Yolo County Municipal Code Art. 1 Authority and Purpose

This chapter may be known and may be cited and referred to as the “Public Health Permit Law of the County of Yolo”. (§ 1, Ord. 858, eff. October 25, 1979)

This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority conferred by the Health and Safety, Public Resources, and Water Codes of the State. (§ 1, Ord. 858, eff. October 25, 1979, as amended by § 3, Ord. 1074, eff. May 12, 1988)

The Board hereby determines, pursuant to Section 510 of the Health and Safety Code of the State, that the expense of the Health Officer in the enforcement of statutes, orders, quarantines, rules, or regulations prescribed by State officers or departments relating to the public health, which either require or authorize the Health Officer to perform specified acts, are not met by any fees prescribed by the State. (§ 1, Ord. 858, eff. October 25, 1979)

It is the purpose of this chapter to authorize the prescription of such fees as will pay the reasonable expenses of the Health Officer incurred in such enforcement as to the establishments, businesses, or activities for which a public health permit is required by this chapter. (§ 1, Ord. 858, eff. October 25, 1979)

The provisions of this chapter shall apply within any city in the County when the governing body thereof consents to County health administration for that city pursuant to Section 476 of the Health and Safety Code of the State, and the schedule of fees authorized by this chapter shall be applicable in the area in which the Health Officer enforces any statute, order, quarantine, rule, or regulation prescribed by a State Health Officer or department relating to public health. (§ 1, Ord. 858, eff. October 25, 1979)