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A. It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any drainage system, canal, ditch, conduit or other watercourse of any kind or nature, natural or artificial, to become so obstructed as to cause the water to back up and overflow therefrom, or to become unsanitary.
B. Maintenance of any such watercourse in such condition shall constitute a nuisance and the same shall be subject to abatement. (1980 Code § 10-316)
A. Weeds Defined: Weeds shall include any vegetation commonly referred to as a weed or which shall have been designated a noxious weed by the state commissioner of agriculture.
B. Standard Of Weed Control; Removal of Cut Weeds:
1. It is hereby declared that the above stated weeds constitute a nuisance when they create a fire hazard, a source of contamination or pollution of the water, air or property, a danger to health, a breeding place or habitation for insects or rodents or other forms of life deleterious to humans or are unsightly or deleterious to their surroundings.
2. The cut weeds shall be removed from the premises within forty-eight (48) hours after cutting.
C. Penalty: It shall be an infraction and, upon conviction, subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code, for any person owning or occupying real property to not remove from such property any cuttings of such weeds or any refuse, unsightly or deleterious objects after having been given notice as provided in Title 12. (1980 Code §§ 3-321, 3-323, 10-322; amd. 2010 Code; Ord. 2023-O-4, 2-14-2024)
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)
Any owner, occupant or person having an interest in property subject to this chapter who shall fail to comply with the notice or order given pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code. (1980 Code § 10-359; amd. 2010 Code; Ord. 2024-O-4, 2-14-2024)