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Village of Nashville Public Health Ordinances
- 08-10-1989 NOISE CONTROL
- 01-25-1996 CURFEW
- 10-08-1964 BURNING ORDINANCE
- 07-23-1888 BATHING IN RIVER
- 05-21-1934 PUBLIC HEALTH PRESERVATION
ORDINANCE #8-10-1989 - Noise Control
AN ORDINANCE FOR NOISE CONTROL IN THE VILLAGE OF NASHVILLE
THE VILLAGE OF NASHVILLE ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. PERSON DEFINED:
As used in this ordinance, the word "person" means any individual, partnership,
association, trust, corporation or any other legal entity.
SECTION 2. GENERAL PROHIBITION:
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause to be made or
continued any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise or any noise which either
annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or
safety or others, within the limits of the Village.
SECTION 3. SPECIFIC OFFENSES:
The following acts, among others, are declared to be loud, disturbing and
unnecessary noises in violation of this ordinance, but said enumeration shall
not be deemed to be exclusive, namely;
[A] HORNS AND SIGNALING DEVICES: The sounding of any horn or signaling device on
any automobile, motorcycle, street car or other vehicle on any street or public
place of the village, except as a danger warning, the creation by means of any
such signaling device of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound, and the sounding
of any such device for an unnecessary or unreasonable period of time. The use of
any signaling device except one operated by hand or electricity; the use of any
horn, whistle or other device operated by engine exhaust, and the use of any
such signaling device when traffic is for any reason held up.
[B] RADIOS, PHONOGRAPHS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: The using, operating, or
permitting to be played, used or operated any radio receiving set, musical
instrument, phonograph, or other machine or device for the producing or
reproducing of sound in such manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort
of the neighboring inhabitants or at any time with louder volume than is
necessary for convenient hearing for the person or persons who are in the room,
vehicle or chamber in which such machine or device is operated and who are
voluntary listeners thereto. The operation of any such set, instrument,
phonograph, machine or device at any time in such a manner as to be plainly
audible at a distance of fifty [50] feet from the building, structure or vehicle
in which it is located shall be PRIMA FACIE evidence of a violation of this
section.
[C] AMPLIFYING DEVICES: The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or
operated of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph,
loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or other machine or device for the producing or
reproduction of sound which is cast upon the public streets.
[D] YELLING, SHOUTING, ETC,: Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing
on the public streets at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet,
comfort or repose of persons in any office, or in any dwelling, hotel or other
type of residence, or of any persons in the vicinity. Such yelling, shouting,
hooting, whistling or singing occurring at any time shall be PRIMA FACIE
evidence of a violation of this provision.
[E] ANIMALS AND BIRDS: The keeping of any animal or bird which by causing
frequent or long continued noise shall disturb the comfort or repose of any
persons in the vicinity.
[F] WHISTLES: The blowing of any locomotive steam whistle or steam whistle
attached to any stationary boiler except to give notice of the time to begin or
stop work or as a warning of fire or danger, or upon request of proper Village
authorities.
[G] EXHAUST NOISE: The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam
engine, stationary internal combustion, motor boat, or motor vehicle except
through a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent loud or
explosive noises there from or the alteration or removal of any muffler or other
device resulting in the increase of such noise.
[H] DEFECT IN VEHICLE OR LOAD: The use of any automobile, motorcycle or vehicle
so out of repair, so loaded or in such manner as to create loud and unnecessary
grating, grinding, rattling or other noises.
[I] HANDLING MERCHANDISE: The creation of a loud and excessive noise in
connection with loading or unloading any vehicle or the opening and destruction
of bales, boxes, crates and containers.
[J] CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIRING OF BUILDINGS: The erection [including excavation]
demolition, alteration or repair of any building other than between the hours of
7 a.m. and dusk on weekdays, except in the case of urgent necessity in the
interest of public health and safety, and then only with a permit from the
building inspector, which permit may be granted for a period not to exceed three
[3] days or less while the emergency continues and which permit may be renewed
for periods of three days or less while the emergency continues. If the building
inspector should determine that the public health and safety will not be
impaired by the erection, demolition, alteration or repair of any building or
the excavation, demolition, alteration or repair of any building or the
excavation of streets and highways within the hours of dusk and 7 a.m., and if
he shall further determine that loss or inconvenience would result to any party
in interest, he may grant permission for such work to be done within the hours
of dusk and 7 a.m., upon application being made at the time the permit for the
work is awarded or during the progress of the work.
[K] SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, HOSPITALS: The creation of any excessive noises on any
street adjacent to any school, institution of learning or church [or other house
of worship] while the same are in use, or adjacent to any hospital, which
unreasonably, interferes with the workings of such institution, or which
disturbs or unduly annoys patients in the hospital, provided conspicuous signs
are displayed in such streets indicating that the same is a school or hospital
street.
[L] DEVICES TO ATTRACT ATTENTION: The use of any drum, loud speaker, amplifier,
or other instrument or device for the purpose of attracting attention to any
business or activity.
SECTION 4. EXCEPTIONS:
None of the terms or prohibitions of sections 2 or 3 of this ordinance shall
apply to or be enforced against:
[A] Any police or fire vehicle or any ambulance while engaged in official
business.
[B] Excavations or repairs of bridges, streets or highways by or on behalf of
the village, county or the state of Michigan, during the night when the public
safety, welfare, and convenience renders it
impossible to perform such work during the day.
[C] Any noise arising from a community event officially recognized or sanctioned
by resolution of the village council.
[D] Any devices used to warn or advise persons as to an actual emergency.
SECTION 5. PENALTY:
Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity who violates any term or
provision of this Ordinance is responsible for a municipal civil infraction and
shall be punished by a civil fine of $50 for a first
violation, $150 for a second violation, and $300 for a third or subsequent
violation and shall be liable for the payment of costs in an amount of not less
than $9.00 and not more than $500.00.
SECTION 6. NUISANCE:
Any violation of this ordinance is declared to be a public nuisance.
ORDINANCE #1-25-1996 - CURFEW
THE VILLAGE OF NASHVILLE ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. CURFEW HOURS:
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of seventeen (17) years to be
or remain in or upon any of the streets, alleys, or public places in the Village
of Nashville, after the hour of 10:00 o'clock p.m. on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and 12:00 o'clock midnight on Friday and Saturday, unless
such person is accompanied by his or her parent, guardian or other person having
legal custody and control of such minor, or unless such minor is in the
performance of an errand or duty directed in writing by his or her parent,
guardian or other person having his or her care or custody, or where the
employment of such minor makes it necessary that said minor be upon said
streets, alleys, or public places during the nighttime after said specified
hours, or in returning directly home from attending a special entertainment of
an instructive or beneficial character, for the attendance at which said minor
shall have received permission in writing from his parent, guardian, or other
person having custody of said minor.
SECTION 2. PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY:
It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian, or other person having the legal
care and custody of any minor under seventeen (17) years of age to allow any
such minor to go or to be upon any of the streets, alleys, or public places in
said Village within the time prohibited in section 1, unless accompanied by such
parent or guardian, except in performance of an errand or duty directed by such
parent, guardian or other person having legal care of such child, which errand
shall be one which it is reasonably necessary that such child should perform, or
where the employment of such minor makes it necessary that said minor be upon
said streets, alleys, or public places at the time in question, or where said
minor shall be returning directly home from attending a special entertainment of
an instructive or benefiting character.
SECTION 3. ENFORCEMENT:
Each member of the police force is hereby authorized to arrest without warrant,
any person within his presence violating any of the provisions of section 1. If
any such person shall not previously have been so arrested, he shall remove such
minor to his home and place said minor in charge of any parent, guardian or
other person having the legal custody of said minor, or any other person over
the age of eighteen (18) years, being a member of the family of such minor, who
shall be upon the premises. If no such parent, guardian, person having the
custody of such child or member of the family over eighteen (18) years of age,
shall be upon the premises when such minor shall be returned, then the officer
in charge of such child shall remove said minor to the County Detention Home,
where said minor shall be detained until the following morning and then
discharged.
SECTION 4. NOTICE TO PARENT:
Whenever any such minor shall be arrested, as there in before provided, written
notice shall be given to any parent, guardian, or other person having legal care
or custody of such minor, in the form hereinafter provided, which notice shall
be served upon such person by handing said person a copy of the same personally,
or by leaving a copy thereof at his or her place of residence and informing any
person upon the premises of suitable age and understanding of the contents
thereof. Such notice shall be in substantially the following form:
TO:
You are hereby notified that on the _______day of _____________, ____, your
minor child named ____________________________was arrested for being upon the
streets of the Village of Nashville in violation of section 1. (curfew hours) of
the Village of Nashville Curfew Ordinance.
You are further notified that you shall see to it that said child shall in the
future observe the provisions of said Ordinance, and for failure to do so you
shall be liable to the penalty therein provided.
Chief of Police
SECTION 5. REPORT TO JUVENILE COURT:
Every officer so arresting any such minor shall report in writing to the Judge
of the Juvenile Court of the County of Barry the name or such child, the date of
the arrest and the name of the person upon whom the notice herein provided shall
have been served, and shall enter a record thereof in the office of the
Nashville Police Dept.
SECTION 6. SECOND VIOLATION:
Whenever such minor shall be arrested a second time for violation of section 1,
it shall be the duty of the officer making said arrest to remove such minor to
the Barry County Juvenile Home of Barry Co., and such child shall be detained in
said Home subject to the orders of the Judge of the Juvenile Court of said
county, and further proceedings shall be taken as provided by law.
SECTION 7.
This ordinance to take effect twenty days from the day of passage.
Passed and approved on January 25, 1996 by the Nashville Village Council.
ORDINANCE #66 (10-8-1964)-(as amended
10-4-2000)- Burning
Ordinance
An ordinance to regulate the burning of papers, rubbish, leaves, grass, or any
other inflammable waste material, within the Village of Nashville, and to
provide penalty there for, and to repeal any Ordinance in conflict therewith.
THE VILLAGE OF NASHVILLE ORDAINS:
SECTION 1.
It shall be unlawful to burn any paper, rubbish, grass or any inflammable waste
material within the Village of Nashville, unless such materials are contained in
a steel, or masonry container, so
constructed as to prevent the blowing about of any pieces of burning material,
any ashes or cinders thereof; the approved trash burner shall be no less than 15
feet from any building. Provided however, that leaves may be burned in any
regularly used driveway, as long as it is a safe distance from the house, and
other building, and properly supervised and attended, so as not to endanger any
surrounding building or other property.
SECTION 2.
It shall be unlawful to burn any substances, which cause annoying or obnoxious
odors.
SECTION 3.
Any receptacle for the burning of such paper, rubbish or other inflammable
materials shall be subject to inspection by the Chief of the Fire Department, or
anyone delegated by him to so make such inspection. Said inspector shall have
the duty and authority to condemn any such receptacle found to be dangerous or
improperly constructed.
SECTION 4.
It shall be unlawful to burn any grass, weeds, leaves or other material from any
field or lot without first obtaining a permit from the Fire Chief, or someone
designated by him to act in such capacity, who shall be empowered to issue the
permit at his discretion, having in mind the weather condition, water supply,
winds and other hazardous conditions. There shall be no burning after 9:00 p.m.
SECTION 5.
Recreational fires shall be allowed within the village limits. Such fires shall
burn only unprocessed wood. A recreational fire shall be constantly attended by
a competent adult of 18 years or older and shall be completely extinguished
before being left alone. Recreational fires shall be permitted on private
property so long as such a fire does not present a health or safety hazard. If a
recreational fire is deemed to be a health or safety hazard by the Nashville
Police or Fire department, it may be required by officer of said department to
be completely extinguished.
SECTION 6.
No civil liability shall attach to the Village of Nashville, or any of its
officers, inspectors or employees as a consequence of having issued such a
permit.
SECTION 7.
Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity who violates any term or
provision of this Ordinance is responsible for a municipal civil infraction and
shall be punished by a civil fine of $50 for a first violation, $100 for a
second violation, and $150 for a third or subsequent violation and shall be
liable for the payment of costs in an amount of not less than $9.00 and not more
than $500.
This Ordinance shall become effective within 21 days from the date of its
passing.
This Ordinance was adopted on the 8th day of October, 1964
ORDINANCE #9 (7-23-1888) - Bathing in
River
AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO BATHING IN THE RIVERS, PONDS, STREAMS AND WATERS WITHIN
THE VILLAGE OF NASHVILLE.
SECTION 1.
The Village of Nashville ordains, that it shall not be lawful for any person to
bathe in any of the rivers, ponds, streams, lakes or waters within the corporate
limits of such village, in a nude condition in sight of any street, lane, alley,
residence or other building.
SECTION 2.
Penalties for Violation: Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity who
violates any term or provision of this Ordinance is responsible for a municipal
civil infraction and shall be punished by a civil fine of $25 for a first
violation, $50 for a second violation, and $100 for a third or subsequent
violation and shall be liable for the payment of costs in an amount of not less
than $9.00 and not more than $500.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall take effect on the 15th day of August, AD 1888.
ORDINANCE #33 (5-21-1934) - Public
Health Preservation
AN ORDINANCE TO PRESERVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH, AND PRESCRIBING CERTAIN POWERS AND
DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE VILLAGE OF NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN, RELATIVE
THERETO.
THE VILLAGE OF NASHVILLE ORDAINS:
CHAPTER 1. GARBAGE.
No person or persons shall suffer or permit garbage, swill, or house offal from
a house, restaurant, hotel, fruit stand, soda fountain, saloon, bakery, grocery
store, or from any place of business or dwelling, to be deposited on their
premises or in any street or alley, but shall deposit same in properly covered
metal garbage cans, and same shall be cleaned at least twice a week, between the
first day of May and the last day of November, and once a week at all other
seasons, by properly burning same, or causing same to be properly removed
outside of the corporate limits of the Village of Nashville, and properly
buried.
CHAPTER 2. CARE OF YARDS, OPEN LOTS, ALLEYS, AREAWAYS, ETC.
SECTION 1: No person or persons shall suffer or permit any stagnant or filthy
water, decayed fruits, or vegetables, dead animals, putrid meats, decayed fish,
or refuse of any kind of waste materials from a butcher shop or fishing
establishment, or offensive drain, sink, privy, cesspool, slops, garbage,
manure, or any other offensive thing that may be detrimental to the health of,
or a continuous nuisance to, any one person, to remain on their premises. Nor
shall they deposit same in any street, alley, open lot, nor in any ditch, stream
or river. All such nuisances shall be removed from the premises at once, and the
offensive article shall be buried, burned or drained as may be necessary; or
disposed of in some other way, so that said offensive article may not be
detrimental to the health of, or a continued nuisance to any person.
SECTION 2: All public and private alleys and areaways must be kept clean by the
owner or occupant of the premises adjoining said alleys and areaways. No ashes,
manure, tin cans, paper, bottles, boxes or rubbish of any kind shall be
deposited in the same by any person or persons, unless deposited in ash houses
or proper receptacles for such rubbish, and said ash house and receptacles shall
be cleaned at least twice a year, in the spring and fall of the year, viz.,
before the 31st day of May and again before the 30th day of November following.
SECTION 3: All stables, yards or enclosures, where cattle or fowl are kept,
shall be kept free from filth and dirt. All manure must be kept in enclosed bins
so that it shall at all times be out of sight and view, and must be removed by
the owner or occupant of the premises at least once a month.
CHAPTER 3. HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, AND FOWL.
SECTION 1. No cow or cows shall be kept in stable within 50 feet of any
dwelling, spring, well
or source of drinking water within the limits of the Village of Nashville. Same
shall be kept in barns and in stables entirely free from standing water and
shall be regularly cleaned at least once a day. The manure shall be kept in bins
as described in chapter 2, section 3 and carried away at least once every two
weeks. The grounds around these barns must be kept in a perfectly sanitary
condition. They must be kept well filled in with sand, so that there shall not
be any stagnant or filthy water in such ground.
SECTION 2. No person or persons shall be allowed to keep hogs in pens within the
limits of the Village of Nashville within 20 rods of any dwelling house.
SECTION 3. No chickens, geese or other fowl shall be allowed to run at large
within the limits of the Village of Nashville, but same shall be kept in
properly constructed yards or enclosures and not within 10 feet of any dwelling,
house, well, spring or sources of drinking water.
CHAPTER 4. PRIVY VAULTS, CESSPOOLS AND SEWERS.
SECTION 1. No privy vault, cesspool or reservoir into which a privy, water
closet, stable or sink is drained, shall be established or permitted within
fifty feet of any well, spring or other source of
water supply used for drinking or culinary purposes.
SECTION 2. Also no privy vault, cesspool or reservoir into which a privy, water
closet, stable or sink is drained shall be established or permitted within such
distance of any dwelling so that it is dangerous to the health of, or a
continuous nuisance to any person.
SECTION 3. All privy vaults, cesspools or reservoirs, as above described, shall
be cleaned out at least twice each year, in the springtime and fall of the year,
viz., in the springtime before the 31st day of May and in the fall before the
30th day of November following; shall be thoroughly disinfected at least once in
every year by adding two pounds of copperas dissolved in a pail full of water,
or a similar disinfect and deodorant. Same shall be properly cleaned and the
contents removed in tightly covered barrels or tank wagon, so constructed that
they shall not leak or spill, and carried outside of the Village limits, there
to be disposed of by the trenching method.
SECTION 4. No property owner shall suffer or permit water to be drawn from any
well or other source of water supply on premises owned by said property owner or
owners which is not perfectly clean and wholesome. He shall cause such
contaminated source of water to be removed at once. If any such well, spring or
source of water supply is deemed unwholesome or unsafe by the board of health,
the same shall be removed and its use discontinued.
SECTION 5. A compulsory sewer district is hereby established to include the
entire Village of Nashville, and it is hereby ordered that whenever in the
judgment of the board of health it shall be deemed necessary and requisite for
the public health that any dwelling, store, hotel, restaurant, and other
buildings where lavatories, urinals or closets are maintained in the Village of
Nashville, shall make connection with the sewer system and shall hereafter use
the same and shall clean out and discontinue the use of all privies, vaults and
cesspools.
CHAPTER 5. DEAD ANIMALS.
When any dumb animal shall die accidentally or in any other way within the
limits of the Village of Nashville, the same shall be removed and buried outside
the Village limits by the owner, within twenty-four hours, except fowls or small
animals which may be buried on the premises at a reasonable depth below the
surface so as to leave no stench; and not within 50 feet of any well, spring or
source of drinking water.
CHAPTER 6. MARKETS, BAKERIES, STORES, ETC.
SECTION 1. All meat men or person or persons engaged in the sale of meat,
poultry and fish, etc., all bakers, confectioners and all dealers in baked
goods, fruit, candies, vegetables or confectionery, shall not be allowed to
expose same outside of their stores or place of business, in the street or open
windows, but shall keep same inside of their stores or place of business, and
shall keep same well protected from flies, dirt and dust.
SECTION 2. All butcher and meat market men, all confectioners, bakers, grocers
and dealers in fruit, candies, ice cream, vegetables, and hotel men shall
protect their stores or places of business from flies during the summer months,
from the first day of June until the last day of November, by adjusting properly
fitted screens to all open windows and properly fitted screen door, leading into
their stores or places of business.
CHAPTER 7. SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
No slaughter houses or slaughter yards shall be kept or maintained within the
limits of the Village of Nashville within 40 rods of any dwelling house, and no
new slaughter house or slaughter yard shall be constructed, kept or maintained
within the corporate limits of the Village of Nashville without first securing a
permit from the Village Council.
CHAPTER 8.
Whenever in the judgment of the Board of Health it shall be deemed necessary for
the public health, the said board will at once take possession of any slaughter
house, building, dwelling house, shed, outhouse, premises, or ground upon which,
in their judgment, there exists any nuisance prejudicial to the public health,
and if the owner or occupant shall refuse or neglect to forthwith abate such
nuisance in the manner directed by said board, said board will cause the same to
be abated forthwith in such manner as they deem proper, and all expense incurred
thereby shall be a legal claim against the owner and a lien upon said property,
to be collected in the same manner as other special assessments. Said board will
also, when they deem it requisite for the public health, at once and by force,
if necessary, close up such aforesaid buildings or premises, and exclude all
occupants there from until such nuisance shall have been fully abated. Any
person who shall resist the action of the board or its agents under this rule,
shall be liable to the penalties hereinafter provided.
CHAPTER 9.
SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any dwelling house
or other building in which there shall occur a case of diphtheria, scarlet
fever, smallpox, pneumonia, consumption, meningitis, measles, whooping cough,
typhus fever, or any other communicable disease dangerous to the public health,
to immediately give notice thereof to the health officer.
SECTION 2. Whenever any physician, or any person acting as such, whether living
in the Village or outside thereof, shall be called to treat any patient who is
sick with smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or any other communicable disease
dangerous to the public health, such physician shall immediately give notice
thereof to the health officer.
SECTION 3. This Board of Health, or its health officer, will, upon receipt of
such notice as provided for in chapter 9, section 1, whenever in their opinion a
disease dangerous to the public health exists, take steps for the prevention of
the spread of such disease by placard, quarantine, or isolation, and by such
other measures as they may deem, necessary or expedient. And it shall be the
duty of every person connected with such a case of dangerous communicable
disease to strictly abide by the orders and advice which this board or its
health officer may issue.
SECTION 4. No person, shall down, remove, injure or deface any card or sign
which may have been placed by order of the Board of Health or health officer
upon any building or premises. No occupant of said placarded building or
premises shall leave same, and no person, except the attending physician and
nurses, shall enter the same without first obtaining the permission of said
Board of Health or health officer.
SECTION 5. Any person recovering from any contagious or infectious disease shall
not leave the premises in which said person was sick with such disease without
first thoroughly disinfecting him or herself and without first thoroughly
disinfecting all clothing, rooms and all such articles as shall have been
exposed to such disease. Same to be done by the health officer. All articles
that cannot be thoroughly disinfected shall be destroyed by fire.
SECTION 6. In case of death of any person from diphtheria, scarlet fever,
smallpox, poliomyelitis, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, leprosy, cholera,
glanders, anthrax, yellow fever, typhus fever, or plague, the body of such
deceased person shall not be taken to or inside any church, public building or
any other public place, nor to any private residence or building other than that
upon the premises where said death occurred, but said body shall be privately
conveyed to any proper cemetery, and therein buried without any public
demonstration or public funeral services, unless otherwise ordered by the Board
of Health or its health officer.
SECTION 7. No person sick with any of the diseases mentioned in chapter 9,
section 6, or any other dangerous communicable disease, and no corpse of a
person dead from one of the above named diseases, or from any other dangerous
communicable disease, and no article which has been infected or is liable to
propagate or convey any such disease shall be brought within the limits of the
Village without the special permit and direction of the Board of Health.
SECTION 8. Any person or building or room vacated by any person or persons sick
with any contagious or infectious disease, shall be thoroughly disinfected by
the health officer, or under his supervision.
SECTION 9. Permits for the removal of infected articles or persons in accordance
with the law, may be granted by this board, or by its health officers when the
board is not in session under circumstances and conditions recommended by the
State Board of Health.
SECTION 10. All cases of tuberculosis must be reported to the health officer by
the attending physician, or any one who has knowledge of such disease existing,
where no physician is employed. And it shall be the duty of the health officer
at once to instruct the patient having said disease as to the methods of
preventing the spread of this disease. In case of death from tuberculosis in any
form, the house, dwelling or rooms in which such disease existed shall be
thoroughly disinfected under the direction of the health officer. All clothing,
bedding, etc., which has been in contact with the patient or exposed to same,
shall be treated in the same manner as described in chapter 9, section 5.
SECTION 11. Spitting on the sidewalks, crossing, floors or public buildings,
street cars or any public conveyances, or steps or entrance of any building is
hereby expressly forbidden.
CHAPTER 10. PREVENTING OF DISEASE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the superintendent or principal or the
teacher in any schoolroom or building, whenever any disease dangerous to the
public health breaks out in their room or building, to immediately notify the
health officer, whose duty it shall be upon receiving such notice to investigate
the same at once, and institute such restrictive measures as will control the
spread of the disease.
SECTION 2. Whenever smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or any other dangerous
communicable disease breaks out in the household containing school children, it
shall be the duty of the health officer to immediately notify the superintendent
or the principal of the schools of the name of such family and character of the
disease.
SECTION 3. Whenever the superintendent, principal, or teacher of any public or
private school in the Village receives from the health officer notification that
any disease dangerous to the public health exists in any household, such
superintendent, principal, or responsible head shall exclude from his or her
school, all pupils from such household until receiving further notice from the
health officer that such disease no longer exists in said household and that the
premises have been properly disinfected and renovated. Teachers in the public
schools shall, during an epidemic of smallpox and varioloid exclude all pupils
who have not been properly vaccinated, or have not had smallpox or varioliod.
Parents and guardians are directed not to send children sick with whooping
cough, chickenpox on any other contagious disease to any private or public
school until such children shall have fully recovered from such disease.
SECTION 4. All these rules pertain to contagious and infections diseases in
public schools, including pulmonary tuberculosis in any form, especially when
pupil is coughing consumptive as well as the other infectious and contagious
diseases.
CHAPTER 11. PENALTY.
Penalties for Violation: Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity who
violates any term or provision of this Ordinance is responsible for a municipal
civil infraction and shall be punished by a civil fine of $50 for a first
violation, $150 for a second violation, and $300 for a third or subsequent
violation and shall be liable for the payment of costs in an amount of not less
than $9.00 and not more than $500.
CHAPTER 12. REPEAL.
All former ordinances and parts of ordinances in anywise contravening the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
This ordinance to take effect twenty days from the day of its passage.
Passed and approved by the Village Council on May 21, 1934.
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