City of Columbus - File #: 1058-2003

• File #: 1058-2003
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/22/2003
• In control: Rules & Reference Committee
• On agenda: 6/9/2003
• Final action: 6/10/2003
• Title: To create a Chapter 135, "Board of Health and the Health Commissioner" consisting of six (6) sections oddly numbered 135.01 through 135.99 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, in order to maintain the authority of the Board of Health and the Health Commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations needed to ensure the public health, safety, and welfare. and to declare an emergency.
• Sponsors: Charleta B. Tavares

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/10/2003	2	ACTING MAYOR	Signed
6/10/2003	2	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/9/2003	1	Columbus City Council	Amended to 30 day	Pass
6/9/2003	2	Columbus City Council	Approved as Amended	Pass
6/9/2003	2	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/6/2003	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
6/6/2003	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/5/2003	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
5/29/2003	1	Health Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
5/28/2003	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
5/28/2003	1	Atty Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
5/23/2003	1	HEALTH DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
5/22/2003	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
This ordinance serves as the final step in the process to transfer authority previously maintained solely by the "Board of Health and the Health Commissioner" to other city agencies. The addition of the language contained in this legislation creates a new Chapter 135 that maintains the authority of the Board of Health and the Health Commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations, including the Columbus City Health Code as needed on a range of health issues. The legislation restates the original language and neither expands or diminishes previously established authority.



Title
To create a Chapter 135, "Board of Health and the Health Commissioner" consisting of six (6) sections oddly numbered 135.01 through 135.99 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, in order to maintain the authority of the Board of Health and the Health Commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations needed to ensure the public health, safety, and welfare. and to declare an emergency.



Body
WHEREAS, this ordinance creates a new Chapter 135, "Board of Health and the Health Commissioner" consisting of six (6) sections oddly numbered 135.01 through 135.99; and

WHEREAS, this ordinance also serves as the final step in the process to transfer authority previously maintained solely by the "Board of Health and the Health Commissioner" to other city agencies; and

WHEREAS, the addition of the language contained in this legislation creates a new Chapter 135 that maintains the authority of the Board of Health and the Health Commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations, including the Columbus City Health Code as needed on a range of health issues; and

WHEREAS, the legislation restates the original language and neither expands or diminishes previously established authority; and now, therefore

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enact these code changes in order to ...