§ 10.24.010. Abatement.  


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  • Whenever in the opinion of the Health Officer any collection of liquid, marsh or muddy ground or depression in which any liquid collects or may collect is a nuisance or a menace to the health of the community, the Health Officer shall notify the Director of Planning and Zoning who shall give notice to the owner, occupant or person having charge of the ground to remedy the nuisance as promptly as possible, but in any case within five days. If after five days' notice to remedy the nuisance the party so notified does not remove or abate the nuisance, then the necessary remedial work shall be undertaken by the City and the party so notified shall be liable for the expense of the work performed by the City, the cost of which shall be a lien on the property and bear the same interest, rights and priority and be collected and enforced in the same manner as real property taxes.

    (Ord. O-26-03 § 1 (part): revised during 1985 codification; prior code § 11-3 (part))

(Ord. No. O-12-16 Amended, § I, 5-23-2016)