No owner of any lots of ground within the City, whether such lots have buildings or structures thereon or not, and whether or not such lots or premises or the buildings or structures thereon be occupied by another shall permit filth, manure, decayed fish, animal or vegetable matter or any other offensive or unwholesome substance to be or remain on such lots or premises, or permit stagnant water to be or remain on such lots or premises.
(1961 Code Sec. 1101.06)