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Sec. 7-1. - Enforcement of state law.#
The building inspection division is hereby authorized and directed to enforce the provisions of the state statutes applicable within the city, relative to health and sanitation.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 7-1)
Sec. 7-2. - Access to premises, buildings for sanitary inspections.#
For purposes of sanitary inspection, the building inspection division officer and every person authorized by him shall have free access to any part of every building and premises within the city.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 7-3)
Sec. 7-3. - Disposition of rubbish, garbage, etc.#
(a)
Generally. No person shall throw, place, deposit or permit any person under his control or employment to throw, place or deposit any putrid substance, filth of any kind, garbage, rubbish, refuse, piles, old lumber or other rat harborage or any unwholesome material in or upon any vacant lot, alley, lane, sidewalk, street, canal, lake, river or upon any private lot or public ground within the city. Refuse, as stated in this subsection, shall be defined to include discarded materials such as pallets in commercial form generated by residential, institutional, commercial, industrial and agricultural sources.
(b)
Disposal of decomposable organic matter, discarded receptacles and combustible matter. It shall be unlawful for any person, either as owner, lessee, agent, tenant or otherwise, to throw or deposit or cause or permit to be thrown or deposited any decomposable organic matter which might create a nuisance or act as a breeding place for flies, mosquitoes or other insects or as a food for rats or other rodents, any discarded receptacle capable of holding water or any other liquid which might serve as a breeding place for flies, mosquitoes or other insects or any combustible matter which might serve to increase the fire hazard of neighboring property in or upon any vacant lot or land located within the city, except at such places as may from time to time be designated or provided by the city council.
(c)
Depositing trash, ashes, etc., in places other than landfill areas. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit upon, cause to be deposited upon or permit to be accumulated upon any premises other than those designated as landfill areas any trash, paper, dirt, mud, ashes, sand, glass, leaves, debris, grass, weeds, or other materials or allow the overgrowth of grass, noxious weeds and other vegetation, provided that it shall not be unlawful to sprinkle sand, cinders and the like upon icy sidewalks and crosswalks.
(d)
Discharge of polluted, contaminated waste on streets, etc. It shall be unlawful to discharge any commercial or industrial water or any polluted or contaminated waste upon the sidewalks, streets, alleys or gutters within the city.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, §§ 7-4, 10-2—10-4)
Sec. 7-4. - Order to vacate dangerous buildings.#
The building inspection division may order the vacating of any building when satisfied that it is unfit for a dwelling because it is infected or because it is in any way dangerous to the health of the occupants. A notice of such vacating must be served on the occupants of such building, and also served on the owner, agent or lessee. Such notices may be served by any police officer of the city. If the person so notified shall neglect or refuse to move from such building within the time specified in the notice, the community relations officer of the police department is hereby authorized and empowered to forcibly remove him.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 7-5)
State Law reference— Notice to vacate unfit dwellings, G.L. 1956, §§ 23-19-8, 23-273-124.2 et seq.
Sec. 7-5. - Violation to constitute nuisance.#
Any violation of this chapter shall constitute a nuisance. Such nuisance shall be abated pursuant to sections 10-2 and 10-3.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 7-6)