Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-05-31
Ordinance No. 1856
AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO NUISANCES AND
THEIR ABATEMENT AND
PRESCRIBING PUNISH
MENT THEREFOR.

MENT THEREFOR.
Be 1t Ordained by the Mayo
and Councilman of the City o
Baxter Springs:
SECTION l. RELATING To
PRIVIES. That the owner O
agent having charge of any tene
ment used as a dwelling or fol
lodging purposes, in the City o
Baxter Springs, which has not ,
privy with a substantial vault
not less than four feet in depth
with the banks well secured and
made tight so as to prevent the
contents from escaping, or with 6
portable water-tight box not less
than one and one-half feet deep
or which has not a patent earth
closet, or an enclosed cesspool ir
each of the above cases, sufficient
for the accommodation of the
dwellers and dodgers of such
premises, shall within thirty day:
from the taking effect of this
ordinance, furnish such premises
with a patent earth closet OF
enclosed cesspool or a privy
provided with a portable water
tight box or boxes not less than
one and one-half feet in depth, or
a substantial vault as provided
herein, and Of a size in each case
sufficient for the accommodation
of the occupants OF such premises,
and on failure so to do such
owner or agent shall be deemed
guilty Of a misdemeanor and on
conviction thereof be fined in a
sum not less than ten dollars
$1,000 and not more than
fifty dollars ($50.00) and costs OF
suit for each and every offense.
SECTION 2. CLEANING
PRIVY. The owner Of any privy
in the city of Baxter Springs,
or the owner or occupant of any
lot in said city, upon which any
privy is now located or may be
erected which is offensive
to any persons residing in the
neighborhood, shall remove or
cleanse, or cause the same to be
removed or cleaned, within five
days after notice hasbeen served
upon himby the city marshal, to
remove or cleanse the same, and
any person who shall neglect or
refuse to remove or cleanse any
privy as aforesaid shall be deemed
guilty Of an offense and on convic-
ton, shall be fined not less than
ten dollars and not more than
fifty dollars and costs of suit.
SECTION 8. OUTHOUSES,
GARDENS, etc. Any person or
persons occupying or having
charge of any house or part of
any house, clubhouse, garden,
back yard, cellar, privy, stable or
pig-pen within the limits of the
city Of Baxter Springs, who shall
suffer, permit or allow the same
to become filthy or unwholesome,
or annoying to any Of the inhabi-
tants of this city, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and on
conviction thereof fined not less
than ten dollars nor more than
fifty dollars and costs of suit.
SECTION 4. STAGNANT
WATER, ETC., NOT ALLOWED.
Any person or persons, owner or
agent, who shall place or permit
to remain on his or her premises,
in the city of Baxter Springs, any
filth, offal, decaying vegetable or
animal matter, or any excrement,
or any stagnant or standing water,
so rs to cause or create any foul,
unhealthy oroffensive smell in the
vicinity, or if any person, owner
or agent shall permit any filth,
decayed animal or vegetable
matter, or stagnant or standing
water, to remain in any cellar or
basement of his or her house or
houses, or if any person shall
in or carry on business on
his or her premises occupied by
such person, that shall cause or
produce noxious, unhealthy or
disagreeable and offensive smell
in the neighborhood to the annoy
ance of persons in the vicinity,
he or she shall be deemed guilty
Of creating or maintaining a
nuisance in the city, and shall,
on conviction, be fined for the