-0071 are hereby adopted by the city, in their entirety.

(C) The City Clerk shall cause the same to be posted in at least three public places in the city.

('64 Code, § 12-1; Ord. 248, passed 7-23-64; Ord. 328, passed 12-28-67; Ord. 386, passed 9-24-70; Ord. 886, passed 9-10-98)

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

County, County of Los Angeles, or Unincorporated Area of the County of Los Angeles. The city of Santa Fe Springs.

County Health Officer. The Health Officer of the city or his duly authorized representative. At the time of the adoption of this subchapter, the Health Officer of the county is acting as the Health Officer of the city pursuant to contract.

('64 Code, § 12-2; Ord. 248, passed 7-23-64)

(A) Pursuant to the provisions of Cal. Health and Safety Code § 25502(b), the city hereby assumes responsibility for the implementation of Chapter 1167.

(B) The City Clerk shall forward a certified copy of this subchapter to the Office of Emergency Services of the state.

('64 Code, § 12-3; Ord. 685, passed 12-26-85)

For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

Swimming Pool. Any public or private above, at, or below-grade artificial basin, chamber, tank, pond, or structure used or intended to be used for wading, swimming, diving, bathing, or any form of water recreation, therapy or sport, or for athletic purposes.

(Ord. 866, passed 12-18-95)

All owners of property that contain a swimming pool and all operators of a swimming pool shall at all times properly maintain and operate the swimming pool in a manner that does not allow the swimming pool to become a breeding place for mosquitos, including emptying and keeping dry a swimming pool that is abandoned and/or not in service.

(Ord. 866, passed 12-18-95)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

Pursuant to authority provided in Cal. Gov't Code Article 6, Chapter 10, Part 2, Division 3 of Title 4, and other applicable law, the city hereby establishes a procedure which may be utilized for abatement of public nuisances consisting of improperly operated or maintained swimming pools that provide a breeding place for mosquitos. This procedure is in addition to any other procedure that is the abatement, including administrative costs, shall become a special assessment against the property to be collected on the next regular property tax bill levied against the property.

(Ord. 866, passed 12-18-95)

Before complying with the requirements of the notice to abate, the owner of the property of the swimming pool may appear at a hearing before the City Manager, or his designee, at a time and place fixed by the city and stated in the notice. At the hearing, the City Manager or his designee, shall determine whether the initial finding as set forth in the notice is correct and shall permit the owner to present testimony. If, after hearing all the facts, the City Manager or his designee, makes a determination that a public nuisance exists on the property, the City Manager or his designee, shall order compliance with the requirements of the notice or with alternative orders issued by the City Manager or his designee.

(Ord. 866, passed 12-18-95)

(A) In the event that the public nuisance is not abated by the date specified in the notice or by the date established by alternative order issued by the City Manager or his designee, the city, or its contractor, may enter the property and abate the public nuisance.

(B) The City Health Officer, or a duly authorized representative of the City Health Officer, may request any city department or agency having the necessary personnel and equipment to perform the work required to abate the public nuisance. The city may also use the services of contractor(s) under contract(s) awarded by the city. In the event a contract has been awarded, the contractor shall keep a complete account and submit an itemized written report with respect thereto the city upon completion of the abatement work.

(Ord. 866, passed 12-18-95)

In the event that the city, or its contractor, abates the public nuisance pursuant to the subchapter, the city may make the cost of the abatement, including administrative costs, a special assessment against the property. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection ad enforcement of municipal taxes shall be applicable to the special assessment.

(Ord. 866, passed 12-18-95)

No person shall refuse to obey any lawful order of the City Health Officer, or a duly authorized representative of the City Health Officer, made in the performance of his duties within the power conferred upon him by state law or by the municipal law of this city, including this section. Violation of this section shall be punishable as a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 866, passed 12-18-95)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

This subchapter is intended to support the SCAQMD's imposition of the vehicle registration fee and to bring the city into compliance with the requirements set forth in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 44243 in order to receive fee revenues for the purpose of implementing programs to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles.

('64 Code, § 14-115; Ord. 789, passed 3-14-91)

Cross reference— Traffic code, see Title VII

For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

Fee Administrator. The Director of Finance and Administrative Services of the city or his designee.

Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Programs. Any program or project implemented by the city to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles which it determines will be consistent with the California Clean Air Act of 1988 or the plan proposed pursuant to Cal. Health and Safety Code Article 5 (commencing with § 40460) of Chapter 5.5 of Part 3.

('64 Code, § 14-116; Ord. 789, passed 3-14-91)

(A) Receipt of fee. The additional vehicle registration fees disbursed by the SCAQMD and remitted to the city, pursuant to this subchapter, shall be accepted by the Fee Administrator.

(B) Establishment of air quality improvement trust fund. The Fee Administrator shall establish a separate interest-bearing trust fund account in a financial institution authorized to receive deposits of city funds.

(C) Transfer of funds. Upon receipt of vehicle registration fees, the Fee Administrator shall deposit such funds into the separate account established pursuant to division (B) of this section. All interest earned by the trust fund account shall be credited only to that account.

(D) Expenditure of air quality trust fund revenues. All revenues received from the SCAQMD and deposited in the trust fund account shall be exclusively expended on mobile source emission reduction programs as defined in § 94.41 of this subchapter. Such revenues shall be expended within one year of the completion of the programs.

(E) Audits. The city consents to an audit of all programs and projects funded by vehicle registration fee revenues received from the SCAQMD pursuant to Cal. Health and Safety Code § 44223. The audit shall be conducted by an independent auditor selected by the SCAQMD as provided in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 44244. The city may audit through the public hearing process designated by Cal. Health and Safety Code § 44244-1(c).

('64 Code, § 14-117; Ord. 789, passed 3-14-91)