TITLE 7
HEALTH AND SANITATION
CHAPTER 1
MISCELLANEOUS SANITARY PROVISIONS
SECTION:
7-1-1: Stables Kept Clean And Wholesome; Nuisance
7-1-2: Privies Or Cesspools
7-1-3: Junk On Premises
7-1-1: STABLES KEPT CLEAN AND WHOLESOME; NUISANCE:
   A.   Maintain Premises: Every owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of any stable or place in which any horse or cattle, or any other animal shall be kept or of any place in which manure or any liquid discharge of such animal shall accumulate, shall cause such manure and liquid to be removed to some proper place, and shall at all times keep, or cause to be kept, such stable or place in a clean and wholesome condition. (1960 Code, Sec. 8-401)
   B.   Violation A Nuisance: The violation of any of the provisions of subsection A hereof is hereby declared to be a nuisance. (1960 Code, Sec. 8-402)
   C.   Penalty For Violations: Any person violating any of the provisions of subsection A hereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding the sum of twenty five dollars ($25.00). (1960 Code, Sec. 8-403)
   D.   Chief Of Police To Enforce: Whenever the chief of police shall be notified of the existence of any nuisance or the violation of any of the provisions of subsection A hereof, he shall immediately make or cause to be made an examination of the yard, lot, place, premises, street, sidewalk or alley on which it is charged that such nuisance is suffered or permitted, and if he finds such nuisance to exist thereon, he shall forthwith give or cause to be given either to the owner, agent or occupant of such yard, lot or premises, or to all of them, a notice to remove or abate such nuisances; and if such nuisance shall not be removed or abated within twenty four (24) hours, cause the owner, occupant of, or agent to be arrested and brought before the proper magistrate; and if the person or persons so arrested are convicted, the chief of police shall cause the nuisance to be removed or abated, and the chief of police is hereby authorized to remove any obstruction that it may be necessary to remove, in order to reach and remove or abate such nuisance. The expense of such removal of any nuisance by the chief of police shall be paid by the city in the first instance but the same shall be taxed upon and assessed against the property or premises chargeable therewith and certified up to the proper officer of the county and collected as other taxes. (1960 Code, Sec. 8-404)
7-1-2: PRIVIES OR CESSPOOLS:
   A.   Unlawful Where Sewer Available: It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any privy or cesspool appertaining to any property within the city where said property is accessible to any public sewer of the city. (1960 Code, Sec. 8-405)
   B.   Where Sewer Available: It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any privy or cesspool appertaining to any property within the city, where said property is not accessible to any public sewer of the city, in such a condition as to cause a noisome or offensive odor, or without screening or other construction adequate to keep out flies. (1960 Code, Sec. 8-406)
   C.   Violation A Misdemeanor: A violation of subsection A or B of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable as such. (1960 Code, Sec. 8-407)
   D.   Violations After Notice A Nuisance; Notice; Abatement:
      1.   Any privy or cesspool kept or maintained in the city for the space of three (3) days after notice hereinafter provided is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
      2.   In the event any privy or cesspool appertaining to any property within the city is kept or maintained where said property is accessible to any public sewer of the city, the city may give the owner of said property written notice to connect said property to the public sewer of the city within forty five (45) days. In the event any privy or cesspool appertaining to any property within the city not accessible to any public sewer of the city is kept or maintained in such a condition as to cause a noisome or offensive odor, or without screening or other construction adequate to keep out flies, the city may give the owner of said property written notice to remove or abate the same within fifteen (15) days.
      3.   The city may remove or abate any nuisance herein declared at the expense of the property upon which the same exists; and the expense thereof to the city may be certified to the proper officer of Minidoka County for collection as other taxes as provided by law. (1960 Code, Sec. 8-408)
7-1-3: JUNK ON PREMISES:
   A.   Definition: "Junk" is hereby defined to be any used material or any parts of material units which have become useless for the purpose for which said material was originally fabricated or manufactured. (1960 Code, Sec. 9-1101)
   B.   Violation A Misdemeanor: It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to keep, or to permit to be kept, any junk upon premises owned or occupied by him. (1960 Code, Sec. 9-1102)
   C.   Nuisance; Abatement: The keeping by any person of junk upon premises owned or occupied by him is hereby declared to be a nuisance. The city may remove or abate such nuisance at the expense of the property upon which the same exists after giving the owner thereof written notice to remove the same within fifteen (15) days, and the failure of said owner to remove or cause to be removed said nuisance within said time; and the expense thereof to the city may be certified to the proper officer of Minidoka County for collection as other taxes as provided by law. (1960 Code, Sec. 9-1103)