(A) Unlawful conditions. It shall be unlawful for any person owning, managing, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any building or premises in the city to keep, manage, or maintain the same in any of the following manners:
(1) Any building or other structure which has been abandoned; boarded up; partially destroyed or dismantled; partially constructed but uncompleted after the expiration of the building permit issued for the same; in disrepair on account of broken siding or roof, peeling paint left unattended, sagging walls or roof, or repaired in an unsuitable patchwork-like manner or similar condition;
(2) Broken windows, doors, siding, or roofing, after the passing of a reasonable time within which the same should have been properly repaired;
(3) Any building or other structure in such a state or condition that it endangers the health, safety, peace, welfare, or comfort of any person who may come in close proximity thereto;
(4) Any building designed for human occupancy that is in such a state of disrepair or lack of maintenance, or other condition, at any time, that is not fit for human occupancy;
(5) Any sidewalk area in a state of breakup, disrepair or blockage such that it is unsafe for pedestrian traffic;
(6) Vegetation, including trees, grass, and weeds left unchecked or unattended in violation of Chapter 93 of this code of ordinances;
(7) Abandoned, discarded, or unused furniture, appliances, sinks, tubs, toilets, cabinets, or other household goods or fixtures left so as to be visible from a public street, alley, or adjoining property;
(8) Abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative motor or other vehicles, trailers, motor homes, mobile homes, campers, boats, bicycles, motorcycles, lawn mowers, and other similar items, including parts thereof, wheels, tires, and the like;
(9) Trash, garbage, or refuse cans, bins, boxes, bags, or other such containers stored in areas visible from public streets or adjoining property;
(10) Lumber, junk, trash, tanks, barrels, debris, or machinery, tools, and other similar materials maintained upon any premises which is visible from a public street, alley, or adjoining property;
(11) The maintenance on any property of mounds or piles of soil, fill material, sand, gravel, asphalt, concrete, or any other material except temporarily in conjunction with construction or landscaping on the property;
(12) The maintenance or allowing of any other condition not compatible with the zoning classification of the property or not compatible with surrounding land uses in the neighborhood; or
(13) Any similar condition.
(Prior Code, § 3.0601)
(B) Right of entry.
(1) Whenever necessary to make an inspection or to enforce any of the provisions of this section, or whenever the City Council has reasonable cause to believe that there exists in any building or upon any premises, any condition which is prohibited under this section, an authorized representative of the city may enter such building or premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same or to perform any duty imposed upon such representative by this section.
(2) No owner or occupant or any other person having charge or care of any building or premises shall fail or neglect, after proper demand, to properly permit entry therein by an authorized representative of the city for the purpose of inspection and examination pursuant to this section.
(Prior Code, § 3.0602) Penalty, see § 10.99