Environmental Health

The Environmental Health Division is responsible for many health and safety related activities and investigations.

They include:

• Abandoned and burnt vehicles
• Animal and dog control
• Busking and street entertainment
• Fires, Hazardous substances
• Health waste disposal
• Housing: condensation, mildew and substandard dwellings
• Infectious diseases
• Insects
• Litter
• Liquor licensing
• Odour
• Overgrown sections
• Rainwater supply
• Registered premises: Camping grounds, Food premises,  Funeral homes, Hairdressers, Hawkers and mobile traders, Offensive trades, Stands and stalls
• Rodents and vermin
• Swimming pools and spa pools
• Trees and vegetation.
  

Environmental Health Bylaw

Areas covered by the Environmental Health Bylaw include mobile trading, the central city liquor ban, solvent abuse, untidy sections and abandoned vehicles.

Licences, registration 2012

• Camping grounds 2012 - regisistration of premises/change of occupancy noted
• Food premises 2012 - regisistration of premises/change of occupancy
• Funeral director 2012 - registration of premises
• Hairdressers 2012 - registration of premises
• Hawkers 2012 - licence to trade application
• Mobile Shop - application for licence to trade
• Offensive trade - saleyards 2012 - Registration of premises/change of occupancy
• Temporary food stall 2012 - application by stallholder (trading as) 
• Bluff Market temporary food stall 2012
• Farmers Market temporary food stall 2012
• Markets food stall(s) 2012 - application by market organiser           
• Temporary food stall 2012 - application by event organiser 
   

Fees and charges

The following link includes fees and charges for hawkers, mobile shops and stalls, registered premises, noise control, liquor licensing, hazardous substances work, pest control products and housing inspections.

• Environmental Health fees and charges 2012-2013 

• Food and food premises

  People wishing to sell food at a food stall, sausage sizzle or barbecue need to approach the Council's Environmental Health Section.

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• Hazardous substances

  The Council role is restricted to dealing with hazardous substances in public places.

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• Infectious diseases

  Council Environmental Health staff help to investigate some notifiable infectious diseases.

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• Odours

  Foul odour issues range from small neighbourhood problems to offensive trades or industries.

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