File #: 5393    Version: 0 Name: Chapter 40 - public health
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/27/2020 In control: Health and Environment Committee
On agenda: 8/31/2020 Final action: 9/14/2020
Title: AN ORDINANCE repealing sections 4000., 4001., 4010., and 4051., and Schedule I to chapter 40, Jackson County Code, relating to public health, and enacting, in lieu thereof, five new sections and one new schedule relating to the same subject, with a penalty provision.
Sponsors: Jeanie Lauer
Indexes: CHAPTER 40, JACKSON COUNTY CODE, PUBLIC HEALTH
Code sections: Chapter 40, Schedule I - Jackson County Code, Sections 4000., 4010., 4051., Chapter 40 - Jackson County Code
Attachments: 1. 5393bu.pdf, 2. 5393adopt
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

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AN ORDINANCE repealing sections 4000., 4001., 4010., and 4051., and Schedule I to chapter 40, Jackson County Code, relating to public health, and enacting, in lieu thereof, five new sections and one new schedule relating to the same subject, with a penalty provision.


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ORDINANCE NO. 5393, August 31, 2020

INTRODUCED BY Jeanie Lauer, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, in view of the current and ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, it is appropriate to provide a mechanism for the expedited enforcement of public health orders authorized by Missouri state statute in County Municipal Court, as opposed to associate circuit court where sole jurisdiction lies at present; and,

WHEREAS, the Environmental Health Administrator also recommends minor revisions to bring the County Code provisions regarding swimming pools and other aquatic venues in compliance with the Model Aquatic Code; and,

WHEREAS, it is also appropriate at this time to revise the fees assessed for certain environmental health inspections and other services; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:


Section A. Enacting Clause.

Sections 4000., 4001., 4010., and 4051., and Schedule I to chapter 40, Jackson County Code, 1984, are hereby repealed and five new sections and one new schedule enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 4000., 4001., 4010., 4051., and 4052. and Schedule I., to read as follows, with existing code sections 4052., 4053., and 4054. to be renumbered accordingly:

4000. Food Service Code Adopted.
The current edition, as amended, of the Missouri Department of Health's rules governing sanitation of food establishments, 19 CSR 20-1.025, and rules governing the sanitation of frozen desserts, 19 CSR 20-1.030, and section 2.0 of the Department of Health guidelines, entitled Food Protection, which together constitute the Missouri Food Code, are hereby adopted b...

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