§ 10-12-3. Dangerous conditions on premises.  


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  • No owner, tenant, lessee, occupant, or manager of any private, residential, commercial, industrial or publicly owned property within the city shall cause, keep or permit on such property excavations, corrosive chemicals, exposed electrical conduits, poisonous and highly flammable substances, unguarded operating machinery, or similar conditions, that because of their nature and ease of accessibility would be dangerous to small children and unsuspecting persons. Whenever such conditions exist, and when it is the determination of the health officer that such conditions constitute a threat to the life or safety of the citizens, it shall be his or her duty to require that the condition be made safe by modification, or made inaccessible to unauthorized and unsuspecting persons.

(Code 1967, § 22-11; Code 1985, § 20-7)