§ 4-7.201 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   CITY. The City of Antioch.

   PERSONS. Individuals, firms, partnerships, and corporations.

   RUBBISH. Waste matter, litter, trash, refuse, debris, and dirt which is, or when dry may become, a fire hazard, or which is or may became a menace to health, or which is offensive to the senses.

   STREETS. Alleys, parkways, driveways, sidewalks, and areas between sidewalks and curbs.

   SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS or SUPER-INTENDENT. The Superintendent of Streets of the city, acting either directly or through properly authorized agents, such agents acting within the scope of the particular duties entrusted to them.

   WEEDS. Any of the following:

      (1)   Weeds which bear seeds of a downy or wingy nature;

      (2)   Sagebrush, chaparral, and any other brush or weeds which attain such large growth is to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent improved property;

      (3)   Weeds which are otherwise noxious or dangerous;

      (4)   Poison oak and poison ivy when the conditions of growth are such as to constitute a menace to the public health; and

      (5)   Dry grass, stubble, brush, litter, or other flammable material which endangers the public safety by creating a fire hazard.

('66 Code, § 4-7.201) (Ord. 152-C-S, passed 10-20-71)

ARTICLE 3: SPECIFICATION OF NUISANCES

§ 4-7.301 DECLARATION OF NUISANCES.

   The following conditions are hereby declared public nuisances:

   (A)   The existence on sidewalks, park strips, or streets in the city of grass, weeds, rubbish, refuse, dirt, or other obstructions; and

   (B)   The existence on any property, lands, lots, or parcels in the city of grass, weeds, rubbish, refuse, dirt, or other material dangerous or injurious to neighboring property or to the health or welfare of residents of the vicinity.

('66 Code, § 4-7.301) (Ord. 152-C-S, passed 10-20-71)

ARTICLE 4: ABATEMENT REQUIRED

§ 4-7.401 VIOLATIONS UNLAWFUL.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, permit, allow or suffer any violation of this chapter. If the property owner, property manager, or any other person exercising control of any lot or parcel of land on which any nuisance exists as described in this chapter fails to abate such nuisance in the time and manner set forth in a notice to abate, the City Manager or his or her designee may proceed to cause the abatement of the public nuisance by all legal means, including issuance of administrative citations and all other enforcement actions and remedies pursuant to § 1-2.01 of this code.

('66 Code, § 4-7.401) (Ord. 152-C-S, passed 10-20-71; Am. Ord. 1082-C-S, passed 11-28-06) Penalty, see §§ 1-2.01 et seq.