The municipality may make regulations consistent with this Act –
(i) prohibiting the use of any place as a slaughterhouse, or as a market or shop for the sale of animals, meat or fish intended for human food, or as a market for the sale of butter, ghee, fruit or vegetables, without a license granted by the Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer or otherwise than in accordance with the conditions of a license so granted;
(ii) prescribing the conditions subject to which, and the circumstances in which and the areas or localities in respect of which licenses for such use may be granted, refused, suspended or withdrawn;
(iii) providing for the inspection of and regulation of the conduct of business in a place used as aforesaid, so as to secure cleanliness therein or to minimize any injurious, offensive and dangerous effect arising or likely to arise therefrom;
(iv) controlling and regulating the admission within municipality for purpose of sale of the flesh (other than cured or preserved meat) of any cattle, sheep, goats or swine slaughtered at a slaughterhouse or a place not maintained or licensed under this Act;
(v) prescribing the fees to be paid for the use of municipal grazing grounds, dairies and residences;
(vi) regulating the sale or the manufacture, preparation, storage or exposure for sale of any specified articles of food;
(vii) regulating the hours and manner of transport within municipality of any specified article of food;
(viii) prescribing the standard weights and measures to be used within municipality and providing for the inspection of the same; and
(ix) fixing the fees for the grant of any license under this chapter.
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PART VII AND PUBLIC URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY HEALTH SAFETY Chapter 31 Local Agenda for Urban Environmental Management
328. Benchmarking of service levels by the municipality-
(1) Having regard to the linkages between urban economy, infrastructure, productivity, poverty and environmental health in the municipal area, the municipality shall take adequate measures for –
(a) management of urban environment,
(b) measuring quality of living and working environment,
(c) monitoring of pollution levels, and
(d) undertaking health risk assessment.
(2) For carrying out the purposes of sub-section (1), the municipality shall involve such professional agencies and community based organizations, either in the public sector or in the private sector, as may be necessary, to –
(a) carry out studies on vulnerability and risk assessment,
(b) enhance the capability of concerned municipal or other agencies through research and training activities for better management of environment,
(c) prepare environmental management strategy and action plan, and establish adequate institutional framework for its implementation, and
(d) provide and manage environmental infrastructure services.
(3) The municipality shall before 31st March every year notify the standards to be achieved in relation to services relating to water supply, sewerage, sanitation, solid waste management, etc., as prescribed by the State Government, by the end of the next fiscal year. The standards to be achieved should be published every year in the State Gazette. These standards shall aim at achieving the benchmarks prescribed by the Government of India.
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(4) The Municipality shall periodically review the status of delivery of various services being provided.
329. Functions in relation to urban environmental management and submission of report on environmental status of municipal area-
(1) The municipality shall, either by itself or through any other agency, undertake functions relating to the following matters :-
(a) supply of safe water,
(b) low cost sanitation,
(c) environmentally sound solid waste management,
(d) toxic waste collection and disposal,
(e) waste recycling and recovery,
(f) preservation of wetlands,
(g) control of air pollution,
(h) control of sound pollution,
(i) control of cattle and other animalws in the municipal area,
(j) area improvement and resettlement,
(k) promotion of urban agriculture and urban forestry,
(l) development of parks, gardens and open spaces,
(m) promotion of community awareness on environmental education, and
(n) such other matters as the municipality may consider necessary.
(2) The Municipal Commissioner or the Executive Officer shall prepare and submit a report on the environmental status of the municipal area at the time of submission of the budget estimates.
Chapter 32 Environmental Sanitation and Community Health, Duties and General Powers