Sec. 11-48. Same--Complaints; investigation; prosecution.

If a public nuisance shall be committed within the city limits, any person affected thereby may make complaint in writing specifying the nature of such nuisance, the location thereof, and the name of the person committing the same, to the health officer; and it shall then be the duty of the health officer to examine the premises complained of as a nuisance. If, in his judgment, such nuisance exists, the health officer shall make or cause to be made a complaint against the person committing such nuisance, or permitting the same to exist upon any premises occupied, used, owned or controlled by such person before the proper court of competent jurisdiction to try such complaint, and shall cause such complaint to be prosecuted before such court.

(1953 Code, ch. 18, § 39)

Sec. 11-49. Public property; injuring.

Any person who shall negligently, willfully or maliciously injure, pull down or in any manner break or destroy any signpost or board containing the name or number of any street in the city, or who shall pull down, obliterate, deface or destroy any house or door number placed upon any house or door in the city, or who shall mutilate, deface or in any manner destroy, or who shall attempt to mutilate, deface or in any manner destroy any public fountain, bench, music stand or any property belonging to the city shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(1953 Code, ch. 18, § 40)

   Cross References: Injuring or tearing up pavement or sidewalks, § 25-1 et seq.

Sec. 11-50. Boarding, alighting from moving trains.

It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a railroad employee, a passenger or person intending to become a bona fide passenger, or an officer of the law, to get on or off an engine or car upon any railroad while such engine or car is in motion. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

(1953 Code, ch. 18, § 41)

Sec. 11-51. Reserved.

   Editors Note: Ord. No. 4553, § 1, adopted Aug. 23, 1976, specifically amended the Code by repealing § 11-51, which had pertained to trains blocking railroad crossings. The section had been derived from the 1953 Code, ch. 18, § 42.

Sec. 11-52. Loitering, congregating about railroad yards.

It shall be unlawful for any person, other than railroad employees, to assemble, congregate or gather, or to remain idly loitering in or about any railroad freight depot, warehouse or railroad yard, or where railroad cars are being loaded, unloaded, repaired or iced, unless such person has the express permission of the owner or lessee in possession or use of such railroad property so as to assemble, congregate or gather, or loiter.

(1953 Code, ch. 18, § 43)

Sec. 11-53. Soliciting passengers or baggage at railways or hotels.

It shall be unlawful for any person to enter in or upon any depot, depot ground, hotel or hotel ground for the purpose of soliciting passengers or baggage to be transported or carried in any manner, without the consent of the owner of such ground or the person in charge thereof.

(1953 Code, ch. 18, § 45)

Sec. 11-54. Urinating or defecating in public.

It is unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in a public place, or in any place exposed to public view, except an established lavatory or toilet.

(Ord. No. 5340, § 3, 4-6-81)

   Editors Note: Ord. No. 4554, § 1, adopted Aug. 23, 1976, specifically amended the Code by repealing § 11-54 which pertained to spitting. The section had been derived from the 1953 Code, ch. 18. § 46. Subsequently, 3 of Ord. No. 5340, adopted Apr. 6, 1981, enacted a new § 11-54.