Whenever conditions in, under or outside any building provide harborage for rats,
the code official is empowered to notify in writing the owner or occupant to remove,
abate, suspend, alter or otherwise correct such rat harborage within the time specified
in the notice, which in no event shall be less than 15 days, or within the time to
which a written extension may have been granted. Failure to comply with this notice
within the time specified shall be punished as provided in section 1-1-7 of this code. (Code 1963, Sec. 26-6; Ord. No. 3931, 6/14/97, Sec. 1)