It shall be unlawful for the owner of any lot, buildings, house, establishment or premises in the city to allow or permit any carrion, filth or any other impure or unwholesome matter of any kind to accumulate or remain thereon.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, Article II, Section 9-13)
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any lot or other premises in the city to allow or permit holes or places where water may accumulate and become stagnant to be or remain on such lot or premises or to allow or permit the accumulation of stagnant water thereon, or to permit the same to remain thereon.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, Article II, Section 9-14)
It shall be unlawful for any person, or for the operator, manager, agent or employee of any place of business to allow or permit any wastewater, grease, greasy or sandy water to escape from any private premises onto any street, alley or sidewalk of the city.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, Article II, Section 9-16)
Any person who shall own, keep or use any building or premises in the city in such a manner as to be injurious to the health of the people, or offensive to the neighborhood, or to any private family or person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, Article II, Section 9-18)
It shall be unlawful for any person to dump, deposit or leave any refuse, garbage, rubbish or junk on any street within the city.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, Article II, Section 9-19)
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, in writing, to correct, remedy or remove the condition within ten (10) days after such notice and it shall be unlawful for any person to fail to comply with such notice.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, Article II, Section 9-20)
The notice provided for in Section 6.506 shall be served personally on the owner to whom it is directed or shall be given by letter addressed to such owner at his last known post office address. In the event personal service cannot be made and the owner's address is unknown, such notice shall be given by publication at least two (2) times within ten (10) consecutive days in a newspaper of general circulation published within the city.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, Article II, Section 9-21)
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 ten (14) days after notice to do so is given in accordance 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 therefore 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 Section 6.606.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, Article II, Section 9-22)
Whenever any work is done or improvements are made by the city under the provisions of Section 6.508, the mayor or health officer, 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 or dates on which the work was done or the improvements were made.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, Article II, Section 9-23)
After the statement provided for in Section 6.509 is filed, the city shall have the privilege 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 (10) percent per annum from the date the statement was filed. 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 accordance with Section 6.509, or a certified copy thereof, shall be prima facie proof of the amount expended for such work or improvement.
(1965 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9, Article II, Section 9-24)