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Meridian Code of Ordinances § 16-64
in effectSec. 16-64. - Same—Form; officers authorized to issue.
The notice required by the preceding section may, in all cases, be in a form similar to that specifically provided by section 16-74 of this chapter, for the removal of nuisances occasioned by unclean and filthy premises, and may be given:
(1) By the chief of police or any police officer, the county health officer or an agent of the county health department, in all cases of nuisances considered as dangerous and detrimental to the health of the city, or of the neighborhood in which same may be, or offensive on account of unsanitary conditions;
(2) By the chief of police, any police officer or by the building official, in all cases where the thing considered to be a nuisance is a building awning, wall or other similar structure, or a part of a building or other such structure, the existence or condition of which is regarded as rendering it, by reason of dilapidation, defective construction, or other similar cause, unsafe and dangerous to life or liable to work material hurt to any person, or to any person's property;
(3) By the chief of police, any police officer, the building official, in all cases where the thing considered as being a nuisance is a telegraph, telephone, electric light or electric street railway pole or wire, or other electrical construction, the existence, condition or construction of which is regarded as rendering it unsafe and dangerous to life or liable to do material injury to person or property;
(4) By the chief of police or any police officer, the chief of the fire department or any member of the fire department, in all cases where the matter or thing complained of is sparks from engines or elsewhere, rubbish, trash or refuse, oil, gunpowder, or any other inflammable material or substance, considered a nuisance, in dangerous proximity to buildings, and by reason of its character or situation, endangering the safety of property;
(5) By the chief of police or any police officer in any and all other cases requiring a notice.
(Code 1962, § 17-70)
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_S16-64SAOROFAUISFetched: 11/1/2026