Public health nuisance complaints shall be assessed and abated in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Section 3707.01. The Board of Health designates the Health Commissioner, and his/her designated representative(s) as the appointed agents to enforce this statute.
Further, the Health Commissioner and his/her representative(s) shall enforce the provisions of the Tuscarawas County Solid Waste Code, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3734, and Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3718.
Tuscarawas County Health Department is responsible for investigating and abating any public health nuisances in Tuscarawas County outside the city limits of New Philadelphia. We receive many calls from concerned citizens about suspected nuisances which can include sewage, food, solid waste, tires, rodents, animal manure and insects.
“Public Health Nuisance” any condition which is injurious, or potentially injurious, to the health and safety of the public, or which pollutes the air, land, or water.
The following are hereby expressly declared to be public health nuisances, without limitation:
In order for us to investigate we must receive an official complaint from a citizen. Confidentiality of nuisance complaints cannot be guaranteed and as the complaint form is a public record. Below is a link to the nuisance complaint form. Completed forms may be mailed to or submitted in person at 897 East Iron Avenue Dover, Ohio 44622 or emailed to eh@tchdnow.org
Further, the Health Commissioner and his/her representative(s) shall enforce the provisions of the Tuscarawas County Solid Waste Code, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3734, and Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3718.
Tuscarawas County Health Department is responsible for investigating and abating any public health nuisances in Tuscarawas County outside the city limits of New Philadelphia. We receive many calls from concerned citizens about suspected nuisances which can include sewage, food, solid waste, tires, rodents, animal manure and insects.
“Public Health Nuisance” any condition which is injurious, or potentially injurious, to the health and safety of the public, or which pollutes the air, land, or water.
The following are hereby expressly declared to be public health nuisances, without limitation:
- A failure to keep waste, refuse, or garbage in a properly contained insect and rodent-proof container designed or reasonably adapted for such purpose, except for the immediate time preceding pickup by a licensed solid waste hauler.
- Accumulation of decayed animal or vegetable matter, animal or human feces, trash, rubbish, garbage, rotting lumber, tires, or other substances in which flies, mosquitos or other disease-carrying insects or rodents or other vermin can harbor. This definition does not include compost bins or compost sites that are being managed or stored in accordance with acceptable standards.
- Accumulation of carcasses of animals, birds, or fish by failing to bury or otherwise dispose of in a sanitary manner within 24 hours after death.
- Any structure that has become dangerous for further occupancy because of sanitary defects which may include, but is not limited to, accumulation of human or animal feces, evidence of garbage and rotting food, infestation by rodents or insects, environmental conditions that could affect children and vulnerable adults, lack of approved potable water supply or sewage disposal.
- Maintaining a hole, or opening, caused by an improperly abandoned cistern, septic system, unused or non-maintained private swimming pool, foundation, shaft or tunnel, including an improperly abandoned, sealed, barricaded or backfilled excavation.
- A sewage treatment system that is not operating properly due to a missing component, incorrect settings, or a mechanical or electrical failure, or;
- There is a blockage in a known sewage treatment system component or pipe that causes a backup of sewage or effluent affecting the treatment process or inhibiting proper plumbing drainage, or;
- An inspection conducted by, or under the supervision of, the environmental protection agency or an environmental health specialist registered under Chapter 3776 of the Revised Code documents that there is ponding of liquid or bleeding of liquid onto the surface of the ground or into surface water and the liquid has a distinct sewage odor, a black or gray coloration, or the presence of organic matter and any of the following:
- The presence of sewage effluent identified through a dye test;
- The presence of fecal coliform at a level that is equal to or greater than five thousand colonies per one hundred milliliters of liquid as determined in two or more samples of the liquid when five or fewer samples are collected or in more than twenty percent of the samples when more than five samples of the liquid are collected;
- Water samples that exceed one thousand thirty e. coli counts per one hundred milliliters in two or more samples when five or fewer samples are collected or in more than twenty percent of the samples when more than five samples are collected;
- With respect to a discharging system for which an NPDES permit has been issued under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it, the system routinely exceeds the effluent discharge limitations specified in the permit.
In order for us to investigate we must receive an official complaint from a citizen. Confidentiality of nuisance complaints cannot be guaranteed and as the complaint form is a public record. Below is a link to the nuisance complaint form. Completed forms may be mailed to or submitted in person at 897 East Iron Avenue Dover, Ohio 44622 or emailed to eh@tchdnow.org
Questions? Please contact:
Michael Kopko
REHS Director Environmental Health Services mkopko@tchdnow.org (330) 343-5555 ext. 1300 or (330) 343-5550 |