Tehachapi Municipal Code Ch. 8.20 Health Nuisances

Any person who, within the city limits, establishes or carries on any slaughterhouse, or who slaughters animals, or who keeps any number or hogs or other animals, or who permits any stable, privy or vault to accumulate filth or excrementitious matter so as to omit an offensive smell, to the annoyance of the neighborhood in the vicinity thereof; or who permits any cesspool or drainage to collect under his premises under his control, in such manner as to be offensive to the senses or prejudicial to the health or comfort of the inhabitants of the city or any portion thereof; or who places or permits to be on or remain upon premises under his control any slop, garbage, offal, filth, dirt, or any article or thing that emits an offensive odor, to the annoyance of the inhabitants in the vicinity; or who deposits any ashes, filth, rocks, sticks, wood, manure or other article or thing in any slough or conduit running through the city, so as to prevent the flow of water therein; or who throws or deposits any ashes, filth, rocks, sticks, wood, manure or any other article or thing upon the premises of another, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 20 § 19, 1910)

Any person who does any act, or causes, suffers or creates anything within the corporate limits of the city which is injurious to public health, or which prevents or obstructs the free and comfortable enjoyment of life or property, or is dangerous to surrounding property, is guilty of a nuisance and public nuisance, and a misdemeanor. The determination of what is injurious to public health, or which prevents or obstructs the free and comfortable enjoyment of life or property, or is dangerous to surrounding property will be made in accordance with the experience, expertise, and discretion of the building inspector and/or code enforcement officials. In addition to the penalty provided by law against the person guilty of a nuisance, and whether the penalty is enforced or not, such nuisance may be abated by the city in accordance with the nuisance abatement provisions of Chapter 8.28. The city may concurrently, separately, or consecutively utilize other methods of enforcement for ensuring compliance with applicable laws, including, but not limited to, civil remedies such as injunctions, criminal remedies such as prosecution, and other administrative remedies available under applicable law, including administrative citations under Section 1.16.065.

(Ord. 20 § 18, 1910)

(Ord. No. 09-02-701, § 1(g), 9-8-2009; Ord. No. 22-01-766, § 26, 1-18-2022)