In case of neglect or refusal of any person to abate any nuisance defined herein, after notice in writing has been served upon him as hereinafter provided and within the time in said notice specified, the Health Officer shall abate or procure the abatement thereof, and the expense of such abatement shall be collected from the person so offending.
In order to carry out the provisions of this Chapter, the Health Officer may serve a written notice upon the owner, occupant or agent of any lot, building or premises in or upon which any nuisance may be found, or upon him who may be the cause of such nuisance, requiring him to abate the same in such manner as the health officer may direct, and within a reasonable time to be fixed in the notice; and failure to give a notice as provided herein shall not relieve the author of any nuisance from the obligation to abate such nuisance, or from the penalty provided for the maintenance thereof. (1958 Code, ch. X, art. 4, sec. 16)