Section 17-145. Dangerous buildings, places and things; declaration as nuisance

Whenever  any  building,  erection,   excavation,   premises,  business  pursuit,  matter  or  thing,  or  the  sewerage,  drainage  or
  ventilation thereof, in the city, in the opinion of the  board,  whether
  as  a  whole  or in any particular, shall be in a condition or in effect
  dangerous to life or health, and whenever there shall be growing on  any
  property  any ragweed or other species of weed, plant or growth which is
  noxious or detrimental to the public health,  or  the  seed,  pollen  or
  other  emanation  whereof,  when  carried  through  the air or otherwise
  dispersed, is noxious or detrimental to the public health, the board may
  take and file among its records what it shall regard as sufficient proof
  to authorize its declaration  that  the  same,  to  the  extent  it  may
  specify,  is  a public nuisance, or dangerous to life or health; and may
  thereupon enter the same in its records as a  nuisance,  and  order  the
  same to be removed, abated, suspended, altered, or otherwise improved or
  purified,  as  such  order shall specify. The borough presidents and the
  commissioner of transportation are authorized to furnish the  department
  with  information  in  writing as to properties and locations where such
  noxious weeds and growths may be found.