A. Refuse; Stagnant Water Prohibited: No person shall permit or suffer to be in or accumulate in, or upon any yard, lot, place or premises, or upon any street or sidewalk adjacent to or abutting upon any lot, block, place or premises, or in any building or shed owned or occupied by him or for which he may be an agent, within the city limits, any stagnant or impure water, refuse, vegetable decay or decaying substance, garbage or filth of any kind, nor suffer any yard, lot, place, building or premises to be or to remain in such condition as to cause or create a noisome or offensive smell, or to pollute or render unhealthful the atmosphere or the premises or thereby to be, become, cause or create a public nuisance. (2003 Code § 7-02-06)
B. Penalty: Any person who shall fail to clean up said premises and to abate such nuisance and cease to violate subsection A of this section for forty eight (48) hours after having received notice from the chief of police so to do, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-3 of this code. (2003 Code § 7-02-07; amd. 2012 Code)