(a) Watchman Required.
(1) Any person or persons owning, maintaining, operating, collecting rents for, or having any legal or equitable interest in any vacant and open building, or any uncompleted abandoned building, or any vacant or boarded-up building or any otherwise enclosed vacant building must have a night watchman on duty upon the premises on which any one of such aforementioned building is situated every day continuously between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., unless the building has been secured by methods approved by the City Building Inspector.
(2) Such watchman required under the provisions of this Section shall remain on duty daily during the required hours until such building is either occupied or razed.
(b) Penalty.
(1) Any person found guilty of a violation of this shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.00 for each offense.
(2) Each day that a violation of this Section continues shall be considered a separate and distinct offense.
(Ord. 1778. Passed 7-10-18.)