The performance of any duty or the doing of any act enjoined, prescribed or required by the provisions of this chapter listed in section 71-1701, or by titles 17 through 21 inclusive of this article, may be enforced by a proceeding pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules at the instance of the department or of a local board of health, or of any citizen of full age resident of the municipality where the duty should be performed or the act done.
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