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)