(A) The jurisdiction of the Board of Health shall be coextensive with the corporate limits of the city.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Board of Health from time to time to examine the sanitary conditions of the city, and whenever the Board shall ascertain that any accumulations of filth, vegetable, or animal substance exists at any place within the city or its jurisdiction, which on account of its decomposition or foulness the Board shall find tends to produce disease, or facilitates the multiplication of germs of any disease, or in anywise infects or contaminates any cistern or water supply, the Board shall issue its order commanding the owner of the premises on which the filth or substance may be found, to immediately remove the same and make a complete disposal of the same; and if such owner fails forthwith to obey such order, such removal and disposal shall be made by the Board and the expense thereof paid by such owner. If any structure or building by the accumulation of filth and decay of its substance be found by the Board within the city to be the source or center of infection or spreading of the germs of any infections or contagious disease, or be found by the Board to constitute a public health nuisance, the Board of Health shall order its immediate removal and destruction, such order to be addressed to the owner of the premises, whereupon such building or structure shall be found, and on his or her refusal or neglect to forthwith remove the same from the jurisdiction of the city, the same shall be destroyed and removed by the Board and such owner shall pay the cost of such removal and destruction. It is hereby made the duty of every person who may have knowledge of the existence of any such accumulation of filth, vegetable, or animal matter or any such structure or building, as specified in this section, immediately upon obtaining such knowledge, to notify the Board of Health thereof.
(Prior Code, § 94.03) (Ord. passed 9-19-1939)