Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-11
CITY ADVERTISER
a RESOLUTION
Regulating the Prevention OF Nul-
sances and Providing for che Pub
lie Health.

DE 1T RESOLVED, BY THE COMMON
lows:
SECTION l. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son 10 construct, maintain or keep upon any
premises within said city belonging to him or
under h management and cUntr !, any privy
or privy vault, cesspOOl, sink or drain, unless
the same be connected. in case there be a
sewer in the street on which sa d premises are
situated, with said sewer; an every such
drain which shall communicate with n dive :
ling or other house shall be constructed with q
trap or other apparatus which will effectua ly
prevent the escape OF all gases therefrOm intu
Sucn hDu, &c or elsewhere. But in case there
be no sewer in the street on which such prop
erty Is situated, then such privies shall be
constructed with vaults at least eight feet
deep, with an escape pipe properly construct
least two and one-half feet above the top OF
the closet; and all cesspool! or sinks To re-
ceive drainage from Kitchens or any part oi
the premises, shall have a suitable iiap and
be securely covered with earth or otherwise e.
so as to prevent the escape of foul gases there
from,
SEC 2. No person shall permit the dis.
charge from any drain, C 'sSp 'ol. sink, water
closet, pr.Vy, bath closet or other parts of any
premises b longing TO him or under his man
agemtnt and control, to connect with, fall Ot
run into any street, avenue or alley SO AZ t0
create n public nuiS tnce, or into any public
zanj ia or lrrgating ditch IN said city; nor sha II
any person wash clio hes, bathe or wash his
or her person or any horse, mule or other ami
mai or o he wise commit any nuiS tnce OF anN
KIND in any of such zanJds or irrgatine
bitches; nor shall any person throw any gar
bage or filth ofany Kind from any stable, cor
raj or other premises into any OF such zanjas
or irrigating canals.
SEC. 3. All persons owning pr perty used
as residences or business houses shall provide
for tie use of the occupants of the
same dry earth closet or privy
according ID the provisions of section
one of this resolution, on the premises; al Q
suitable cesspools and drainage to meet the
requirements the business Of the said occu-
pants.
And all persons having or maintaining
privies, cesspools, sinks or drains on any
premises and In q filthy or unhealthy condi.
tion, shall, upon notification OF the Health
Oiilcer or oi any policeman, abate, correct OI
clean the same.
lfsuch privies, cesspools, sinks or drains be
nOtsO abated, corrected or cleaned within five
days after uch notification, the said Health
officer or policeman is hereby authorized and
directed To ubate, correct or clean, or cause the
same TO be abated, corrected or cleaned, at the
expense of the city, and the costs and ex-
penses Thereon shall and may be collected 0i
any such owner or other person by suit in any
Court having jurisdiction thereof.
SEC. 4. No person shall deposit on any
public street, private lane, vacant lot or Other
premises, any garbage, filth or refuse matter
that Will in any manner eDgender disease OF
be offensive TO any persons either living in
the vicinity or passing by; but in ] cases
such iii III, garbage or ru bbish shall be removed
to the place designated by the Health Officer
or to such places as are d signated and re-
served by the city for such purposes.
SE'. s.. No person shall permit or suffer 10
accumulate in or upon stable, lot, yard, cor
ral, plare or premises owned or occupied by
him within that portion of said city known a.
tl- General Fire Limits. amy manures, stag
nant or impure waller, refuse veg tables, de-
caying substances, garbage or Nth of any
kind, nor suffer such stable, lot, yarI, CORA
place or premises, To be or remain in such a
condi ion aS to cause or create a noisome or
offensive smell or atmosphere, or thereby to
become, cause or create public nuisance,
longer than twenty our hou 8, except in such
tnn InnI A.
nit ttllthe regular police carts appear upon
the streets for the purp sc Of r. movins such
matters as aforementioned, in which case all
persons having such collections of matter
shall have the same ready for removal at
some convenient place on the premises or
sidewalks, and IL shall be the duty of the per-
son having charge of the chRn-gang or other
city Iaborers employed for that purpose TO see
that all of the sa d matters are removed.
SEC. g. No butcher or other person, unless
with the special permission OF the Common
Council, snail kill or slaughter within this
city any animal the flesh of which is intended
to oe sold or offered for sale; nor keep In any
yard, pen, corral or other enclosure within
said city, any sheep, swine or other amin Al
for sale or TO be slaughtered, for a longer pe-
ROD than three days; nor expose or offer for
sale or sell, any soiled or tainted meats, fish,
fruits or vegetables. nor knowingly to buy,
sell, expose or offer for sale the flesh OF any
animal which when killed was sick or dis
death, nor the flesh OF any calf which when
>laugh cred was not IN good condition and ut
least four weeks old.
SEC. T. Whenever n nuisance shall exist on
the properly OF any nonresident OF the city
whose interests are not represented by res
dent agent or other pers n, 1t shall be the
seer OF the chain-sang Of such nuisance, and
he with the working force under his control
shall cause the same to be abated; and all
proper charges and expenses incurred in abat-
ing such nuisance shall become Il charge
against the owner Of the properly ON which
the nuisance existed, and may be recovered
by an action against the said owner.
SEC. s. livery person owning property, do
ing bpsine or residing In the city of Los An
gel rs, shall keep The 81, eet>, lanes and alleys
IL 'front.' of and adjacent to his or her property Y
OF premises to the center of said streets, Lanes
or alleys, Tree from all filthy or stagnant
water, @Ni olge or rubbish that may eneender
disease or te often >ive to the senses, except
they are permitted to remain there as pro-
Ylded In section five of this resolution or
when permission may be granted by the Com
mon Council 10 builders Or other persons
making public or private Improvements to
keep and continue their material at or upon
such places till the completion of their build
ings or improvements.
II, however, II be shown that said filth, gar
blse or other offensive matter has been de-
posted on said streets, lanes or alleys by the
police carts or unknown persons, then shall
such Nth, garbage and offensive matters be
removed at the expense OF the city.
SEC. Q. Any person who shall violate or re-
fuse or neglect TO comply with any Of The pro-
visions OF this resolution, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton thereof shall be lined In q sum of not less
than i've dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars, or be imprisoned In the County Jail
not less than two days nor more than thirty
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment
SEC. 10. The Clerk of the Common Council
shall certify to the adoption OF this resolution
and cause the same TO be published one time
each in the English and Spanish in the Los
Angeles DAILY HERALD and La CroHica res
pectively.
SEC. IL. This resolution shall take effect
anu be in force from anu after its adoption
and publication, and all ordinances, resolu-
tions, rules and regulations. or parts of the
same, in so tar as they conflict wi h this reso-
luton, shall be, and the same are, hereby re-
peaed.
hereby certify that the 70 eg0ing resolution
was adop. ed by the Common C:'uncil at Its
session OF August s, 1874
NJ KREMER