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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1988, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 2-425 AND 2-426 THEREOF PERTAINING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Section 2-425 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended and reordained to read as follows: Section 2-425. Right of Entry of Director and Department Officers and Employees. (a) The Director of Public Health and all Officers and Employees of the Health Department of the City and their agents shall have the power, and it shall be their duty to enter all lots, outhouses, dwellings, stables, wharves, warehouses and other premises for the purpose of examining such premises as to their general sanitary condition; (b) Whenever it is found by the Department of Public Health that a child less than six (6) years of age, or a pregnant woman, residing within the City has been found to have an elevated blood lead level as defined by the Centers for Disease Control of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, then the Director of Public Health and all Officers and Employees of the Health Department of the City and their agents shall have the power, and it shall be their duty to enter all premises, dwellings, dwelling units, rooming houses, rooming units or any facility occupied, used or likely to be used by a child less than six (6) years of age, or a pregnant woman, for the purpose of conducting a health inspection to determine the presence of a lead hazard. 2. That Section 2-426 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be amended and reordained to as follows: read Section 2-426. Authority to Order Abatement of Nuisances; noncompliance. (a) If, upon entering any 9remises pursuant to Section 2-425, the Director of Public Health or other Officer or Employee of the Health Department shall find any condition that is detrimental to the health of the inhabitants or people living or employed in such premises, the Director shall order the occupant, owner or his agent, or the person who, under the terms of the lease or rental, is responsible for the upkeep of the same to abate the nuisance within a reasonable time.