Sec. 15-18. Inspection of streets and premises; abatement of
accumulated filth and nuisances.[148]
The health officer shall cause to be inspected all streets,
cellars, yards, lots, privies and other places which may be,
or are alleged to be or are likely to become offensive. It shall
be the duty of all police officers to observe at all times the
sanitary condition of their districts and to report promptly
to the health officer, through the chief of police, any nuisance
or accumulated filth found to exist in any part of the city.
When any such thing shall be found, which, in the opinion
of the health officer, is or is likely to become injurious to
health, the health officer shall require the person causing such
nuisance, or the owner or the occupant of the premises on
which such thing is, to correct the evil forthwith in such
manner as he may deem expedient. Should such person fail
to execute the order of the health officer, the nuisance may
be removed by the city manager and the cost thereof shall be
collected of such persons, as other fines for the violation of
city ordinances are collected. Such costs shall be in addition to
any penalty imposed pursuant to section 1-5 for failure to
obey the order of the health officer. (Code 1959, § 15-18.)
