The following standards are established to regulate the maintenance of all properties, land uses and structures within the city.
(A) Property maintenance. All properties within the city shall be kept and maintained in a clean, neat, orderly, operable and usable condition that is safe both to occupants and passers-by. This requirement applies to buildings, portions of buildings, paving, fences, walls, landscaping, water, earth and any other structure or natural feature.
(B) Building and structure maintenance. All buildings and structures shall be kept and maintained as follows in a manner that does not detract from the appearance of the immediate neighborhood and that protects the health, safety and welfare of the use, occupants and the general public:
(1) Buildings and structures shall be maintained in such a manner to prohibit dry rot, warping, termite infestation, decay, cracking, peeling or chalking to ensure that the building is not unsafe, unsightly or in a state of disrepair.
(2) Building exteriors, driveways, chimneys, gutters, downspouts, sidewalks and walkways shall be maintained in such a manner to prohibit broken, deteriorated, substantially defaced, structurally unsound or other similar conditions to ensure that such structures are not dangerous, defective or unsightly.
(3) Structurally unsafe buildings, including, but not limited to, those with known fire hazards, faulty weather protective roofs, broken window and doors, partially constructed structures, unoccupied and open buildings, abandoned signs and damaged buildings shall be demolished, removed or fenced to prevent public access or harm.
(4) Maintenance of premises shall be in harmony or conformity with the maintenance standards of adjacent properties to prohibit substantial diminution of the enjoyment, use or property values of adjacent properties.
(C) Fence and wall maintenance. All fences and walls shall be kept and maintained as follows in a manner that does not to detract from the appearance of the immediate neighborhood, and that protects the health, safety and welfare of the user, occupant and general public:
(1) Fences and walls shall not be sagging, broken, rotted or have defective, broken or missing support posts, fence boards or other structural members.
(2) Fences and walls shall be maintained in such a manner to prohibit dry rot, holes or warped or leaning areas, or other hazardous conditions harmful to property owners, occupants or passers-by.
(3) Fences and walls shall be maintained free of graffiti.
(4) Fences and walls shall not be used as clotheslines.
(D) Paved area maintenance. All paved areas including sidewalks, driveways and private roadways shall be kept and maintained in a manner that does not detract from the appearance of the immediate neighborhood, and that protects the health, safety and welfare of the user, occupant and general public.
(E) Yard and landscaping maintenance. All yards, landscaped areas and other open space areas of private property shall be kept free of trash, old building materials, junk, unlicensed or inoperative vehicles, broken or discarded furniture, appliance, building materials, toys, boxes, salvage materials, clotheslines, shopping carts and other such material and equipment which, by its appearance, location or use, makes it incompatible with the principal use or other predominate principal uses in the neighborhood.
(F) Ground and water maintenance. Erosion, subsidence and surface water problems within a property shall be abated.
(G) Residential use and storage of solid waste containers. The following provisions apply to residential use and storage of solid waste containers:
(1) Trash receptacles shall not be permanently stored in the front yard of any residential property be may be placed no earlier than 6 p.m. on the day before collection and must be put away no later than 24 hours following collection.
(2) All items too large to fit into containers including, but not limited to, appliances, furniture and mattresses, shall be disposed of by self-transport of such items to end-disposal facilities.
(3) All loose materials which normally fit into containers but which are excess as a result of special circumstances such as holidays shall be bundled and tied securely to prevent them from blowing or scattering and shall be placed beside the containers.
(4) No resident shall deposit household solid waste in any receptacle maintained on a sidewalk or at any other location for disposal of litter by pedestrians.
(5) Removal of trash or other scavenging from private residential solid waste containers is prohibited.
(H) Nonresidential use and storage of solid waste containers. The following provisions apply to nonresidential use and storage of solid waste containers:
(1) All establishments and institutions which generate solid waste for collection by the city or approved contractors shall provide appropriate containers for storage of solid waste, as proscribed by this subchapter.
(2) Containers shall be kept covered at all times.
(3) No owner, manager or employee of a commercial or industrial business or any institution shall deposit solid waste from that establishment or institution in any receptacle maintained on a sidewalk or at any other location for disposal of litter by pedestrians.
(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)