It shall be unlawful to permit or allow the leakage of water, sewage or other matter onto private or public property thereby creating unhealthy conditions for persons while creating breeding conditions for insects, rodents or disease-producing organisms.
(1972 Code, sec. 15-61; Ordinance 379 adopted 4/17/1990; 1995 Code, sec. 94.15)
(a) 
Whenever any condition described above is found to exist on any premises within the city, the code enforcement officer or the city manager or his designee shall notify the owner of such premises in writing to correct or remedy the conditions within 72 hours after such notice for a water leak and 72 hours after notice for a sewage leak, and it shall be unlawful for any person to fail to comply with such notice.
(b) 
The notice provided for herein shall be served personally on the owner to whom it is directed or shall be given by letter addressed to such owner at the last known address as shown on the tax rolls of the city.
(c) 
Whenever any condition described in this section is found to exist on any premises within the city, and in the opinion of a code enforcement officer or the building official it constitutes an immediate and present health hazard, the owner may be required to abate the conditions within 24 hours of written or verbal notification. In the event the owner of the premises where such conditions exist fails to abate the identified hazard within 24 hours of notification, the building official may take any action deemed appropriate to abate the condition, including termination of water service to said premises.
(1972 Code, sec. 15-62; Ordinance 379 adopted 4/17/1990; 1995 Code, sec. 94.16; Ordinance 3524 adopted 5/15/2001)
(a) 
In the event the owner of any lot upon which the condition described above exists fails to correct, remedy or remove such condition within 72 hours after notice to do so, the city may enter upon such premises and may do such work as necessary to correct or remedy such conditions, which could include the termination of water service, or cause the same to be done and pay therefor and charge the expenses incurred therefor to the owner of such lot. Such expenses shall be assessed on the lot or real estate upon which the work was done or improvements made. The doing of such work by the city shall not relieve such person from prosecution for failure to comply.
(b) 
A statement of the cost incurred by the city shall be mailed to the owner of the premises upon which the work is done if the address is known.
(1972 Code, sec. 15-63; Ordinance 379 adopted 4/17/1990; 1995 Code, sec. 94.17)
Whenever any work is done or improvements are made by the city under the provisions of this article and the address of the owner of the premises is unknown or such owner fails to pay the cost within 30 days after receipt of the statement of expenses, the city attorney, upon behalf of the city, shall file a statement of expenses incurred thereby and a notice of lien, which statement and notice will constitute a privileged lien on any lot or real estate upon which work was done or improvement made to secure the expenses thereof.
(1972 Code, sec. 15-64; Ordinance 379 adopted 4/17/1990; 1995 Code, sec. 94.18)