Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-09
CITY ApvgRrIse semsHTs.
a RESOLUTION
Regulating the Prevention OF Nui-
sances ana Providing for the Pub
lie Health.

| lie Health.
DE 1T RESOLVED, BY THE COMMON
| lows:
SECTION l. 1t shall be unlawful fornny per
| son TO construct, maintain or keep upon any
| premises Within said city belonging to him or
| under his management and control, any privy
| or privy vault, cesspool, sink or drain, unless
| the same be connected, IN case there be
| sewer In the street on which said premises are
| situated, with said sewer; ami every such
| drain which shall communicate with dwell
| ling or other house shall be constructed with q
| trap or other apparatus which will efectualiy
| prevent the escape OF all gases therofrom into
| such house or elsewhere. But in case there
| be no sewer in the street on which such prop
| ery Is situated, then such privies shall be
| constructed with vaults at least eight feet
| deep, with an escape pipe properly construct
ed aud fitted, extending from said vault at
| least two and one-half feet above the top OF
| the closet; and all cesspools or sinks to
| ceive drainage from kitchens or any part OF
| the premises, shall have IA suitable trap and
| be securely covered with earth or otherwise,
so as to prevent the escape OF foul gases there
| from.
| charge from any drain, cesspnol. sink, water
| closet, prlvy, bath closet or other parts OF any
| premises belonging TO him or under his man
| ugement and cont oil, to connect with, fall or
| run into any street, avenue or alley so as to
| create public nuisance, or into any public
ZaDja or lrrigating ditch m said city; nor shall
| any person wash clor hes, bathe or wash his
| or her person or any horse, mule or other ami
NAL ORE herwise commit any nuisance OF any
! bitches; nor shall any person throw any gar
bage or filth of any kind from any stable COR
| raj or other premises into any OF such EanJas
| or irrgating canals.
SEC. g. All persons owning property used
as residences or business houses shall provide
| for the use of the occupants OF the
| same dry earth closet or a privy
according to the provisions OF section
one of this resolution, on the premises; al o
| suitable cesspools and drainage to meet the
| requirements OF the business OF the said occu-
| pants.
Ind oil
| prvies, cesspools, sinks or drains on any
| premises and In filthy or unhealthy condi-
| tion, shall, upon notification or the Health
| Officer or of any policeman, abate, correct or
| clean the same.
| If such prlvies, cesspools, sinks or drains be
not so abated, corrected or cleaned within Ave
days after euch notification, the said Health
officer or policeman is hereby authorized and
directed to abate, correct or clean, or cause the
| expense OF the city, and the costs and cx-
penses thereof shall and may be collected of
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 or
| be offensive to any persons either living in
the yicihhity or passing by but IN n all cases
| TO the place designated by the Health Officer
| or to such places as are designated and re-
| served by the city for such purposes.
SEC. S. No person shall permit or suffer to
| accumulate in or upon stable, lot, yard, cor
ral, place or premises owned or occupied by
| him within that portion OF said city known aS
| the General Fire Limits, any manures, stag
| nant or impure wafer, refuse Vegetables, de-
kind, nor suffer such stable, lot, yarI, corral.
| place or premises, to be or remain In such
| condi'to ion as to cause or create noisome or
| offensive smell or atmosphere, or thereby to
| become, cause or create a public nuisance,
| longer than twenty-tour hours, except in such
cases as the Health Officer may grant u per-
nit Till the regular police carts appear upon
| the streets for the purp Sc OF removing 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 1t shall be the duty OF the per-
| son having charge Of the chain-gang or other
| city laborers employed for that purpose to see
that all of the said matters are removed
SEC @. 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 be sold or offered for sale; nor keep in any
| yard, pen, corral or other enclosure within
| said city, any sheep, swine or other animal
| for sale or to be slaughtered, for q longer pe-
| sale or sell. any soiled or tainted meats, fish,
| fruits or vegetables. nor knowingly TO buy,
animal which when killed was sick or dis
! eased, or which died a natural accidental
| death, nor the flesh OF any calf which when
aasf foar e%eefs Sss od oH ;" good I'LL"
SEC. Whenever nuisance shall exist on
| the properly of any nonresident Of the city
whose interests are not represented by resi-
| dent agent or other pers1n, it shall be the
| duty of the Health officer to notify the over
| seer OF the chaln-gang 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 a charge
| against the owner Of the property on which
the nuisance existed, and may be recovered
| by an action against the said owner.
SEC. =. Every person owning property, DO
ing business or residing In the city OF Los An
geleS, shall keep the stl eets, lanes and alleys
N : ar hfAry e4sfN
or premises to the center Of said streets, lanes
| or alleys, free from all filthy or stagnant
| water, garbage or rubbish that may engcnder
disease or be offensive TO the senses, except
| they are permitted TO remain there as pro-
yided In section i've of this resolution or
when permission may be granted by the Com
mon Council 10 builders or other persons
making public or private Improvements 20
Keep ana continue their material AT or upon
| .uch places Till the completion OF their build
tngs or Improvements.
II, however, it be shown that said filth, gar
| posted on said streets, lanes or alleys by the
| p 'lice carts or unknown persons, then shall
such hlth, garbage and offensive matters be
removed at the expense OF the city.
SEC. .. 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 misdemeanor, and upon convc-
| ton thereof shall be fined in Il sum of not less
| than five 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 H. 1He CLERK OF tne 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 Cronico res
pectively.
SEC. H. This resolution shall take effect
and be in force from and after its adoption
| and publication, and all ordinances, resolu-
| tions, rules and regulations, or parts of the
| same, in so far as they conflict wi this
| lntion, shall be, and the same are, hereby re-
| p ,aied.
hereby certify that the 70 egoing resolution
| was adopted by the Common Council at its
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