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 or resident of any real property or improvements, including a vacant lot, maintain or allow to be maintained, any of the following conditions:
(A) Decayed or unwholesome food offered for sale to the public;
(B) Diseased animals running at large;
(C) Carcasses of animals not buried or destroyed within 24 hours after death;
(D) Accumulation of rubbish, trash, household appliances, tires, manure or refuse of any kind;
(E) Garbage cans or other waste or septic containers that are not flytight;
(F) Dilapidation or state of filthiness or uncleanness of any dwelling or other structure that endangers health or life, violates the Dangerous Building Code or attracts, harbors or permits entrance by rats, mice or other rodents;
(G) Smoke, noxious fumes, smells, gas, soot or cinders produced on a property, that are not contained or filtered, and are allowed to leave the property;
(H) Pollution or contamination of any public stream, river, lake, storm sewer or other surface water body with soil, sediments or dust or the contamination of any public or private street, road or storm water drainage facility with dirt, dust or mud from any construction, earth moving, vegetation removal or development activity;
(I) The discharge to, or contamination of, any surface water, stream, well, ditch or public right-of-way by sewage, agricultural or industrial wastes, silt, soil, mud or other pollutants;
(J) The excavation, exposing, destabilization or disturbing of public utility lines or pipes, including sanitary sewer, water, stormwater and the like and the failure to properly cover, stabilize and restore such utility lines or pipes once they have been exposed or otherwise disturbed. The installation or alteration of public utility lines or pipes shall be done in compliance with applicable city requirements after consultation with the City Engineer or other appropriate official, and shall be subject to final inspection to ensure compliance with city requirements.
(K) All other acts, omissions, occupations or uses of property that are deemed by the City Council, the Board of Health or Department of Environmental Quality to be a nuisance or hazard to public health.
(Ord. 2014-05-02, passed 5-13-2014)