The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-01-16
AN ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE
Against Keeping or Maintaining Worn
Out Machinery, Unsishtiy Piles Of
Iron, Debris, Rubbish, Etc, and Re.
moving Buildings From One Lot to
Another Within the Limits Of the
City Of Valley City, North Dakota.
Be 1t Ordained by the City Council of
the City of Valley City:
Section l. It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to
have, keep or maintain any worn out
engine or engines, separator or separa-
tors, threshing outfits, or any quantity
of worn out machinery, implements or
vehicles, unsightly piles of debris,
iron or rubbish of any kind, character
or nature, within the limits OF the city
of Valley City, unless the same is
kept within a building or a properly
enclosed shed. Provided also that no
buildings shall be removed from one
location to another, either on the same
lot Or to different lots, within the linn
its of the city of Valley City, without
first obtaining permission from the
City Council in session by the appli-
cant first making application setting
forth the location on which the build
ing stands and the new location to
which it is sought to be removed.
Section 2. In case there is no claim
ant or owner of the stuff in this ordi-
nance specified or in the event that
the City Council shall deem it more
effective or expeditions in any case the
city council is hereby given the power
to declare any of the stuff mentioned
in Section 1 of this Ordinance pub
lie nuisance, and upon twenty-four
hours written notice having first been
given to any owner or keeper thereof,
in case there be any, that the same
has been declared a public nuisance
by the said City Council, the said nui-
sance shall be removed or abated by
the owner or holder of said property,
or person having the said property in
charge, if any, and in case of his or
their failure to remove or abate the
same within twenty-four hours after
said notification, the Chief of Police
shall cause said nuisance to be remov.
ed or abated at the expense of the city,
and for such expense so incurred the
City may recover by civil
suit in the name of the said city Of
the party delinquent in that regard
double the actual expenses so incurred
in abating or removing said nuisance.
Provided further, that in case there is
no owner or keeper or cla1pant of the
property so declared a nuisance, then
the Chief of Police shall notify the
owner of the land upon which the nui-
sance is maintained, or his tenant, if
any, to remove the same as hereinbe-
fore specified, and in case he fails, re-
fuses or neglects to do so within the
time iereinbefore stated, the Chief of
Police shall then proceed to remove
and abate the nuisance by taking such
stuff into his possession and holding
the same for a period of thirty days,
subject to claim by the owner, should
any appear, and if at the end Of said
time no claim is made for the return
of said stuff, the same shall be dis
posed Of as may be directed by the
Mayor and City Council.
Section 3. Any person, firm or cor.
poration violating any Of the provis.
ions of this ordinance shall, upon con.
viction thereof, pay fine of not less
than Ten Dollars (s10.0W nor more
than One Hundred Dollars (s10).00);
or be imprisoned in the City Jail not
less than five days nor more than
thirty days for each and every Of
Tense; and every twenty-four hours
after notice is given, and the stuff is
permitted to remain, shall constitute a
distinct and separate offense.
Read the first time Dec. 2, 1912.
Read the second time Jan. 10, 1913.
Passed, Jan. 10, 1913.
Approved, Jan. 10, 1913.
l.. S. PLATOU,
Mayor of Valley City, N. D.
Attest:
NJ. J. BOYD, -a ,