Any cesspool maintained, constructed, repaired or enlarged without the covering or without being surrounded by a fence, as hereinbefore provided for, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and the Building Inspector is hereby required to give notice to the builder or other person engaged in the work, or to the owner of the property on which the cesspool is being maintained, constructed, repaired or enlarged, to abate the nuisance or dangerous excavation. In default of the builder or owner removing or abating the nuisance, the Plumbing Inspector is hereby directed to remove and abate the nuisance by filling the excavation, by covering as hereinbefore defined, or by fencing the same as hereinbefore defined. Such remedies shall be in addition to the penalty provided in § 1040.99.
(Ord. 141, passed 11-17-1954)