The following subsections include, but do not limit, the conditions which are deemed to be nuisances in the City:
1. Offensive Smells. Erecting, continuing or using any building or other place for the exercise of any trade, employment or manufacture, which, by occasioning noxious exhalations, unreasonably offensive smells, or other annoyances, becomes injurious and dangerous to the health, comfort or property of individuals or the public.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 657.2[1])
2. Filth or Noisome Substance. Causing or suffering any offal, filth or noisome substance to be collected or to remain in any place to the prejudice of others.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 657.2[2])
3. Impeding Passage of Navigable River. Obstructing or impeding without legal authority the passage of any navigable river, harbor or collection of water.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 657.2[3])
4. Water Pollution. Corrupting or rendering unwholesome or impure the water of any river, stream or pond, or unlawfully diverting the same from its natural course or state, to the injury or prejudice of others.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 657.2[4])
5. Blocking Public and Private Ways. Obstructing or encumbering, by fences, buildings or otherwise, the public roads, private ways, streets, alleys, commons, landing places or burying grounds.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 657.2[5])
6. Billboards. Billboards, signboards and advertising signs, whether erected and constructed on public or private property, which so obstruct and impair the view of any portion or part of a public street, avenue, highway, boulevard or alley or of a railroad or street railway track as to render dangerous the use thereof. (See also Section 62.08)
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 657.2[7])
7. Storing of Flammable Junk. Depositing or storing of flammable junk, such as old rags, rope, cordage, rubber, bones and paper, by dealers in such articles within the fire limits of the City, unless in a building of fireproof construction. (See also Chapter 51)
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 657.2[10])
8. Air Pollution. Emission of dense smoke, noxious fumes or fly ash.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 657.2[11])
9. Weeds, Brush. Dense growth of all weeds, vines, brush or other vegetation in the City so as to constitute a health, safety or fire hazard. (See also Chapter 52)
(Code of Iowa, 657.2[12])
10. Dutch Elm Disease. Trees infected with Dutch Elm Disease. (See also Chapter 151)
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 657.2[13])
11. Airport Air Space. Any object or structure hereafter erected within one thousand (1,000) feet of the limits of any municipal or regularly established airport or landing place, which may endanger or obstruct aerial navigation including take-off and landing, unless such object or structure constitutes a proper use or enjoyment of the land on which the same is located.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 657.2[9])
12. Houses of Ill Fame. Houses of ill fame, kept for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness; gambling houses; places resorted to by persons participating in criminal gang activity prohibited by Chapter 723A of the Code of Iowa or places resorted to by persons using controlled substances, as defined in Section 124.101 of the Code of Iowa, in violation of law, or houses where drunkenness, quarreling, fighting or breaches of the peace are carried on or permitted to the disturbance of others.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 657.2[6])
13. Noise; Vibrations. All unnecessary noises and annoying vibrations.
14. Street Obstructions. Obstructions and excavations affecting the ordinary use by the public of streets, alleys, sidewalks or public grounds except under such conditions as are provided by ordinance.
15. Obstructing Traffic or Walks. Any use of property abutting on a public street or sidewalk or any use of a public street or sidewalk which causes large crowds of people to gather, obstructing traffic and free use of the streets or sidewalks.
16. Sound Equipment. The operation of any sound equipment, machine or amplifier amplifying sounds, music or talking of any kind within the City whether the same be located upon mobile equipment or permanently located. The Mayor may issue a permit upon the payment of one dollar ($1.00) under such reasonable restrictions as the Mayor may prescribe to permit and limit the use of such equipment.
17. Parking of Garbage Collection Vehicles. The parking of collection vehicles, whether commercial or private, containing refuse, solid waste, or garbage as such terms are defined in Chapter 105, in or within 500 feet of a residential area for a period of more than two hours except in cases of mechanical breakdown or other emergency; or in the case of empty collection vehicles the parking of same in or within 100 feet of a residential area for a period of more than two hours except in cases of mechanical breakdown or other emergency.
18. Continuing Violation. Any violation of this Code of Ordinances, herein designated as a misdemeanor, in which a continuing offense can only be cured through abatement is a nuisance.