(A) The owner, occupant or person in control of any building, fence, porch, steps, gallery or other obstruction which is now or may hereafter be erected or placed upon any street, avenue, alley or sidewalk or other public ground of the city, shall remove the same upon written notice of the Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements, and any person failing or refusing to comply with such notice within ten days after being so notified shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
('71 Code, § 9-1-12)
(B) Whenever the owner, occupant or person in control of any building, fence or other obstruction upon any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk or public ground in the city shall refuse or neglect for a period of ten days after notice as prescribed in the preceding section to remove the same, or if the owner, occupant or person in control cannot be readily found for the purpose of such notice, the said Commissioner shall remove or cause to be removed such obstruction, and the expense thereof shall be recoverable from such owner, occupant or person in control. Every person who shall oppose or resist the execution of said Commissioner in such regard shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
('71 Code, § 9-1-13) Penalty, see § 97.999