§ 23. Health regulations.

(a)

The city council shall have the power to provide by ordinance for a health department and to establish all necessary rules and regulations protecting the health of the city.

(b)

The city council is authorized to regulate, license and inspect persons, firms, corporations, common carriers, or associations operating, managing, or conducting any hotel or any other public sleeping or eating place, or any place or vehicle where food or drink or containers therefor, of any kind is manufactured, prepared, stored, packed, served, sold or otherwise handled within the city limits of said city, or any manufacturer or vendor of candies or manufactured sweets; and shall have the power to prescribe health regulations with reference to any and all workers or employees hired or used in any of said places or vehicles, or about said places and vehicles; or who deliver products to and from said places and vehicles; and shall have the power to inspect, license and regulate the sanitary condition of said places and vehicles and to condemn all articles not wholesome or fit for human consumption.

(Ord. No. 889; Ord. No. 5567, § 3, 1-23-89)