[Amended 9-17-1996, effective 9-18-1996]
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any real property
or premises within the City limits, whenever the Health Commissioner
shall declare any unwholesome grounds, yards, cellars, buildings or
other place, stagnant or unwholesome water, filth and unwholesome
matter injurious to health to be a nuisance, to immediately cause
the same to be abated; and in case the owner or occupant shall neglect
or decline so to do, the Health Commissioner shall report the work
necessary to be done to the Director of Inspections, Licenses and
Permits, who shall proceed to abate the same in accordance with the
exigencies suggested by the Health Commissioner. When appropriate,
the Commissioner of Street Sanitation or the Director of Inspections,
Licenses and Permits shall request that the Health Commissioner determine
whether any condition is a health nuisance.