§ 11-56. Responsibility of owners or agents for keeping areas free of garbage, trash, etc.; notice of violations.

(a)

Generally. The owners or agents, tenants or lessees of all property, whether improved or unimproved, shall be responsible for complying with the provisions of this section. The owners, agents, tenants or lessees shall be severally and jointly responsible for keeping the following areas free from garbage and refuse at all times, exclusive of those periods immediately prior to collection as permitted in this article, said areas to include the entire premises as well as the yards and one-half of the alley right-of-way, street right-of-way and/or easement adjoining such dwelling; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the owners or agents if such owners or agents shall be able and will point out to the delegated city authority any person who has caused the unsanitary or illegal condition and provided that such owner or agent or any other witness he may produce executes an affidavit to this effect and the affiant in such cases shall thus become the voluntary witness for the city in its proceedings against such person.

(b)

Notice of violation. After issuance of warning either verbally or in writing to property owners, their agents, tenants or lessees, wherever violations of this section are found, the city shall give the violators twenty-four (24) hours, within which to correct the violation and shall state the penalty for failure to comply. If at the end of twenty-four (24) hours, inspection of said property reveals the violation to be continuing, the owner, agent, lessee and/or tenant shall receive a summons requiring the aforesaid person responsible to appear at a stated date and time in the court of proper jurisdiction to answer charges of violation of this section.

(Ord. No. 83-1, 1-20-83)