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Ordinance amending Chapter 94 of the Lake County Code of Ordinances - Public Nuisances.
Staff Summary
* There are several pests that present a public health nuisance where an infestation occurs, but which are not definitively known to transmit communicable disease.
o A prime example is bedbugs, which are most certainly a public nuisance, but which have not been proven to transmit disease (though it is suspected). Other examples are fruit flies and sewer files.
o The proposed change to ? 94.08 would provide the Lake County Health Department the authority to pursue correction of infestations of these pests through the administrative adjudication process, if voluntary compliance is not achieved.
* There are often conditions of which the Lake County Health Department is made aware that are unhealthy and/or unsafe at facilities where the Department does not have direct regulatory authority.
o Examples are unpermitted facilities such as health clubs or other public buildings, but also in rental properties, that do not rise to the level of rendering the space uninhabitable [? 94.06 (B)].
o The addition of ? 94.14 would provide the Lake County Health Department the authority to pursue correction of these unhealthy and/or unsafe conditions, through the administrative adjudication process, if voluntary compliance is not achieved.
o Staff works very hard to achieve corrections through voluntary compliance.
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ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board incorporated the Lake County Public Nuisance Ordinance into the Lake County Code of Ordinances at Chapter 94 on February 10, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department is authorized to enforce specific sections of this Chapter: and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department is proposing amendments to this Chapter, including the section that is proposed to be amended and a section to be added: and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments regarding pest or vermin infestations and the addition of language regar...
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