The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-09-20
Ordinance No. 223.

An ordinance enumerating public nuisances
providing punishment for creating, keeping
or maintaining the same, aud providing for
the removal and abatement thereof.
The City Council of the City of North Yakima
does ordain as follows:
SECTION l. II shall be unlawful for any per
son to expose offer for sale sell. within the
limits OF the City of North Yakima any damag-
ed. spoiled or tainted meats, fish, vegetables or
weeks old when slaughtered, or any kind Of dis.
food.
SEC. 2. IL shall be unlawful for any person to
cast or keep In or adjoining any avenue. street.
yard, lot. block or premise. within the City Of
North Yakima any bones, putrid, unsound, un.
wholesome or refuse meat of any kind, or any
skins, or the whole or part of any dead animal
which has become offensive. or any unsound.
putrid or unwholesome substance, offal, garb.
age. or offensive part of any animal
SEC. 3. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
suffer or permit any cellar. vanlt, drain, sewer,
controlled by him to become for any cause nsu-
seous, foul, offensive, or to become injurious to
the public health; or unpleasant or disagreeable
to adjacent residents or persons or to persons
passing along the public highway
SEC. L. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
cause or permit any nauseous. foul or putrid
liquid substance, or any substance likely TO be-
come nauseons, foul, putrid or offensive TO be
out of any premises into or upon any adjacent
premises or any public avenue, street, alley, or
public park.
SEC. 5. All distractions to streets, alleys.
crossings or sidewalks to the City of North Yak
lima and all excavations In or under the same
which are by ordinance prohibited, or which
may be made without lawful permission are
hereby declared to be nuisances, and the person
owning, renting, keeping or maintaining any
such hall be subject TO the penalties of this
ordinance.
sEc. 6. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
keep, use or maintain within the City of North
Yakima any sty, pen, stable, lot. place or prem
Uses in which hogs, cattle, horses or fowls may
be confined or kept in such q manner to be nsu-
seous, foul or offensive, or as from any cause to
be an annoyance to any community because OF
being improperly cared for.
SEC. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
place or cause to be placed in any of the public
avenues, streets. alleys or lanes any pole, post,
stone, block, pile of lumber, fence, rubbish,
glass, tin cans hotties, crockery, nails or other
rubbish or obstruction
SEC. s IL shall be unlaw full for any person to
keep house, room or other structure used q
resort, where women kept to dance or for pur-
poses of prostitution; or to keepa public house
or place Of resort where gambling is carried on
or permitted: or where drunkenness. gambling,
fighting. or breaches of the peace carried on
or permitted; aud the owners. keepers or per-
sons In charge thereof, and persons carrying on
such unlawful business, shall be subject to pen
alties prescribed by this ordinance.
SEC. O. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
erect or construct within the City OF North Yak
ina, or permit to stand or remain any insecure
or unsafe building. stack. wall. chimney, avn
ing, sign or other structure which, from its sit
nation, mode OF construction or otherwise may
be dangerous 10 persons or property, or for any
person to maintain in front, around or by their
premises any defective sidewalk which may be
used as a public thoroughfare, or constru tied in