(a) 
Stagnant water.
It shall be unlawful for any person who shall own or occupy any lot within the city to permit or allow holes or places of such lots where water may accumulate and become stagnant, or to permit or allow the accumulation of stagnant water thereon, or permit the same to remain thereon.
(b) 
Carrion, filth or other unwholesome matter.
It shall be unlawful for any person who shall own or occupy any house, structure, building, establishment, lot or yard within the city to permit or allow any carrion, filth, or any other impure or unwholesome matter liable to produce disease to accumulate, attract or harbor mosquitoes, rodents, vermin, or other disease-carrying pests or remain thereon.
(c) 
Weeds, brush, rubbish, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person who shall own or occupy any lot within the city to permit or allow weeds, rubbish, brush, trash or any other matter liable to produce disease, attract or harbor mosquitoes, rodents, vermin, or other disease-carrying pests [to accumulate] or remain thereon.
(d) 
Conditions dangerous to life or health.
It shall be unlawful for any person who shall own or occupy any house, structure, building, establishment, lot or yard in the city to permit or allow any condition that is dangerous to life or health, or whatever renders the ground, the water, the air or any food and drink unhealthy and a hazard to life or health.
(e) 
Accumulation of refuse.
It shall be unlawful for any person who shall own or occupy any house, structure, building, establishment, lot or yard within the city to store or accumulate refuse on premises unless the refuse is entirely contained in a closed receptacle.
(f) 
Accumulation of rubbish.
It shall be unlawful for any person who shall own or occupy any house, structure, building, establishment, lot or yard within the city to store or accumulate rubbish including newspapers, refrigerators, stoves, furniture, tires, and cans on premises within 300 feet of a public street for ten days or more, unless the rubbish or object is completely enclosed in a building or is not visible from a public street.
(g) 
Unsafe or hazardous buildings.
It shall be unlawful for any person who shall own or occupy any house, structure, building, or establishment to maintain a building in a manner that is structurally unsafe or constitutes a hazard to safety, health, or public welfare because of inadequate maintenance, unsanitary conditions, dilapidation, obsolescence, disaster, damage, or abandonment or because it constitutes a fire hazard.
(h) 
Flea market constituting fire hazard.
It shall be unlawful for any person who shall own or occupy any house, structure, building, establishment, lot or yard within the city to maintain a flea market in a manner that constitutes a fire hazard.
(i) 
Other nuisances.
It shall be unlawful for any person who shall own or occupy any house, structure, building, establishment, lot or yard in the city to permit or allow any condition constituting a nuisance as defined in or provided by any other provision of this code.
(Ordinance 07-636, sec. 1, adopted 4/30/07; Ordinance 15-764, sec. 1, adopted 11/12/15; 2007 Code, sec. 16-77)
Whenever any condition described in this article is found to exist on any premises within the city, the owner of such premises shall be notified by the city to correct, remedy or remove the condition within seven days after such notice. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to comply with such notice.
(1973 Code, sec. 14-19; 1991 Code, sec. 20-109; Ordinance 05-603, sec. I, adopted 7/14/05; 2007 Code, sec. 16-80)
The notice provided for by this article shall be served personally to the owner in writing or by letter addressed to the owner of the property at the owner’s address as recorded in the county appraisal district records. If a notice mailed to the property owner is returned by the United States Postal Service as “refused” or “unclaimed,” the validity of the notice is not affected, and the notice is considered as delivered. If personal service cannot be obtained service may be made by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published within the city, by posting the notice on or near the front door of each building on the property to which the violation relates, or by posting the notice on a placard attached to a stake driven into the ground on the property to which the violation relates.
(1973 Code, sec. 14-20; 1991 Code, sec. 20-110; Ordinance 05-603, sec. II, adopted 7/14/05; 2007 Code, sec. 16-81)
In the event the owner of any lot or premises upon which a condition described in this article exists fails to correct, remedy or remove such condition within seven days after notice to do so is given in accord with this article, the city may do such work or make such improvements as are necessary to correct, remedy or remove such condition, or cause the same to be done, and pay therefor and charge the expenses incurred thereby to the owner of such lot. Such expenses shall be assessed against the lot or real estate upon which the work was done or the improvements made. The doing of such work by the city shall not relieve such person from prosecution for failure to comply with such notice in violation of this article.
(1973 Code, sec. 14-21; 1991 Code, sec. 20-111; Ordinance 05-603, sec. III, adopted 7/14/05; 2007 Code, sec. 16-82)
Whenever any work is done or improvements are made by the city under the provisions of this article, the mayor, city health officer or other city official designated by the mayor, on behalf of the city, shall file a statement of the expenses incurred thereby with the county clerk. Such statement shall give the amount of such expenses, and the date on which the work was done or the improvements were made.
(1973 Code, sec. 14-22; 1991 Code, sec. 20-112; 2007 Code, sec. 16-83)
After the statement provided for in section 7.05.005 is filed, the city shall have a privileged lien on the lot or real estate upon which the work was done or improvements made, to secure the expenses thereof. Such lien shall be second only to tax liens and liens for street improvements, and the amount thereof shall bear interest at the rate of ten percent per annum from the date the expenses were paid. For any such expenditures and interest, suit may be instituted and recovery and foreclosure of the lien may be had in the name of the city and the statement of expenses made in accord with section 7.05.005, or a certified copy thereof, shall be prima facie proof of the amount expended for such work or improvements.
(1973 Code, sec. 14-23; 1991 Code, sec. 20-113; 2007 Code, sec. 16-84)
In a notice to the property owner, the city may inform the owner by regular mail and a posting on the property, or by personally delivering the notice, that if the owner commits another violation of the same kind or nature that poses a danger to the public health and safety on or before the first anniversary of the date of the notice, the city without further notice may correct the violation at the owner’s expense and assess the expense against the property. If a violation covered by a notice under this section occurs within the one-year period, and the city has not been informed in writing by the owner of an ownership change, then the municipality without notice may do the work or make the improvements required and pay for the work done or improvements made and assess the city’s expenses incurred against the real estate on which the work is done or improvements made.
(1991 Code, sec. 20-114; Ordinance 05-603, sec. IV, adopted 7/14/05; 2007 Code, sec. 16-85)