§ 24-4. Responsibility of owners and agents.

The owners or agents, tenants or lessees of all residential homes, including rental units and commercial establishments, shall be responsible under the law for complying with the provisions of this chapter. In every multifamily residence occupied by two (2) or more families in which the owner does not reside, there shall be a responsible person designated as such by the owner. These persons and the owner shall be severally and jointly responsible for seeing that the following areas are free from solid waste; such areas to include the entire premises as well as the yards and one-half of the alley, street and/or easement adjoining such dwelling; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the owners or agents, if such owners or agents shall be able to and will point out to the delegated city authority any person or persons who have caused the unsanitary forbidden condition and provided that such owner or agent or any other witness he may produce shall execute an affidavit to this effect, and the affiant in such cases shall thusly become the voluntary witness for the city in its proceedings against such violators.

(Code 1953, § 20-3; Ord. No. C-68-35, § 1, 7-2-68; Ord. No. C-74-126, § 4, 11-19-74; Ord. No. C-76-4, § 3, 1-20-76; Ord. No. C-76-118, § 3, 1-4-77; Ord. No. C-99-2, § 1, 1-20-99)