A public health nuisance is any object, place or condition which
constitutes a possible and probable medium of transmission of diseases
to or between human beings or any other object, place or condition
which may be specifically declared by this chapter to be a nuisance.
(1965 Code, sec. 11-20)
Any and all of the following conditions are hereby specifically
declared to be nuisances dangerous to the public health:
(1) Any
condition or place allowed to exist in populous areas which constitutes
a breeding place for flies.
(2) Any
spoiled or diseased meats intended for human consumption.
(3) Any
restaurant, food market, bakery, or other place of business or any
vehicle where food is prepared, packed, stored, transported, sold
or served to the public which is not constantly maintained in a sanitary
condition.
(4) Any
place, condition or building controlled or operated by any governmental
agency, state or local, which is not maintained in a sanitary condition.
(5) All
sewage, human excreta, wastewater, garbage, or other organic wastes
deposited, stored, discharged, or exposed in such a way as to be a
potential instrument or medium in the transmission of disease to or
between any person or persons.
(6) Any
vehicle or container used in the transportation of garbage, human
excreta, or other organic material which is defective and allows leakage
or spilling of contents.
(7) Any
collection of water in which mosquitoes are breeding within the limits
of the city.
(8) Any
condition which may be proven to injuriously affect the public health
and which may directly or indirectly result from the operations of
any bone boiling, fat rendering, tallow or soap works or other similar
establishments.
(9) Any
place or condition harboring rats.
(10) The presence of ectoparasites (bedbugs, lice, mites, etc.) suspected
to be carriers of disease in any place where sleeping accommodations
are offered to the public.
(11) The maintenance of any open surface or pit privy, cesspool, or of
any overflowing septic tank, the contents of either of which may be
accessible to flies.
(1965 Code, sec. 11-21)
Every person possessing any place in or on which there is a
nuisance shall, as soon as its presence comes to his knowledge, proceed
at once and continue to abate the nuisance.
(1965 Code, sec. 11-22)
The city health officer, when information and proof of the existence
of a nuisance within the city is received, shall issue a written notice
to any person responsible for the nuisance and ordering the abatement
of same. He shall at the same time send a copy of the notice to the
city attorney. Such notice shall specify the nature of the nuisance
and shall designate a reasonable time within which such abatement
shall be accomplished. In the event such notice is not complied with
within the specified time the city attorney shall be so advised by
the health officer and he shall immediately institute proceedings
for the abatement thereof.
(1965 Code, sec. 11-23)