A. Prohibition: It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or suffer to accumulate in or upon any yard, lot, place or premises owned or occupied by him, or for which he may be the agent, within the corporate limits of the City, any manure, stagnant or impure water, refuse, vegetables, decayed or decaying substances, slops, swill, garbage, scrap iron, junk, car bodies or filth of any kind, or permit or suffer such yard, lot, place or premises to be or remain in such condition as to cause or create a noisome or offensive smell or atmosphere, and the existence of such condition is hereby declared to be a nuisance and a violation of this chapter. Provided, that no person shall be prosecuted for a violation of this subsection unless such violation continues for twenty four (24) hours after he has received the notice provided in subsection B of this section. (1990 Code §6-608)
B. Notice And Abatement: Whenever the City shall have been informed of the violation of any of the provisions of subsection A of this section, he shall immediately make or cause to be made an examination of the yard, lot, place or premises on which it is charged that such violation is suffered or permitted, and if it is found that there is such a violation, he shall forthwith give or cause to be given, to either the owner, agent or occupant of such yard, lot, place or premises or to all of them, a notice in writing to abate such nuisance and to remove such manure, stagnant or impure water, refuse, vegetables, decayed or decaying substances, slops, swill, garbage, scrap iron, junk, car bodies, or filth of any kind, and if the same is not so removed within twenty four (24) hours after such notice, the Lewis County Sheriff shall cause the owner, occupant, or agent of such premises to be arrested, and if he shall be convicted, shall cause the same to be removed, and the expenses of the removal thereof shall be paid by the City in the first instance, but the same shall be taxed as part of the costs in such prosecution. (1990 Code §6-609)