§ 150.565 NUISANCES AND ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES.
   (A)   Any and all of the following conditions are hereby specifically declared to be nuisances dangerous to the public health:
      (1)   All sewage, human excreta, wastewater, garbage, or other organic wastes deposited, stored, discharged, or exposed in such a manner that makes it a potential instrument or medium in the transmission of disease to or between a person or persons;
      (2)   Any vehicle or container used in the transportation of human excreta or other organic material which is defective and allows leakage or spilling of contents;
      (3)   Any overflowing septic tank or similar device, including surface discharge from or groundwater contamination by a component of a private on-site sewage facility or a blatant discharge from such a facility;
      (4)   The maintenance of any open or over-flowing private on-site sewage facility which permits access to waste by insects or other possible carriers of disease;
      (5)   The deposit, storage, discharge, or disposal of sewage in a manner that emits noxious odors; or
      (6)   The failure to promptly investigate and pump out or repair any private on-site sewage facility after its warning device, alarm or monitoring system has been activated or has indicated that the facility is likely to overflow or is leaking or malfunctioning.
   (B)   Every person possessing any place in or on which there is a nuisance shall, as soon as its presence comes to his knowledge, proceed at once and continue to abate said nuisance.
   (C)   Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the city from taking appropriate action to abate any nuisance that poses a threat to public health, safety or welfare as authorized by state law or other city ordinance.