City Health Ordinance
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
ORDINANCE NO 192
(Continued from March. 1>
SECTION 11 PENALTIES. Any
person who violates any pro
vision of this ordinance shall be
fined not more than $100.00 at
the discretion of the court having
jurisdiction. Each and every vio
lation of the provisions of this
ordinance shall constitute a sep
arate offense.
SECTION 15. REPEAL AND
DATE OF EFFECT. All ordin
ances and parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed, and this ordin
ance shall be in full force and ef
fect immediately upon its adop
tion and its publication as pro
vided by law.
SECTION 1H. CXCONSTITF
TIONALITY (’LAPSE. Should any
section, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance
be declared unconstitutional or
invalid for any reason the remain
der of said ordinance shall not he
affected thereby.
SECTION IT THIS ORDIN
ANCE shall apply to all territory
embraced within the corporate
limits of the town of Seward. Al
aska, and the area of police jur
isdiction thereof.
SECTION IS. HOARD OF
HEARTH. The Board of Health
shall consist of the Mayor, who
shall he chairman of said Board.
Hie Health Officer, the Chief of
Police, and members of the Com
mon Council. The Health Officer
shall act as secretary and execu
tive officer of the Board of
Health, and shall keep all records
and make such reports to the
Territorial Department of Health
as are required by Territorial
Law.
SECTION 10. HOARD OF
HEALTH, Powers and duties. The
city Board of Health shall hav*e
direct supervision of all matters
relating to the preservation of
life and health of the people of
the town of Seward and shall en
force the rules and regulations
of the Territorial Department of
Health, and shqll perform such
other duties as may be required
of them pertaining to the health
of the people. The Board of
Health shall be subordinate to
the Territorial Hoard of Health,
but shall have the power to pro
mulgate rules and regulations not
inconsistent with those of the
Territorial Board of Health.
SECTION 20. HEALTH OFFI
CER: Qualifications, duties and
powers. The city Board of Health
shall employ a Health Officer who
shall be a graduate from a recog
nized school of medieim a: d shall
be licensed to practice medicine in
Alaska. It shall be the duty of the
Health Officer to enforce all Ter
ritorial health laws and regula
tions, and to enforce this ordi
nance and all subsequent health
regulations as prescribed by the
board. It shall be the duty of the
Chief of Police to assist in the
enforcement of the health laws at
the direction of the Health Offi
cer. He is further authorized and
empowered and it is his duty to
arrest and take into custody any
person or persons violating any
rules of the Territory or city
'boards of health, or any provision
of this ordinance.
SECTION 21. WATER Sl'l’1*1.1 ES
J. Goner il. Every drinking cu
linary, and ablutionory water sup
ply which is hereafter constructed
or extensively reconstructed, or
every existing water supply which
in the opinion of the Health Offi
cer is unsafe, shall be made to
comply with the requirements of
this ordinance. No such water
supply shall hereafter be con
structed or reconstructed without
the approval of plans and specifi
cations by the Territorial De
partment of Health and without a
written permit from said depart
mem.
2. Public, quasi-public and pri
vate (water supplies. All water
supplies, ground or surface, avail
able to the public shall comply
with the requirements of the Ter
ritorial Department of Health and
shall meet the requirements of
the U. S. Public Health Service
for common carrier water sup
plies.
3. Every well or spring shall be
located and constructed in such a
manner that neither underground
nor surface contamination from
any cesspool, or other possible
source of pollution can effect
such water supply. The horizontal
distance from any possible source
of pollution shall be as great as
possible, but in no case less than
50 feet, or except as otherwise
approved by the Health Officer.
If bacteriological examinations or
other evidence indicate actual or
potential pollution, the distance
shall he increased or the location
of the water supply changed, as
may be required by the health of
ficer. Privies and open pits are
hereby determined to he unlaw
ful.
•I. Connection with unproven
water sources forbidden. There
shall he no cross-connection, aux
iliary intake, by-pass, interconnec
tion or other arrangement includ
ing overhead leakage, whereby
unsafe water, or water from a
source that does not comply with
these requirements, may be dis
charged or drawn into any drink
ing, culinary or ablutionarv sup
{ply which does comply with these
requirements.
5. Treat incut or abandonment
of unsatisfactory water supplies.
Water supplies which do not (ami
ply with the bacteriological re
quirements recommended by the
T. S. Public Health Service for
common carrier water supplies,
shall be treated by methods ap
proved by the Territorial Depart
ment of Health: if it is impossible
to secure compliance with said re
quirements. said water supply
shall be abandoned and sealed to
protect the water-hearing forma
tion against possible contamina
tion in a manner prescribed by
t lie Territorial Department of
Health.
SECTION ~ 2 SKW.UiK IHSPO
S.\ IIt shall he unlawful to
maintain, or ust?, any residence,
place of business, or other build
ing or place wh re persons reside,
congregate or art' employed which
is not provided' with means for
the disposal of human excreta,
either hv a flush toilet connected
with a sewerage system, approved
by tht' Territorial Department of
Health, or septic tank which
meets the requirements of con
struction and maintenance here
inafter described.
1. Every building where per
sons reside, congregate or are em
ployed which abuts a street or
alley in which there is a sanitary
sewer, or which is within two
hundred feet of it public sanitary
sewer, shall be connected to the
sewer by the owner or agent of
the premises, in the most direct
manner possible and with a sep
arate connection for each home
or building. Each connection and
each fixture emptying through
the connection shall be installed
in the manner prescribed by the
plumbing code of the town of
Seward, Alaska.
2. Evei/y residence, place of
business, or other building or
place where persons congregate,
reside, or are employed, and
which does not abut a street or
alley in which there is a public
sanitary sewer, or which is not
within 200 feet of a public sani
tary sewer, shall be provided with
a private water flush toilet, by
the owner or agent of the prem
ises; and water flush toilet sys
tem to be built or rebuilt, con
structed. and maintained in such
manner as to meet the require
ments of the Territorial Depart
ment of Health.
?,. Pit Privy. On and after the
passage of this ordinance, it shall
j be unlawful for anyone to have
or maintain a pit privy upon the
premises within the city limits of
the town of Seward. Alaska. All
> t ■ ‘ ni s shall he located not
’css than b feet from any well,
snri ■ o’- other source of water
Riipnly and, if possible, upon
ground 't a lower elevation; nor
shall any septic tank be erected,
or maintained, nearer than 5 feet
of any street .lice or alley line
without a permit from the Board
of Health.
, RKCTK)'’ 2’. (rAHRAGK I»IK
1*08 A L. The Common Council of
the town of Seward shall provide
for the regular and systematic
collection and disposal of any and
all rubbish, refuse and garbage of
whatsoever description, and shall
in their discretion and upon such
terms and conditions as they may
determine enter into any contract
or franchise for such purpose or
grant such permits in connection
therewith, as they shall see fit.
and shall be paid for by said town
out of the general funds thereof.
1. For the purpose of this or
dinance, garbage shall be and is
hereby defined to mean all kit
chen refuse, animal or vegetable,
trash, offal, tin cans, waste paper,
ashes and all other like refuse
matter except excremlntitiouB li
quid. Rubbish shall be any and
all non-putrescrible wastes such
as ashes, bottles, sweepings,
boxes, etc.
2. That it shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to
I haul, transfer or convey an,y gar
bage of whatsoever description or
through the streets of the town
of Reward, Alaska, without hav
ing first obtained certain permis
sion therefore, either by contract,
! franchise, or permit from the
council of said town.
3. Any person, firm or corpora
tion authorized or permitted by
the said town, shall be governed
by the following regulations, to
wit:
a. Provided a conveyance
adapted to such purpose to
the end that no garbage,
papers or trash of any
kind, or contents of such
conveyance, shall be per
mitted to spill or escape
onto said street or high
ways over which the same
is being hauled.
b. Collect and remove all ac
cumulated garbage and
rubbish at such frequent
intervals so as to prevent
premises becoming encum
bered and to prevent the
development of fire or
health hazards, or unsight
ly and objectionable con
ditions existing at any time
or place in said town.
c. To dispose of all garbage,
bv conveying it to a gar
bage dump or other place
designated b/v the town
council of said town for
such purpose, and to no
other place whatsoever. -
d. To keep such garbage dump
or other depository in as
sanitary and orderly con
dition a s circumstances
will permit, using every
reasonable means to de
stroy such garbage a n d
.rubbish and prevent the
same f r o m becoming a
refuge or breeding place
for rats or other pests, or
becoming detrimental to
the public health and safe
tv.
4. That within thirty CIO) days
i after the passage of this ordi
i nance no owner, agent or leasee
{of any public or private premises
! shall permit to accumulate upon
his premises any garbage, refuse
or rubbish except in covered metal
| containers provided in sufficient
number to care for the needs of
the establishment or residence.
1’utrescible wastes, except sewage
: and body wastes, including vege
j table and animal offal and car
! casses of dead animals shall be
1 placed, within the tight covered
I containers. In lieu of covered
'cans, non - putroscible material
such as papers, cans, ashes, car
tons, etc., may be placed in dis
carded containers or boxes that
will not be returned to the prem
ises. All containers thus used
shall be packed in such a
manner that rubbish will be con
fined and cannot be blown about
the premises.
Where necessary, containers
' shall be placed upon low plat
forms to keep theiri out of water
and mud and shall be placed in a
location convenient to collection,
preferably in back alley, but in
lieu of such may be placed on
i curb on day of collection.
SECTION 2 1. liAKKER AXI)
COKMMTOIiOOH AL ESTABLISH
MENTS. All barber and beauty
shops and cosmetological estab
, lishments shall conform to the
rules and regulations of the Terri
torial Department of Health. They
I shall also provide an antiseptic
system to disinfect all combs,
; razors, clippers, and other instru
i ntenjs used upon successive custo
| mers.
! SECTION 25. Canneries and
Cold Storage Plants. No can can
nery or cold storage plant
shall discharge fish heads, gurry,
offal or other putrescible material
on the water front adjacent to
their property. All such material
must be disposed of in such a
manner that nuisance conditions
are avoided. It shall be the re
sponsibility of canneries a|nd cold
storage plants to see that no fish
erman, fish dealer, buyer or any
other person violates these sani
tary measures on the property of
Lllt3 CaillltJiy Ul IA/1U aiui
SECTION 26. Ajnimal Restric
tions. No hog or hogs, pig or pigs,
horse or horses, rabbit, mink,
cows or cattle, or chicken, geese,^
ducks or other fowl, shall be kept
within the limits of the city with
out first procuring a permit from
the health officer so to do, and
then only in strict compliance
with the permit so granted; and
no hog, cow, horse, sheep, chick
ens, geese, ducks, turkey or other
fowl, rabbit or mink, shall be kept
in said city at any place or under
any conditions to the annoyance
of the inhabitants in the locality
where kept, or when kept under
unsanitany conditions.
SECTION 27. Abatement of
Nuisances. The health officer
shall investigate and order abate
ment of all public health nui
sances in accordance with the
rules and regulations of this or
dinance.
SECTION 28. Dairy Farms and
! Milk Plant Sanitation. All dairy
farms and milk plants which pro
duce milk or milk products in
tended for distribution in the
town of Seward shall conform to
the rules and regulations of the
Territorial Department of Health.
SECTION 29. Penalty for Vio
lation. Alny person who shall vio
late any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall, on conviction
thereof, be fined not less than
$5.00 or more than $100.00 for
each offense.
SECTION 30. Penalty for Re
fusing to Comply. Any refusal of
any person to comply with direc
tions of the Hoard of Health, as
by this ordinance provided, within
the time named by said Hoard of
of Health, or by refusal to com
ply with the directions of the
Health Officer or Chief of Police
as by this ordinance provided,
shall be deemed a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, be
punished by a fine not exceeding
$10*1.00 or imprisonmetnt in the
City Jail for not exceeding 30
days or both.
SECTION 31. Repeal and Date
of Effect. All ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict
with this ordinance are hereby re
pealed, aiid this ordinance shall
be in full force and effect immedi
ately upon its adoption and its
publication as provided by law.
SECTION 32. Cneonst it lit ionali
ty Clause. Should any section,
paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance be de
clared unconstitutional or invalid
for any reasotf, the remainder of
I said ordinance shall not* be af
fected thereby.
Ol ARWTINE LAW
SECTION 33. Infectious Dis
eases. For the purpose of this
chapter, persons or articles that
have been infected or ’exposed
to the contagion or infection
of plague,, cholera, smallpox,
yellow fever, scarlet feve r,
.measles, diphtheria, infantile par
alysis. cerebro-spinal meningitis,
■r. 'ipelas, whooping cough, glan
ders mumps, epidemic influenza,
or other epidemics, shall be con
sidered as capable of conveying
contagious or infectious disease,
and shall be subject to this chap
ter as hereinafter provided. All
cases of pulmonary tuberculosis,
trachoma, gonorrhea, syphillis, or
chancrois. where the usual pre
cautions to prevent the spread of
the disease to others are neglect
ed a|nd where other persons are
liable to becopie infected on ac
count of this negligence shall also
he considered as capable of con
veying contagious or infectious
disease.
SECTION 34. Isolation of af
flicted. Whenever any physician
or inurse is called to treat any
person suffering with any of the
diseases mentioned in the preced
ing section, he or she shall isolate
the case and immediately notify
the local Board of Health.
SECTION 3f». When Hoard of
Health to he Notified. Whenever
any person knows or has reason
to believe that any member of
his family or household, boarder,
roomer or visitor, has any disease
hereinbefore mentioned, he shall
within twenty-four hours, if no
physician is available, give notice
thereof to the local Board of
Health in the health district in
which he resides. Such Inotice
shall he given either verbally to
one of the members of said board,
or by a communication addressed
to the Board of Health and duly
i mailed within the time specified.
. SECTION 36. Action by Hoard.
! The Board of Health upon receipt
| of t he report of the existence of
i arty of the diseases hereinbefore
; mentioned shall immediately in
vestigate the case and if such
disease exists shall isolate the-pa
i tient and. if necessary, shall quar
I antine the house, room, premises
or community and take any other
precautions needed to prevent the
spread of the disease.
SECTION 37. Notice of Quat
nnt'lnc displayed. Whenever a
house, apartment, room, premises,
or community are placed under
quarantine, a placard or placards
1 shall be posted in a conspicuous
place, nr places giving the name of
the disease, and also containing
1 the following quarantine order:
' "All persons are strictly forbidden
■ to enter or lenve these premises or
to remove this notice without per
| mission or orders from the Board
of Health.
; SECTION 3S. Afflicted c\
i eluded from Public. No child or
person afflicted with any of the
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