A. Definition: For the purpose of this section, the term "nuisance" is defined to mean any condition or use of premises or of building exteriors which are deleterious or injurious, noxious or unsightly, which includes, but is not limited to, keeping or depositing on or scattering over the premises any of the following:
1. Lumber, junk, trash or debris. (1980 Code § 10-331)
2. Abandoned, discarded or unused objects or equipment such as automobiles, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, cans, containers or other discarded items not currently in use. (1980 Code § 10-331; amd. 2010 Code)
B. Duty Of Maintenance: No person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge of any premises shall maintain or keep any nuisance thereon, nor shall any such person keep or maintain such premises in any manner causing substantial diminution in the value of the other property in the neighborhood in which such premises are located. (1980 Code § 10-332)
C. Storage Of Personal Property: Unsheltered storage of old, unused, stripped and junked machinery, implements, equipment or personal property of any kind which is no longer safely usable for the purposes for which it was manufactured, for a period of thirty (30) days or more within the town, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and dangerous to the public safety. (1980 Code § 10-333; amd. 2010 Code)
D. Abatement By Owners: The owner, owners, tenants, lessees or occupants of any lot within the town on which such storage, as defined in subsection C of this section, is made, and also the owner, owners or lessees of the above described personal property involved in such storage, shall jointly and severally abate such nuisance by its prompt removal into completely enclosed and secured yards or buildings to be used for such purposes, or otherwise remove such property from the town. (1980 Code § 10-334)