The evening leader., 1918-11-22

dangerous to its occupants, or to oc-
cupants of surrounding buildings, or
to become dangerous on account of
fire or other reasons, or to be and
remain a menace to public health, and
any and all such buildings shall be,
and the same are hereby, declared to
be nuisance.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
city marshal, of the city of Tarpon
Springs, to report to the city council
of said city, at any regular or special
meeting of said council, any violation
OF Section 1 of this ordinance, giving
the description of the property, the
name of the owner or agent, and
general description of the building; or
buildings situated thereon, and the
condition of said building or
buildings, whereupon it shall be
the duty of said city coun-
Gil, before its next regular meeting,
to personally inspect said building or
buildings, and if the same be found
to be a nuisance and in violation of
Section / of this ordinance, it shall
be the duty of said city council to at
once pass resolution declaring said
building or buildings situated on said
premises nuisance, and directing
that copy of said resolution be serv-
ed by the city marshal upon the owner
or agent of said property, requiring
the owner, or agent, of said building
to show cause, at the next regular
meeting of the city council, why the
same should not be abated, and should
the owner or agent of said building,
or buildings, at the said next regular
meeting of the city council, fail, ne
-glect and refuse to show sufficient
cause why said nuisance should not be
abated and said building or buildings
removed or destroyed, tnen the city
council shall pass a resolution order
ing said building or buildings to be
removed or destroyed, copy of which
resolution shall be served upon the
owner or agent. of said building or
buildings. And in case the owner or
agent of said building, or buildings,
shall not remove or destroy the same
within thirty days after the service
upon such owner or agent of a copy
of said resolution it shall be the duty
of the mayor to order the city mar
shal to remove or destroy said build
ing or buildings, and to do so at the
expense of the owner.
Sec. 8. In the event personal serv-
ice cannot be made upon the owner or
agent of property, as provided for in
Section 2 of this ordinance, by reason
of non-residence of said owner OF
owners, having no agent in the cit!
of Tarpon Springs, then it shall be tn,
duty of the city marshal to post copie
.4of the notice and resolution, ass pro
vided for in section 2 of this lordin
ance, upon the property declared t.
be a nuisance, and such service shal
be held sufficient notice to the owne
of said property and to warrant th'
removal and destruction Of said prop
. erty by the city marshal, under di
rection of the mayor of said city, al
the expense of the owner, or owners
Sec. A. Any person, or persons
firm or corporation owning property
in the city Of Tarpon Springs, OF
agent therefor, who shall violate or
permit the violation of section 1 of
this ordinance, and shall fail to re-
move or destroy any building, or
buildings, which have been condemned
and declared to be a nuisance by the
city council by resolution duly passed,
within thirty days after receiving a