(a) No person shall cause, allow, permit or suffer to exist an open unenclosed well, cistern, cellar, hole or excavation, which may be dangerous to small children roaming on lots not so enclosed as to prevent their so doing, or a cellar or excavation containing water under an old building or a pool of standing stagnant water, or a dangerous approach on a street or unenclosed lot. A violation of this subsection is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(b) Upon complaint made in writing to the Chief of Police, the Chief shall give written notice to the owner of the lot in question or, if the owner is unknown or absent, then to the occupant of such lot, to abate the nuisance complained of within one week after receipt of such notice. At the end of such period, the Chief shall investigate such nuisance and if he or she finds that it has not been abated by having been placed in a safe and sanitary condition, then he or she shall make a complaint or cause the same to be done for the purpose of prosecuting the owner or occupant for a violation of this section.
(Ord. 31. Passed 5-17-1898.)