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.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 6, Article 3.00, Section 3.01)
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any lot, building, 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.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 6, Article 3.00, Section 3.02)
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, claiming, occupying or having supervision or control of any real property, occupied or unoccupied, within the corporate limits of the city to allow or permit:
(1) 
Grass, weeds or vegetation growing to a height of more than twelve (12) inches on said real property, including easements and rights-of-way;
(2) 
Rubbish, brush or any other unsightly objectionable, or unsanitary matter; or
(3) 
Any other condition found by the building inspector, code enforcement officer, police officer or other peace officer, county health officer, state health officer, or other authorized person to be unsanitary or unwholesome of a condition that may produce disease of whatever nature to accumulate or remain on such lot or premises.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 6, Article 3.00, Section 3.03; Ordinance 1476 adopted 6/6/2022)
(a) 
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 conditions within ten (10) days after such notice and it shall be unlawful for any person to fail to comply with such notice.
(b) 
The notice provided in subsection (a) above, shall be served personally on the owner to whom it is directed or shall be given by letter sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, 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 having general circulation in the city.
(c) 
By posting notice on or near a building near the property to which the violation relates.
(d) 
By posting notice on a placard attached to a stake driven into the ground on the property to which the violation relates, if the property contains no buildings.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 6, Article 3.00, Section 3.04)
The city may immediately abate the nuisances of weeds in excess of forty-eight (48) inches in height which are an immediate danger to the health, life or safety of any person.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
Upon giving written notice to a property owner in violation of the city health ordinances, the city may inform the property owner by certified mail that if the owner commits another violation of the same kind or nature on or before the first anniversary of the date of the notice, the city may without further notice correct the violation at the owner's expense and assess the expense against the property.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
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 (10) days after notice to do so is given in accord with this article, the city may do such work or make such improvements as are necessary to correct, remedy or remove such conditions, or cause the same to be done, and pay therefor 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 of violation of Section 6.204. Such expenses are determined to be double the amount paid to a contractor for such work or which would have been to a contractor in the event that the city does such work, so that the expenses include the city costs for inspection, notice, billing and collection.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 6, Article 3.00, Section 3.05)
Whenever any work is done or improvements are made by the city under the provisions of Section 6.207, the mayor, 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.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 6, Article 3.00, Section 3.06)
After the statement provided for in Section 6.208 is filed, the city shall have a privileged lien on the lot or real estate upon which the work was done or improvement 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 percent (10%) 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 accord with Section 6.208, or a certified copy thereof, shall be prima facie proof of the amount expended for such work or improvements.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 6, Article 3.00, Section 3.07)
(a) 
It shall be the duty of the owner, tenant or lessee to keep the abutting or adjacent sidewalk, parkway, and alleyway clean and free of all weeds, trash, rubbish, filth, and debris which may incumber such sidewalk, parkway and alleyway and to place such material in trash receptacles as required by this code and failure to comply with the requirement of this section shall be and is hereby declared to constitute a nuisance subject to abatement as provided for in Section 6.205.
(b) 
Sweeping Litter Into Street or Gutters Prohibited.
No person shall sweep, rake, use lawnmower or portable blower to throw or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the city the accumulation of litter, grass clippings, leaves or debris of any kind from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk, yard or driveway. Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
(Ordinance 1325 adopted 2/3/14)
Any violation of this article is a class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision in Section 1.109 of this code.
(Ordinance 1325 adopted 2/3/14)