(A) Any boat or watercraft used as a residence or dwelling or occupied for any purpose by a human being or animal, which has been moored, maintained, or occupied, upon or near any river or stream or part thereof, within the corporate limits of the city for more than 24 hours without the permission in writing of the Zoning Administrator and Chief of Police is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(B) The Zoning Administrator and Chief of Police shall give notice to the occupant, owner, or person in charge of the boat or watercraft and to the owner of the land upon or adjacent to which it is moored, maintained, or occupied, to abate the nuisance within 24 hours after the giving of the notice, by removing the boat or watercraft from the corporate limits of the city. In the event the boat or watercraft is not removed from the corporate limits of the city within 24 hours after notice is given, it shall be the duty of the Zoning Administrator and Chief of Police to abate the nuisance by having the boat or watercraft removed from the corporate limits of the city. The expense of any removal shall be charged against the owners of the boat or watercraft thus removed. The expense shall be paid by the city out of the General Fund, and the amount so expended shall be recovered by the city by suit in any court of competent jurisdiction.
('83 Code, § 96.19) (Ord. 575, passed 8-4-41) Penalty, see § 10.99