No person shall discard, place or allow to be placed by a person
or animal or dispose of decomposable organic matter which would tend
to create a nuisance or act as a breeding place or as food for insects,
rats, mice, vermin or other pests or vectors on the surface of any
ground within the City; nor discard anything capable of holding water
which might serve as a breeding place for mosquitoes or other flying
insects; nor permit any stagnant pools of water to exist; nor permit
the growth or accumulation of ragweed, poisonous plants or pollinating
weeds detrimental to public health; nor permit the growth of brush
or grass or the accumulation of combustible matter which might serve
to increase the fire hazard posed to neighboring property; nor permit
the accumulation of waste tires, vehicles, auto parts, machinery or
the components thereof on any property.
The City Manager is authorized to appoint one or more Sanitation/Code
Enforcement Officers in accordance with state and local laws. Such
officers shall be authorized to issue notices of violations as well
as to issue and serve summonses upon any persons alleged to have violated
any of the provisions of this chapter. This appointment power shall
remain subject to all other legal and contractual procedures, rights
and limitations. Notices, violations and summonses as provided for
herein may also be issued by any City police officer or Code Enforcement
Officer.