Chapter I: Council and Administration

CHAPTER II: DEPARTMENTS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 200 Board of Health and Health Officer

Section 200:00. Appointment and Term. There is hereby continued as heretofore established in and for Cold Spring a Board of Health to consist of three members, who shall hold their offices for three years, except as the first election, where one was elected for three years, one for two years and one for one year, so that every year one new member is to be elected hereafter, which shall be done at the first regular meeting of the Council, in the month of March; provided a vacancy in such office may be filled at any time when the same may occur, for the unexpired term. Such Board of Health shall have and exercise within the corporate limits of this municipality the powers and duties prescribed by the general statutes of this State for Boards of Health within the State, and such powers and duties as the Council may from time to time prescribe. Any two members of said Board shall constitute a quorum and may transact any business authorized to be done by the Board.

Section 200:05. Duties. Whenever complaint is made by any resident of this municipality to the Board of Health or to the Health Officer, of the violation of any of the provisions of Chapter X., Nuisances, or Sections 200:10, 200:15, 200:20 or 200:25 of this chapter, it shall be the duty of said Board of Health, as soon as practicable, to investigate the matter and grounds of such complaint, and if the Board upon such investigation deems the complaint to be well founded, it shall be the duty of the Health Officer to notify the party deemed to be guilty of any such violation to clean any such nauseous, noxious, unwholesome, disgusting or offensive yard, pen, sty, stable, sewer, privy or other building kept or maintained by him or to remove any such nauseous, noxious, unwholesome, disgusting or offensive dead carcass, accumulation of manure, filth or other substance or dead body of any human being or animals within 24 hours after the service of such notice, and in case the party so notified shall refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements of said notice within the said space of 24 hours, the Mayor or the Health Officer of this municipality may thereupon procure such cleaning or removal to be done as required by such notice at the cost and expense of the party so offending, in case such party be convicted of any such offense or disobedience of such order the court or magistrate before whom he is convicted shall include in and make a part of the fine imposed upon said party in addition to any other fine therefore the necessary costs and expenses of procuring such cleansing or removal of any such carcass, dead body or other offensive substance required by such notice, such fine and expense not to exceed three (3) hundred dollars.

Section 200:10. Keeping Unhealthful Place. It shall be unlawful for any person, company or corporation to keep or maintain within the limits of this municipality any nauseous, noxious, unwholesome, disgusting or offensive yard, pen, sty, stable, sewer, privy, or other building or place of whatsoever name or kind, or unnecessarily for an unreasonable time to suffer or allow any nauseous, noxious, unwholesome, disgusting or offensive dead carcass, accumulations of manure, filth or other substance to be or remain upon any premises owned, occupied or controlled by such person, company or corporation within the corporate limits of this municipality to the injury, annoyance, or discomfort of the public or of any resident.

Section 200:15. Deposit of Unhealthful Materials. No person, company or corporation shall bring, deposit nor leave any nauseous, noxious, unwholesome, disgusting or offensive, dead carcass, manure, filth of any kind or other substance upon or in any lake, pond, river or creek, nor upon nor in any street, alley or public place within the corporate limits of this municipality nor upon any lands therein owned or occupied by another nor upon any unoccupied lands of another within the corporate limits of this municipality.

Section 200:20. Dead Bodies. It shall be unlawful for any person to bury the dead body of any human being or the dead body of any animal in any street, alley, lot or other place within the corporate limits of this municipality without the written permit of the Board of Health so to do.

Section 200:25. Burial Grounds. No person, company or corporation owning or having the control of any lot or piece of ground within the limits of this municipality shall allow or permit the dead body of any human being or the dead body of any animal to be interred upon or within any such lot or piece of ground without the written permit so to do, first being obtained from the Board of Health.

Section 210 Civil Defense

Section 210:00. Policy and Purpose.

Subd. 1. Because of existing and increasing possibility of the occurrence of disasters of unprecedented size and destructiveness resulting from enemy attack, sabotage, or other hostile action, or from fire, flood, earthquake, windstorm, or other natural causes, and in order to insure that preparations of this municipality will be adequate to deal with such disasters, and generally, to provide for the common defense and to protect the public peace, health, and safety, and to preserve the lives and property of the people of this municipality, it is hereby found and declared to be necessary:

(a) To establish a local organization for civil defense;

(b) To provide for the exercise of necessary powers during civil defense emergencies;

(c) To provide for the rendering of mutual aid between this municipality and other political subdivisions of this State and of other states with respect to the carrying out of civil defense functions.

Subd. 2. It is further declared to be the purpose of this ordinance and the policy of the municipality that all civil defense functions of this municipality be coordinated to the maximum extent practicable with the comparable functions of the Federal government, of this State, the County, and of other states and localities, and of private agencies of every type, to the end that the most effective preparations and use may be made of the nation's manpower, resources, and facilities for dealing with any disaster that may occur.

Section 210:05. Definitions.

Subd. 1. "Civil Defense" means the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which military forces are primarily responsible, to prevent, minimize and repair injury and damage resulting from disasters caused by enemy attack, sabotage or natural causes. These functions include, without limitation, firefighting services, police services, medical and health services, rescue, engineering, warning services, communications, radiological, chemical and other special weapons for defense, evacuation of persons from stricken areas, emergency welfare services, emergency transportation, existing or properly assigned functions of plant protection, temporary restoration of public utility services, utilization of the best fallout shelters, and other functions related to civilian protection, together with all other activities necessary or incidental to preparation for and carrying out of the foregoing functions.

Subd. 2. "Civil Defense Emergency" means an emergency declared by the Governor under the Minnesota Statutes, Section 12.31, or an emergency proclaimed by the Mayor as authorized under this ordinance, and in addition includes disasters caused by fire, flood, earthquake, windstorm, or other natural causes.

Subd. 3. "Civil Defense Forces" means any personnel employed by this municipality and any other volunteer or paid member of the local Civil Defense Agency engaged in carrying on civil defense functions in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance or any rule or order thereunder.

Section 210:10. Establishment of Civil Defense Agency.

Subd.1. There is hereby created within the government of this municipality a Civil Defense Agency, which shall be under the supervision and control of a director of a civil defense, hereinafter called the Director. The Director shall be appointed by the Mayor for an indefinite term and may be removed by him at any time. He shall serve without salary unless the Council shall provide for compensation in such amount as it shall determine, but he shall be paid his necessary expenses. The Director shall have direct responsibility for the organization, administration and operation of the Civil Defense Agency, subject to the direction and control of the Mayor. The Civil Defense Agency shall be organized into such divisions and bureaus consistent with State and local civil defense plans, as the Director deems necessary to provide for the efficient performance of local civil defense functions during a civil defense emergency. The Civil Defense Agency shall perform civil defense functions within the corporate limits and, in addition, shall conduct such functions outside the municipality as may be required pursuant to the provisions of the Minnesota Civil Defense Act of 1951, as amended, or this ordinance.

Subd. 2. There is hereby created within the Civil Defense Agency a Civil Defense Advisory Committee, hereinafter called the "Committee." The Committee may be activated or disbanded by the Mayor at any time he shall deem it advisable or necessary. Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Mayor to represent municipal departments and other groups concerned with civil defense. The Mayor shall be Chairman and the Director shall be Secretary of the Committee. The Committee shall advise the Director and the Council on all matters pertaining to civil defense. Each member shall serve without compensation and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Mayor.

Section 210:15. Powers and Duties of the Director.

Subd. 1. The Director, with the consent of the Mayor, shall represent this municipality on any regional or State organization for civil defense. He shall develop proposed mutual aid agreements with other political subdivisions within or outside the State for reciprocal civil defense aid and assistance in a civil defense emergency too great to be dealt with unassisted, and he shall present such agreements to the Council for its action. Such arrangements shall be consistent with the State Civil Defense Plan and during a civil defense emergency, it shall be the duty of the Civil Defense Agency and the civil defense forces to render assistance in accordance with the provisions of such mutual aid arrangements. Any mutual aid arrangement with a political subdivision of another state or Canadian province shall be subject to the approval of the Governor of the State of Minnesota.

Subd. 2. The Director shall make such studies and surveys of the manpower, industries, resources, and facilities, including fallout shelters, of this municipality as he deems necessary to determine their adequacy for civil defense and to plan for their most efficient use in time of a civil defense emergency.

Subd. 3. The Director shall prepare a comprehensive general plan for the civil defense of this municipality and shall present such plan to the Council for its approval. When the Council has approved the plan by resolution, it shall be the duty of all municipal agencies and all civil defense forces of the municipality to perform the duties and functions assigned by the plan as approved. The plan may be modified in like manner from time to time. The Director shall coordinate the civil defense activities of this municipality to the end that they shall be consistent and fully integrated with the civil defense plans of other political subdivisions within the State.

Subd. 4. In accordance with the State and municipal Civil Defense Plan, the Director shall institute such training programs and public information programs and shall take all other preparatory steps, including the partial or full mobilization of civil defense forces in advance of actual disaster, as may be necessary to the prompt and effective operation of the Civil Defense Plan of this municipality in time of a civil defense emergency. He may, from time to time, conduct such practice airraid alerts or other civil defense exercises as he may deem necessary.

Subd. 5. The Director shall utilize the personnel, services, equipment, supplies and facilities of existing departments and agencies of this municipality to the maximum extent practicable. The officers and personnel of all such departments and agencies shall, to the maximum extent practicable, cooperate with and extend such services and facilities to the local Civil Defense Agency and to the Governor upon request. The head of each department and agency, in cooperation with and under the direction of the Director, shall be responsible for the planning and programming of such civil defense activities as will involve the utilization of the facilities of his department or agency.

Subd. 6. The Director shall, in cooperation with existing municipal departments and agencies affected, organize, recruit, and train fallout shelter managers, radiological monitors, auxiliary police, auxiliary firemen, emergency medical personnel, and any other personnel that may be required on a volunteer basis to carry out the Civil Defense Plans of this municipality and State. To the extent that such emergency personnel are recruited to augment a regular department or agency of this municipality for civil defense emergencies, they shall be assigned to such department or agency for purposes of administration and command. The Director may dismiss any civil defense volunteer at any time and require him to surrender any equipment and identification furnished by this municipality.

Subd. 7. Consistent with the Civil Defense Plan, the Director shall provide and equip emergency hospitals, casualty stations, ambulances, canteens, evacuation centers, and other facilities or conveyances for the care of injured or homeless persons.