The following conditions are declared to be nuisances that jeopardize the health, safety and welfare of the residents of Banks. No person shall engage in any of the following activities, nor shall any owner, resident or user of any real property or improvements, including a vacant lot, maintain or allow to be maintained, any of the following conditions visible from any public right-of-way or from any other property:
(A) Junk, trash, litter, discarded lumber, salvage materials or other similar materials;
(B) Attractive nuisances dangerous to children, including but not limited to abandoned, broken or neglected equipment, machinery, refrigerators and freezers, excavations, wells or shafts, and any unguarded machinery;
(C) Broken or discarded furniture, equipment, furnishings or shopping carts;
(D) Dead, decayed, diseased or hazardous trees, or any other vegetation that presents a hazard or danger to the public;
(E) Trees, hedges, billboards or other obstructions that prevent drivers or pedestrians from having a clear view of traffic signs and other control devices or traffic approaching an intersection from cross streets in sufficient time to stop before entering the intersection;
(F) Limbs of trees that are less than 8 feet above the surface of any sidewalk, street or public right-of-way;
(G) Wires, except clotheslines, which are strung less than 15 feet above the surface of the ground;
(H) Any sign or graffiti, not in compliance with the city's adopted sign regulations, on the exterior of any building, fence or other structure;
(I) Vehicle parts or other articles of personal property which are discarded or left in a state of disrepair, repair or partial construction;
(J) Any accumulation of growing or cut and piled grass, weeds, brambles, branches, berry vines, or other vegetation;
(K) Hanging signs, awnings, A-frame signs and or similar structures in or over the public right-of-way, streets or sidewalks without permit, or which are situated in a manner that endangers public safety, or constructed and maintained in violation of applicable city requirements;
(L) Vehicles, boats, trailers, or parts thereof, that are inoperable due to lack of legal requirements, have no currently valid license or registration, safety equipment or the like, or are not capable of being safely operated or driven in the manner for which they were designed, or have been on the same parcel of private property for 30 days or longer. This section shall not apply to vehicles enclosed or stored within a building with walls and a roof that are completely screened from public view.
(M) Sidewalks; duty of abutting property owner. The failure of a property owner to maintain, keep and repair any sidewalk abutting the owner’s property in a safe condition, to keep them free of accumulated ice, snow and leaves, is declared to be a nuisance. It shall be the duty of all persons owning lots or lands which have abutting sidewalks to maintain, keep and repair those sidewalks in a safe condition, to keep them free of accumulated ice, snow and leaves, and to not permit them to become or remain in a dangerous or unsafe condition. Any owner of lots or lands who neglects to promptly comply with the requirements of this section shall be liable to anyone injured by such negligence. Any property owner who neglects or otherwise fails to perform any duty required by this section and another person is injured as a result, the property owner shall reimburse the city for all damages it has been compelled to pay in such case, and those payments may be enforced in any court having jurisdiction.
(Ord. 2014-05-02, passed 5-13-2014; Am. Ord. 2017-06-02, passed 7-13-2017)