5-1-5: VIOLATIONS:

   A.   It is unlawful for any person, association or corporation, or its officers to:

      1.   Violate, disobey or disregard the provisions of the public health laws or the requirements of any lawful notice, order, standard, rule or regulation issued pursuant to such laws;

      2.   Violate, disobey or disregard the provisions of any notice or order issued by the Board of Health, or any authorized officer or agent of the board;

      3.   Fail to make or file reports required by law or rule of the board relating to the existence of disease or other facts and statistics relating to the public health;

      4.   Willfully and falsely make or alter any certificate or certified copy issued pursuant to the public health laws; or

      5.   Fail to remove or abate from private property under the control of the person, association or corporation at their own expense, any nuisance, source of filth, cause of sickness, dead animal, health hazard or sanitation violation within the jurisdiction of the Board of Health, whether such person, association or corporation shall be the owner, tenant or occupant of such private property. Such removal or abatement, if lawfully ordered, shall be accomplished within the time provided in the notice of violation or in the enforcement order.

   B.   Any person, association or corporation, or its officers, who violates this section or rules or regulations adopted by the Board of Health may be prosecuted administratively as provided in title 16 of this Code, and/or as a Class B misdemeanor. In addition, such person, association or corporation, or its officers, shall be liable for any expense incurred in removing or abating any nuisance, source of filth, cause of sickness, dead animal, health hazard or sanitation violation.

   C.   Conviction under this section or any other public health law shall not relieve the person convicted from civil liability for any act which was also a violation of the public health laws.

   D.   Each day of the violation of this section or rules or regulations adopted by the Board of Health may be a separate violation. (2001 Code § 50-2-205; amd. 2009 Code; Ord. 09-21, 7-14-2009; Ord. 12-10, 4-25-2012, eff. 7-1-2012; Ord. 19-10, 2-27-2019; Ord. 22-09, 4-27-2022)