(A) As used in this chapter, a PUBLIC NUISANCE shall mean any act, thing, occupation, condition, or use of property which shall continue for such length of time as to:
(1) Substantially annoy, injure, or endanger the comfort, health, repose, or safety of the public;
(2) In any way render the PUBLIC NUISANCE in life or in the use or property;
(3) Greatly offend the public morals or decency;
(4) Unlawfully and substantially interfere with, obstruct, or tend to obstruct or render dangerous for passage any street, alley, highway, sidewalk, stream, ditch, or drainage; or
(5) Essentially interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property, or tend to depreciate the value of the property of others.
(B) PUBLIC NUISANCES shall include, but not be limited to, the following acts, conduct, omissions, conditions or things:
(1) All decayed, harmfully adulterated, or unwholesome food or drink sold or offered for sale to the public;
(2) Carcasses of household pets or other animals not buried or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner within 24 hours after death;
(3) Accumulations of decayed animal or vegetable matter, trash, rubbish, rotting lumber, bedding, packing materials, scrap metal, or any material whatsoever in which flies, mosquitoes, disease-carrying insects, rodents, or other vermin may breed or may reasonably be expected to breed;
(4) All stagnant water in which mosquitoes, flies, or other insects can multiply;
(5) Garbage and refuse containers which are not fly-tight;
(6) (a) All noxious weeds and other rank growth or vegetation;
(b) Any vegetation, including, but not limited to, grass, in excess of eight inches in height; or
(c) Any tree stump not ground within three months of removal of the tree.
(7) The escape of smoke, soot, cinders, noxious acids, fumes, gases, fly ash, or industrial dust within the city limits or within one mile therefrom in such quantities as to endanger the health of persons of ordinary sensibilities or to threaten or cause substantial injury to property;
(8) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal, or body of water by sewage, creamery, or industrial wastes or other substances;
(9) Any use of property, substances, or things within the city emitting or causing any foul, offensive, noisome, nauseous, noxious, or disagreeable odors, effluvia, or stenches extremely repulsive to the physical senses of ordinary persons which annoy, discomfort, injure, or inconvenience the health of any appreciable number of persons within the city;
(10) Any building or structure which is uncompleted and abandoned, deteriorated, dilapidated, or extremely unsound, and endangers the health and safety of the public;
(11) Any inoperable or abandoned vehicle which exists in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter;
(12) Any vehicle parked on private property, except on a driveway made of black top or concrete;
(13) Dumpsters, dumpster bags, Bagsters, PODS, and other similar transportable refuse, storage or shipping containers, unless the container is owned, leased, or under the control of the city, or unless the owner of the property on which the container is located has obtained the required permits for the container from Louisville Metro Government and/or any appropriate state agency;
(14) Temporary or portable structures, such as tents, temporary canopies, and other forms of temporary shelter or housing, which are not removed within 36 hours;
(15) Any sidewalks, walkways, stairs, driveways, parking spaces, and similar areas on private property that are accessible to the general public, which are not in good working order, deteriorated, dilapidated, or unsound, or endanger the health and safety of the public; or
(16) Other actions, conduct, omissions, conditions, or things defined or specified in this chapter as nuisances or as PUBLIC NUISANCES.
(Ord. 2 Series 1998, passed - -; Ord. 19, Series 2015, passed 6-11-2015; Ord. 2, Series 2019, passed 6-13-2019)