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Bentleyville, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF BENTLEYVILLE OHIO
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 1278
Unclean Habitations
1278.01   Unclean habitations prohibited.
1278.02   Standards; declaration of nuisance.
1278.03   Notice for abatement or vacation of premises.
1278.04   Vacation and abatement hearings.
1278.05   Posting notice of vacation.
1278.06   Enforcement of vacation order by Police Chief.
1278.07   Enforcement through court proceedings.
1278.08   Privy vaults; cesspools.
1278.09   Unsanitary vaults.
1278.10   Removal of contents of vault.
1278.11   Deposit of dead animals, offal, etc., upon land or water.
1278.12   Draining slops.
1278.13   Domestic animals near habitation or water source.
1278.14   Water supply; sewage disposal.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Enforcement of State Health Department sanitary regulations - see Ohio R.C. 3701.56
   Nuisances - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 3767
   Animal nuisances - see GEN. OFF. 618.07, 618.13
   Noxious odors; filthy accumulations; polluting and diverting watercourses - see GEN. OFF. 660.04
   Garbage and rubbish collection and disposal - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 1060
   BOCA National Property Maintenance Code - see B. & H. Ch. 1480
1278.01   UNCLEAN HABITATIONS PROHIBITED.
   No person shall lease, let, permit the occupancy of, permit the continuation of the occupancy of, or continue the occupancy of, any structure or building, or any portion thereof, used for human habitation, unless such structure or building or portion thereof is free from unclean and unsanitary conditions, as defined in the subsequent sections of this chapter, and unless the provisions of such subsequent sections are complied with.
(Ord. 1983-35. Passed 4-11-84.)
1278.02   STANDARDS; DECLARATION OF NUISANCE.
   (a)   Any structure or building, or any portion thereof, used for human habitation shall be deemed to be in an unclean and unsanitary condition by reason of any portion of such building being infected with a communicable disease, by reason of the absence thereon of toilet facilities as required by law or ordinance, or by reason of the known presence of sewer gas therein or thereon.
   (b)   Any structure or building, or any portion thereof, used for human habitation shall be deemed to be in an unclean and unsanitary condition when it is unfit for human habitation or in a condition dangerous or harmful to the lives or health of the occupants by reason of the inhabited portion of the house being damp or wet, or by reason of such lack of repair, such accumulation of dirt, filth, litter, refuse or other offensive or dangerous substances or liquids, such defects in or lack of repair or improper use of the drainage, plumbing or ventilation, or the existence on the premises of such a nuisance or other condition, as is likely to cause sickness among the occupants. Any structure or building, or any portion thereof, used for human habitation, which is in such unclean or unsanitary condition is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance.
(Ord. 1983-35. Passed 4-11-84.)
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