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For the purposes of this chapter, the existence of any one of the following conditions is declared to constitute a health and safety hazard:

A. The maintenance of any barn, stable, chicken yard or manure pile in such manner that the same is a breeding place for flies or liable to become such;

B. The maintaining of a privy on any lot or premises abutting on a street in which a sewer is laid unless said privy is connected with the sewer;

C. The maintaining of any pool of water in such manner that the same is a breeding place for mosquitoes or liable to become such;

D. The maintaining or carrying on of bone boiling, fat rendering, soap making, manufacture of chemicals or any other trade or manufacture, in such a manner as to be a menace to the public health through improper or inadequate disposal of dust, wastes and fumes;

E. The keeping of any building, or any part of a building, which on account of its dilapidated condition or of its occupancy by any person or persons afflicted with communicable diseases, or by filthy tenants, may endanger the life or health of residents therein or in the vicinity thereof;

F. The maintenance, conduct or carrying on or assisting in the maintenance, conduct or carrying on of any business, yard, establishment or place in such a manner that dust in large and unusual quantities is accumulated or caused, without sprinkling with oil or water said yard, establishment or place with sufficient frequency and to sufficient extent to lay and settle such dust and prevent the same from spreading or being blown on the public right-of-way or the premises of other persons;

G. The maintenance of any attractive condition which may prove detrimental to children, whether in a building, on the premises of a building or upon unoccupied land. This includes, but is not limited to, any abandoned wells, abandoned ice boxes or refrigerators, shafts, basements or excavations; any abandoned or inoperative vehicles; any structurally unsound fences or structures, or any lumber, trash, fences, debris or vegetation which may prove a hazard for inquisitive children;

H. The maintenance, ownership, or control over any sidewalk, gutter, curb, or driveway in a state of deterioration, disrepair or damage caused by tree roots, traffic, erosion, exposure to the elements, age, or any other cause whatsoever. To remedy any defective sidewalk, gutter, curb, or driveway, the Assistant City Manager for Public Works, or their designee, shall have the authority to instigate and process abatement procedures pursuant to Berkeley Municipal Code Section 11.40.010 et seq. (as amended from time to time) as if they were chief of environmental health. (Ord. 5857-NS § 1, 1988: Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 8 § 2, 1976)