§ 135.01. Purpose and powers.

The health commissioner is hereby duly empowered to promulgate any and all rules and regulations necessary to ensure the public health, safety and welfare. These rules shall include the Columbus City Health Code (CCHC) and all successor documents, as amended from time to time and all other rules and regulations promulgated through the powers vested in a health commissioner and the Columbus board of health and as designated by the Columbus City Charter, Section 127.

This Columbus City Health Code and any other rules or regulations promulgated by the health commissioner and the Columbus board of health are enacted to preserve and promote the public health, safety and welfare by means of regulations and restrictions enacted to encourage the protection of the public health.

(Ord. 1058-03 § 1.)