The Animal Control Section conducts surveillance for dogs running at large and investigates all complaints relating to animals within the city. All animal bites resulting in human exposure within the
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Business Revolving Loan Fund
Purpose The Business Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) was established to assist small businesses within the City of Portsmouth, Ohio. The main focus of the RLF is to promote business expansion
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Greenlawn Cemetery CONTACT Sandy Rawlins Email Portsmouth, OH 45662 Ph: (740) 353-4969 Fx: (740) 354-7767 The Grounds Division’s staff includes three employees. Responsibilities The Division’s responsibilities include: Mowing...
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Overview The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program administered by the State of Ohio Department of Development provides Portsmouth with an annual direct grant, which we can use to revitalize neighborhoods,
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DEMOLITION (STRUCTURE DEMOLITION/EXTERMINATION PERMITS) The Environmental Division provides the required permits to exterminate houses prior to demolition to prevent the migration of pests during the razing of properties. Solid Waste
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Public Health Emergency Preparedness Susan Smith is the Emergency Planner that is responsible for overseeing the Ohio Department Heath Department PHEP grant for both Scioto County and Portsmouth City Health Departments. Susan Smith...
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Welcome to the Division of Environmental Health. As part of the Portsmouth City Health Department, our division conducts a wide variety of programs aimed at protecting and improving the health
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The Environmental Health Division inspects all licensed food service and retail food establishments in the city of Portsmouth. As part of the food safety program, the Environmental Health Division also
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Portsmouth City Health Department The Environmental Division conducts numerous state and city mandated inspection programs. These include restaurants, grocery stores, pools, spas, manufactured home parks, campgrounds, marinas, schools...
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The goal of the Land Reutilization program is to purposefully acquire blighted properties in order to return them to productive use and improve the quality of life for Portsmouth residents.
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The Portsmouth City Health Department investigates all nuisance complaints including: housing, solid waste/trash/garbage, sewage, animal complaints and restaurant/food complaints. Please contact the Environmental Health Division at (740) 353-5153...
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To pay your water bills online please go to the following website or click the link below. https://www.invoicecloud.com/portsmouthoh
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