(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation who shall own or occupy any lot or lots in the city to permit or allow holes or places on said lots where water may accumulate and become stagnant, or to permit same to remain.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation who shall own or occupy any lot or lots in the city to permit or allow the accumulation of stagnant water thereon, or to permit same to remain.
(Ordinance 271, secs. 1, 2, adopted 4/9/96)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation who shall own or occupy any house, building, establishment, lot or yard in the city to permit or allow any carrion, filth or other impure or unwholesome matter to accumulate or remain thereon, including, but not by way of limitation, any receptacle conducive to the spread of infectious disease.
(Ordinance 271, sec. 3 adopted 4/9/96; Ordinance adopting Code)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation who shall own or occupy any lot or lots in the city to allow rubbish, brush or other unsightly, objectionable or unsanitary matter to accumulate or grow on said lot or lots.
(Ordinance 271, sec. 4, adopted 4/9/96; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Should any owner of such lot or lots that have places thereon where stagnant water may accumulate and/or which are not properly drained, or the owner of any premises or building, [where] receptacles conducive to the spread of infectious disease, or upon which carrion, filth or other impure or unwholesome matter may be, fail and/or refuse to drain and/or fill the same lot or lots, or remove such filth, carrion, or other impure or unwholesome matter, as the case may be, within ten days after notice to said owner to do so, in writing, or by letter addressed to such owner at his post office address or within ten days after notice by publication as many as two times within ten consecutive days in any newspaper in Texas, if personal service may not be had as aforesaid, or if the owner’s address be not known, then in that event the city may do such filling or draining, or removal of filth, carrion, etc., or any other unsightly, objectionable or unsanitary matter, or cause the same to be done and may pay therefor and charge the expenses incurred in doing such work or having such work done or improvements made to the owner of such lot or lots or real estate, and if such work is done or improvements are made at the expense of the city then such expense or expenses shall be assessed on the real estate or lots upon which such expense was incurred.
(b) 
Should any owner of any lot or lots within the city, who shall allow rubbish, brush, or any other unsightly, objectionable or unsanitary matter to grow or accumulate thereon, fail and/or refuse to cut down and/or remove such rubbish, brush or other unsightly, objectionable or unsanitary matter, as the case may be, within ten days after notice to said owner to do so, in writing, or by letter addressed to such owner at his post office address, or within ten days after notice by publication as many as two times within ten consecutive days in any newspaper in Texas, if personal service may not be had as aforesaid, or if the owner’s address be not known, then in that event, the city may do such cutting down and/or removing such brush, rubbish or any other unsightly, objectionable or unsanitary matter, or cause the same to be done and may pay therefor, and charge the expenses incurred in doing such work or having such work done or improvements made to the owner of such lot or lots or real estate; and if such work is done or improvements are made at the expense of the city, then such expenses shall be assessed on the real estate or lot or lots upon which such expense was incurred.
(Ordinance 271, secs. 8, 9, adopted 4/9/96; Ordinance adopting Code)
The mayor, the city health officer or the head of the sanitation department of the city shall file a statement of such expenses incurred under section 7.02.005(a) or (b) of this article, as the case may be, giving the amount of such expenses, and the date on which said work was done or improvements made, with the county clerk, and the city shall have a privileged lien on such lot or lots or real estate upon which said work was done or improvements made to secure the expenditures so made, in accordance with the provisions of V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code, chapter 342, which said lien shall be second only to tax liens and liens for street improvements, and said amount shall bear ten percent interest from the date said statement was filed. It is further provided that for any such expenditures, and interest, as aforesaid, suit may be instituted and recovery and foreclosure of said lien may be had in the name of the city, and the statement of expenses so made, as aforesaid, or a certified copy thereof, shall be prima facie proof of the amount expended for such work or improvements.
(Ordinance 271, sec. 10, adopted 4/9/96)
Any person, firm or individual who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code, and each and every day’s violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense, and in case the owner or occupant of any lot, lots or premises under the provisions of this article shall be a corporation, and shall violate any provision of this article, the president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer of such corporation or any manager, agent or employee of such corporation shall be also severally liable for the penalties herein provided.
(Ordinance 271, sec. 11, adopted 4/9/96; Ordinance adopting Code)
The Texas Litter Abatement Act presently described as V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code, chapter 365, is hereby adopted in their entirety and incorporated herein as if copied herein verbatim.
(Ordinance 271, sec. 13, adopted 4/9/96; Ordinance adopting Code)