8.04.020: AUTHOR OF NUISANCE:
   A.   Where a nuisance exists upon property, and is the outgrowth of the usual, natural or necessary use of the property, the landlord thereof, or his agent, the tenant, or his agent, and all other persons having control of the property on which such nuisance exists, shall be deemed to be the authors thereof, and shall be equally liable therefor, but where any such nuisance shall arise from the unusual or necessary use to which such property may be put, or from business thereon conducted, then the occupants, and all other persons contributing to the contrivance of such nuisance, shall be deemed the authors thereof.
   B.   It shall be unlawful for any person so served as provided in this chapter to fail, refuse or neglect to comply with the notice within the time therein prescribed. (1986 Code)