(a) 
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon final conviction thereof, fined in an amount in accordance with section 1.01.009 of this code; provided, however, that no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or similar offense under the laws of the state. Each and every day any such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense punishable hereunder.
(b) 
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of this chapter may be enjoined by suit filed by the municipality in a court of competent jurisdiction, and this remedy is in addition to any other penalty provision.
(Ordinance 031208-6, sec. 2, adopted 1/12/04)
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as abridging the right of the municipality to resort to the courts of this state for the enforcement of this chapter or of the rights of any owner to resort to the courts of this state in an attempt to enjoin the enforcement of this chapter.
(Ordinance 031208-6, sec. 1 (93.080), adopted 1/12/04)
The city is authorized and hereby charges and collects fees for permits, inspections and other miscellaneous charges relative to implementation and enforcement of environmental health and sanitation regulations as provided in this chapter. An applicant shall pay all applicable fees in an amount adopted and set forth in the master fee schedule of this code. All fees and charges shall be paid to the city when an application is submitted to the city and no application is complete or considered filed unless all of the information required by the city and all application material and required fees are paid.
(Ordinance 2015-12-10-02, sec. 10, adopted 12/10/15)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful to have, keep, maintain, cause, or permit within the municipality any collection of standing or flowing water in which mosquitoes breed or are likely to breed, unless such collection of water is treated so as to effectually prevent such breeding.
(b) 
Any collections of water considered in subsection (a) of this section shall be held to be those contained in ditches, pools, ponds, excavations, holes, depressions, open cesspools, privy vaults, fountains, cisterns, tanks, shallow wells, barrels, troughs (except livestock troughs in frequent use), urns, cans, boxes, bottles, tubs, buckets, defective house roof gutters, automobile tires, tanks, or flush closets, or other similar water containers.
(c) 
The natural presence of mosquito larvae in standing or running water shall be deemed sufficient evidence to assume that mosquitoes are breeding there, and failure to prevent such breeding within three days after due notice has been given by the health officer shall constitute a violation of this section.
(d) 
The methods of treatment of collections of water directed toward the prevention of breeding of mosquitoes shall be approved by the health officer and shall be one or more of the following:
(1) 
Screening with wire netting of at least 16 meshes to the inch each way or with any other material which will prevent the ingress or egress of mosquitoes;
(2) 
Complete emptying every seven days of screened containers, together with their thorough drying or cleaning;
(3) 
Using a larvacide approved by and applied under the direction of the health officer;
(4) 
Covering completely the surface of the water with kerosene, petroleum, or paraffin oil once every seven days;
(5) 
Cleaning and keeping sufficiently free of vegetable growth and other obstructions and stocking with mosquito-destroying fish;
(6) 
Filling or draining to the satisfaction of the health officer or his or her authorized representative; or
(7) 
Proper removal or destruction of tin cans, tin boxes, broken or empty bottles, and similar containers likely to hold water.
(e) 
Should the person responsible for conditions giving rise to the breeding of mosquitoes fail or refuse to take measures necessary to prevent the same within three days after due notice has been given to him or her by the health officer or his or her authorized agent, the municipality is authorized to do so, and all necessary costs incurred by the municipality for this purpose shall be levied as a lien against the property.
(f) 
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this section, the health officer or his or her duly accredited agent acting under his or her authority may at all reasonable time enter in and upon any premises within his or her jurisdiction, and any person charged with any of his or her duties imposed by this section failing within the time designated by this section or within the time stated in the notice of the health officer, as the case may be, to perform such duties or to carry out the necessary measures to the satisfaction of the health officer shall be deemed guilty of violation of this section.
(Ordinance 031208-6, sec. 1 (93.010), adopted 1/12/04)
(a) 
Collections of water containing Bacillus coli declared nuisance.
Any pool, well, spring, or collection of water within the municipality containing the Bacillus coli germ or bacteria is a public nuisance and dangerous to public health, and any person maintaining or allowing to be maintained such well, pool, spring, or collection of water on premises owned or controlled by him or her shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) 
Collections of water containing Bacillus coli to be eliminated.
If any well, pool, spring, or collection of water within the municipality is contaminated with Bacillus coli, the health officer shall instruct the person owning or controlling the property upon which same is located to seal, fill, or drain such well, pool, spring, or water collection so that same can no longer be used for drinking, bathing, or domestic purposes. If such person owning or controlling the premises fails immediately to so fill, drain or seal such well, pool, spring, or collection of water, the health officer shall file a complaint against such person in the municipal court and shall report the condition, together with his or her recommendations, to the council. If the council shall deem it for the best interest of the public health that such well, pool, spring, or collection of water shall be closed up, filled in, or sealed over, it shall instruct the police chief to carry out the required work and the cost thereof shall be charged to the person owning or controlling the property and may be collected by suit in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(Ordinance 031208-6, sec. 1 (93.020, 93.021), adopted 1/12/04)
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or place in any street, alley, drainage ditch, or gutter any trash, tin, shavings, refuse, or other matter whatsoever so as to prevent the free passage of water or cause same to stagnate therein. It shall likewise be unlawful for any person installing or repairing water, gas, or service pipes to leave any street, alley, drainage ditch, or gutter in such condition as to impair the drainage of same.
(Ordinance 031208-6, sec. 1 (93.030), adopted 1/12/04)
Sufficient and suitable approved toilet accommodations, well-lighted and ventilated, shall be provided at all public buildings, filling stations, camps, and all places of public assemblage. Such accommodations must be kept in a thoroughly clean and sanitary condition.
(Ordinance 031208-6, sec. 1 (93.040), adopted 1/12/04)
The carcass of any animal, dead of disease or other cause and not slaughtered for food, shall be removed and disposed of by the owner, if known, and, if not known, the owner of the premises where such animal is found, at his or her own expense, within 24 hours after such death.
(Ordinance 031208-6, sec. 1 (93.060), adopted 1/12/04)