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South Pasadena Municipal Code Ch. 17 Health and Sanitation

South Pasadena Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · South Pasadena

Cite as: South Pasadena Municipal Code Chapter 17 · Text as of 2026-10-04

Sections:

ARTICLE I. PUBLIC HEALTH CODE
17.1 Adoption; where filed.
17.1-2 References to county—Health officer.
17.2 Amendments.
17.2-1 Definitions.
17.2-2 Grading and letter grade card.
17.2-3 Inspection score card.
17.2-4 Notice of closure.
17.2-5 Routine inspection.
17.2-6 Posting requirements—Penalty for noncompliance—Documents available for public review.
17.2-7 Letter grade card and inspection score card—Period of validity.
17.2-8 Public health permit suspension or revocation—Notice of closure.
17.2-9 Food handler’s training certification.
17.2-10 Violation.
17.2-11 Severability.
17.3 Definitions.
17.4 Prohibition on the manufacture, sale or distribution of products utilizing ozone-depleting compounds.
17.5 Prohibition on the use of ozone-depleting compounds in building insulation.
17.6 Disposal of ozone-depleting compounds contained in building insulation.
17.7 Recycling of ozone-depleting compounds used as coolants in refrigeration and/or air conditioning units.
17.8 Restriction on sale of ozone-depleting compounds used as coolants in refrigeration and/or air conditioning units.
17.9 Disposal of refrigeration or air conditioning unit or system.
17.10 Permit required for testing fire extinguishing systems or units which utilize halon.
17.11 Reclamation of halons from portable fire extinguishing systems or units.
17.12 Exemption.
17.12-1 Enforcement.
17.12-2 Severability.
ARTICLE II. MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
17.13 Findings and purpose.
17.14 Definitions.
17.15 Permits required.
17.16 Exceptions.
17.17 Operator’s permit—Application.

17.18 Operator examination required.


17.19

Operator’s permit—Issuance or denial.
17.20 Operating requirements—General conditions.
17.21 Operating requirements—Facilities.
17.22 Operating requirements—Operations.
17.23 Inspections.
17.24 Operator’s permit—Nonassignability.
17.25 Operator’s permit—Change in ownership of business.
17.26 Operator’s permit—Change of location or name.
17.27 Applicability to existing massage establishments.
17.28 CAMTC certificate required.
17.29 Reserved.
17.30 Reserved.
17.31 Massage practice—General conditions.
17.32 Operator permit term and removal.
17.33 Suspension, revocation, denial and appeal.
17.34 Notice.
17.35 Appeal.
17.36 New application after denial or revocation of permit.
17.37 Surrender of permit.
17.38 Fees.
17.39 Violation and penalty.
ARTIC LE III. DEEMED APPROVED MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
17.40 Purpose and scope.
17.41 Definitions.
17.42 Performance standards and deemed approved massage establishments.
17.43 Deemed approved status procedure.
17.44 Procedure for consideration of violations to performance standards.
17.45 Violations and penalties.
17.46 Enforcement.
ARTIC LE IV. SWIMMING POOL FENCES
17.48— 17.49 Repealed by Ordinance No. 1983.
ARTIC LE V. SMOKING—PROHIBITED
17.50 Findings and purpose.
17.51 Authority.
17.52 Definitions.
17.53 Application to city-owned vehicles, buildings, and facilities.

17.54 Prohibition of smoking in public parks.


17.55

Prohibition of mobile vending of cigarettes
17.56 Prohibition of smoking in public places.
17.56- 1 Smoking prohibited on public sidewalks.
17.57 Reasonable smoking distance required.
17.58 Requirement of vendor-assisted sales.
17.58- 1 Purchaser identification.
17.58- 2 Prohibition of smoking in the workplace.
17.58- 3 Posting of signs.
17.58- 4 Structural modifications.
17.58- 5 Enforcement.
17.58- 6 Violations and penalty.
17.58- 7 Nonretaliation.
17.58- 8 Exemptions.
ARTIC LE VI. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, SOUTH PASADENA CERTIFIED UNIFIED PROGRAM AGENCY
17.59 South Pasadena Certified Unified Program Agency.
17.60 Definitions.
17.61 Hazardous materials list.
17.62 Filing of a hazardous material disclosure form.
17.63 Disclosure form.
17.64 Exemptions from disclosure.
17.65 Trade secrets.
17.66 Enforcement and penalties.
17.67 Fees.
17.70 Cleanup by fire department—Costs.
ARTIC LE VII. RAT CONTROL
17.71 “Ratproofing”defined.
17.72 Interference with or disobedience to health officer.
17.73 Rat, etc., breeding conditions; rat harborage.
17.74 Notice to ratproof buildings or portions thereof.
17.75 Ratproofing of buildings used for grain storage, handling, etc.
17.76 Ratproofing of slaughterhouses, bakeries, etc.
ARTIC LE VIII. SMOKE-FREE HOUSING
17.80 Purpose.
17.81 Definitions.
17.82 Smoking prohibited in common areas.
17.83 Nonsmoking buffer zones.
17.84 Smoking restrictions in new units of multi-unit residences.
17.85 Nonsmoking designations for existing units of a common interest complex/mix-use.
17.86 Nonsmoking designations for existing units of a rental complex.
17.87 Designation of nonsmoking units.
17.88 Lease terms for all new and existing units in rental complexes.
17.89 Additional duties—Landlord of rental complex with less than one hundred percent nonsmoking units.
17.90 Smoking prohibited by law in certain areas.
17.91 Required documents available for city inspection.
17.92 Smoking and smoke generally.
17.93 Penalties and enforcement.
17.94 Private enforcement.
ARTIC LE IX. POOL MAINTENANCE
17.95 Title.
17.96 Findings and purpose.
17.97 Definitions.
17.98 Enforcement—Administration.
17.99 Inspections—Right of entry.
17.100 Pool maintenance required—Maintenance standards—Owners’responsibility.
17.101 Violation—Public nuisance—Penalty.
17.102 Abatement—Emergency abatement of an imminently hazardous unmaintained pool.
17.103 Administrative citations.
17.104 Remedies not exclusive.
17.105 Applicability of other laws.
ARTIC LE X. JUST CAUSE FOR EVICTION
17.106 Termination of tenancy and applicability.
17.107 At-fault just cause.
17.108 No-fault just cause.
17.109 Just cause curable lease violation.
17.110 No-fault just cause tenant relocation assistance.
17.111 Tenant protections for necessary and substantial repairs.
17.112 Tenant buyout agreements.
17.113 Exemptions.
17.114
17.115
Notices related to existence of provisions—Waiver and remedies.
Definitions.

17.116 Administrative regulations.

  • For state law as to city health ordinances, boards and officers, see Health and Safety Code § 101450 et seq.

As to filthy stables and yards, see § 5.21 of this code. As to disposal by garbage collector of articles obtained from premises where infectious diseases occur, see § 16.16.

Article IV — SWIMMING POOL FENCES

17.48—17.49 Repealed by Ordinance No. 1983.

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