126 of 1973 - Amending Sections 18-22-1, 18-22-3, 18-22-4, 18-22-20, requiring rat and rodent control of all busin ROLL CALL ')
/vt�TING Aye Nay
Salt Lake City,Utah, Novemb er 13 19 73
Mr.Chairman '
Barker f
I move that the Ordinance be passed.
Harmsen & • r' "
Harrison
Phillips
Result AN ORDINANCE
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Sections 18-22-1, 18-22-3, 18-22-4 and
18-22-20 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965,
relating to rat and rodent control.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake
City, Utah;
SECTION 1. That Section 18-22-1 of the Revised Ordinances
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, be, and the same hereby is, amended
by adding to said section a new subsection (8) pertaining to
residential buildings to read as follows:
Sec. 18-22-1. Definitions. . . .
(8) Residential buildings. 'Residential buildings' shall
mean any structures built for occupancy as living quarters.
SECTION 2. That Sections 18-22-3, 18-22-4 and 18-22-20 of the
Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, relating to rat
and rodent control, be, and the same hereby are, amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 18-22-3. Buildings to be ratproofed. All buildings
including business and residential, shall be ratproofed by owner
and freed of rats and maintained in a ratproof and rat-free
condition by the occupant or tenant to the satisfaction of
the director of health or his authorized representative.
The owners of all ratproofed buildings are required to main-
tain the premises in a ratproof condition and to repair all
breaks or leaks that may occur in the ratproofing without a
specific order of the director of health.
Sec. 18-22-4. Inspection of buildings. The director of
health or his authorized representative is empowered to make
unannounced inspections of the interior and exterior of both
business and residential buildings to determine full com-
pliance with this chapter, and the director of health or his
authorized representative shall make periodic inspections of
not more than three months of all ratproofed buildings to
determine evidence of rat infestation and the existence of
new breaks or leaks in their ratproofing and, when evidence
is found indicating the presence of rats or openings through
which rats may again enter buildings, the director of health
or his authorized representatives shall serve the owner or
occupants with notice and/or orders to abate the condition
found.
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Sec. 18-22-20. Rules and regulations. The Salt Lake
City-County director of health is hereby authorized to
adopt rules and regulations necessary to enforce the pro-
visions of this chapter.
SECTION 3. In the opinion of the Board of Commissioners of
Salt Lake City, it is necessary to the peace, health and welfare
of the inhabitants of Salt Lake City that this ordinance become
effective immediately.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its first
publication.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah,
this 13th day of November, 1973.
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ffit/��g 6 fld(SEAL) Temporary ChairmacY
BILL NO. 126 of 1973
Published- November 21, 1973
Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF UTAH, } ss.
County of Salt Lake Sharon Payne
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H t OR011`l t { AN I D/1d t10E1&221 t8220 1e-say one g first duly sworn,deposes and says that 1t`e'`is legal adver-
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en r-,tc n L k a, D1 h was ! clerk of the DESERET NEWS, a daily (except Sunday)
Inn SE li tlLi•' f Salt Lake ct '
ukn =x-t- paper printed in the English language with general cir-
.9Eern:A r Tn.B2-t f th R - d o a d tl es of5 Itt.,,era tw �.4`�- of h b - 'ion in Utah, and
published in Salt Lake City, SaIC ,a e
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o mea as io ,hty,in the State,of Utah.
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structural hula es 0e pit«a;nyinga t That the legal notice of which a copy is attached hereto
SECTION 2. Thal Sections 1F22-0,10-22�<antl rttl t2n2g fo fht z tl r
risen Ordinances of datt Lso Ce.41aar 196mended to read as fol.
rodent control,be.and the same hereby are,am
lows: oh Bill 126 of 1973.
and18resideBVaL shall°be°ra U owed by llownetlin0 d i freedinof bur. ..
andiimaintained atorool a oLlree c ndition ho the o 00nl or
tenant°to the saiisiadon at the director at health Or his authorized
representative. bed to maintain the
Thp fan ratproofed buildings ore rliuireaks or leaks that
premises in atpr0of condition and to repo
may our in the ratprooting without 0 specific order of the director
of health. orInspections his
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Sec.10-22-a.Inspection of buildings.The director of he01d
thorized re0resentotive is a powered to
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ma a announc
at the interior and exterior of both business and residential buildings to
determine lull compliance with
the hisOchaptere.aond the
e director f health
r his authorized representative mo
° not
more than three months of all ratprooted buildingsbra determine yin
,lance f rat infestotion and the a s or
their rotaroarng and,when evidence is found
aindicangbt r presence
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rats o emnas through which rots may r her'—"
ore occrat health an his a moriord rs to abate tihes shall se ve the aw
a Sec.18.s with notice ana/an orders to abate the condition found. --
f r 5t a 22 2a.Rules and authorized
dtito adopt Salt andoke regulations
City-County dire[-
r at health s hereby aa,narhea,o ad4m rases and raga neee,-7uhlished in said newspaper on
;or +oemarcetha rovisionso,this<hap,er. -
SECTION a.a me o in n of the Beott of CO oreo t the of Salt -
Lane City.it i necessary to the peace,n e b and welt are et the idiate
ab
baths or sun lake air that this ordinance become effective immediate Nov 2.La_1973
IV SECTION d.This ordinance shall take elect upon its first pablica-
on.
Passed by 101h navelNovember,l 9
eaud of Commissioners of Salt Lake City.Utah,tips
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CONRAD B.HARRISON, /
NERMAN J.HO
TemporaryGE Cha m +
City Recorder ----- - Legal Arh,. tesing Clerk
(SEAL) •
PILL NO.No of 1be (A_5'i1
Published November 21;1973
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this i5'.h_-_--- day of
November A•D• 19 73 •
Notary Public
My Commission Expires