It is hereby made the duty of the Chief of Police of the city, either on personal knowledge or upon receipt of notice of the existence of any nuisance within the city mentioned in this chapter, to forthwith give notice in writing to the person or persons keeping, maintaining, or permitting such nuisances, or to the person or persons owing, occupying, or having control or possession of the premises where such nuisance is kept, maintained, or permitted, to immediately abate the same, and if such nuisance is not abated within 24 hours after the service of such notice, it shall be the duty of said officer to forthwith abate and remove the same at the expense of the city and for the expenses so incurred. Thereafter, the city may recover such expenses by a civil action for that purpose.
(Prior Code, § 4.0206)