4-2-6: REMOVAL OF PROHIBITED CONDITIONS:
   A.   Responsibility Of Owner: It shall be sufficient proof for the purpose of securing a conviction under the terms of this chapter that any such solid waste or other offensive matter is shown to have been found improperly packed or at any unauthorized place as specified hereinabove, or to have been found in, upon or adjacent to the grounds or premises used or occupied by such person that are charged with violation of the terms of this chapter whether such premises are owned, rented, leased or otherwise held or occupied in any manner and any such owners, occupants, tenants or lessees aware of, or who should have been aware of, the presence of the solid waste which has been improperly disposed of are declared to be personally responsible under this chapter for any such refuse, solid waste or offensive matter so thrown, located, placed or found. (Ord. A-27, 10-17-1949; amd. Ord. A-204, 2-20-1973)
   B.   Removal Authority: The city manager, the public works director or the fire chief shall have power and they are empowered and authorized to order by printing, posting or by written personal notice, to order the agent, tenant or owner to remove from his premises or the streets and alleys adjacent thereto, any rubbish or filth which in the judgment of any of these officers, is a menace to public health or hazardous in case of fire.
   C.   Removal By City: In case the rubbish is not removed within the time specified in the notice and order, any of the officers shall have the power to cause the rubbish to be removed at the cost of the city. (Ord. 112, 4-19-1915)
   D.   Lien On Premises: The cost for the removal of such rubbish, when duly approved by the city council, shall be a lien against the property from which such matter was deposited, and the city clerk is authorized to certify the cost to the county clerk for collection along with those taxes and other legal charges against the property. (Ord. 112, 4-19-1915; amd. Ord. 126, 5-15-1917)