Unsanitary conditions constituting nuisances—Specified.
Meridian Code of Ordinances § 16-72
in effectSec. 16-72. - Unsanitary conditions constituting nuisances—Specified.
Any premises or grounds anywhere within the corporate limits of the city, occupied or unoccupied, especially any privy or vault, or any lot or stable where animals are kept, being, by reason of any kind of filth or stagnant water accumulating thereon, or from any other cause, in any unsanitary condition to such extent as is calculated to endanger the life or health of the citizens of the city, or of the neighborhood in which the same may be, or calculated to produce or aggravate sickness or disease, or to such extent as to be offensive to the sight or smell of persons residing or being in the neighborhood, are hereby declared to be nuisances, subject to being dealt with as hereinafter provided.
(Code 1962, § 17-78)
Source: City of Meridian, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/meridian/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH16OFMIPR_ARTIINU_S16-72UNCOCONUPEFetched: 11/1/2026
