Environmental Health
The Environmental Health Division is responsible for many health and safety related activities and investigations.
They include:
- Abandoned and burnt vehicles
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Animal and dog control
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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
Topics covered by the Environmental Health Bylaw include mobile trading, the central city liquor ban, solvent abuse, untidy sections and abandoned vehicles.
Licences, registration
Fees and charges 2010 - 2011
The following link includes fees and charges for hakers, mobile shops and stalls; registered premises, noise control, liquor licensing, hire of specialist equipment (noise, temberature, light and wind meters); hazardous substances work and pest control products.
Food and food premises: guidelines and forms
Read MoreThe Council role is restricted to dealing with hazardous substances in public places.
Read MoreCouncil Environmental Health staff help to investigate some notifiable infectious diseases.
Read MoreThe Council and it's noise control contractors respond to complaints about noise in the community.
Read MoreFoul odour issues range from small neighbourhood problems to offensive trades or industries.
Read MoreSpecialist equipment can be hired from the Council: noise meters, light meters, and air and wind speed meters.
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