It is hereby declared a menace to the public safety and a nuisance for any person to cause or permit the existence or storage in any place accessible to children of any abandoned or discarded refrigerator, icebox, ice chest, deep freeze or other airtight appliance or container of any kind, of a capacity of one and one-half (11/2) cubic feet or more, from which the lids, doors or other covers have not been removed or which cannot easily be opened by a child, by means of pushing only, from the inside thereof. (1972 Code)
7-1-2-7: JUNK:
It is declared to be a danger to public health and safety and a nuisance for any person to store, keep or maintain outside of a closed building any junk, parts, machinery or equipment unless the premises upon which the same are maintained is a properly licensed junkyard. (Ord. 86-12, 5-20-1986)
7-1-2-8: INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT:
(A) No person, whether as owner or lessee of a motor vehicle, or owner or otherwise in charge of premises within the city, shall park or locate, or permit the parking or location of, an inoperable motor vehicle or parts thereof, for more than seven (7) days outside of a garage or other enclosed building on any real property zoned for residential use or upon public property. At no time shall any vehicle of any type undergo disassembly of parts commonly called "stripping", or a major overhaul, including body work, on such property outside of a garage or other enclosed building. This section shall not apply to any motor vehicle located within a building when not in use, to any vehicle registered and licensed with the state as an antique vehicle, or to a motor vehicle on the premises of a place of business engaged in the wrecking or junking of motor vehicles or machinery. (Ord. 00-04-1, 6-6-2000)
(B) "Inoperable motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle from which the engine, wheels or other parts have been removed, or on which the engine, wheels or other parts have been altered, damaged or otherwise so treated as to render the vehicle incapable of being safely driven under its own motor power; and such definition also includes an unlicensed or unregistered motor vehicle, whether or not mechanically operable; provided, however, that this definition shall not be construed to include any motor vehicle which has been rendered temporarily incapable of being driven under its own power in order to perform ordinary service or repair operations. (Ord. 88-10, 2-2-1988)
7-1-2-9: DUST, CINDERS:
(A) It is hereby declared a menace to the public health and a nuisance for any person to cause or permit any operations that cause or permit any dirt, sand, gravel, cinders, ashes, earth or other similar materials to be hauled, moved, rolled, compacted, scraped, dragged or otherwise disturbed so as to cause or permit dust to be raised, blown or stirred through the operation of machinery or otherwise to the detriment of any person or property.
(B) Every person engaged in hauling any sand, dirt, cinders, ashes, earth or other similar materials or substances, or engaged in the moving, rolling, compacting, scraping, dragging or other disturbance of soil and the like, shall make adequate provision as often as is required to arrest and prevent such dust through the use of salts, oil, chemicals and other materials used and recommended for retarding or eliminating such dust, subject to the supervision and approval of the director of public works. (1972 Code)
7-1-2-10: SCAFFOLDING, LADDERS:
It is hereby declared a menace to the public safety and a nuisance for any person:
(A) To erect or use, or to cause or permit to be erected or used, any insecure or unsafe scaffold or ladder whereby the safety of persons working thereon or passing thereunder may in any way be endangered.
(B) To place or leave, or to cause or permit to be placed or left, any tools or articles on any such scaffold or ladder in such manner that the same may fall into any street, sidewalk or other public way, whereby the safety of persons passing thereunder may in any way be endangered. (1972 Code)