§ 90.01 DEFINING CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND ACTS TO CONSTITUTE NUISANCES.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any building, structure, yard, or place to suffer or permit said building, structure, yard, or place to become dangerous, obnoxious, or offensive to public health or safety. Any building, structure, yard, or place so suffered or permitted to become dangerous, obnoxious, or offensive is hereby declared a nuisance.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any lot, yard, or parcel of ground to suffer or permit weeds or other like vegetation to grow thereon. Any yard, lot, or parcel of ground where weeds or other rank vegetation are suffered or permitted to grow is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
   (C)   It shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed automobile, truck, or farm implement dealer to keep, park, store, or maintain or cause to be kept, parked, stored, or maintained on any private or public grounds or property within the corporate limits of the town and within public view any abandoned motor vehicle of any and all kinds as set out under I.C. 9-13-2-1 or any junk, dismantled, disused, or abandoned tractor, implement, or farm tool, maintained as provided in this division (C) is hereby declared a nuisance.
   (D)   It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any yard, lot, or parcel of ground to accumulate, or suffer or permit the accumulation thereon, of any trash, junk, or refuse. Any such accumulation of trash, junk, or refuse is hereby declared a nuisance.
   (E)   A PERSON, as used in this section, shall include individuals, firms, corporations, together with their officers and employees.
   (F)   Any person maintaining or suffering or permitting the maintenance of a nuisance as described in this section shall remove and abate the same within ten days of receiving notice to do so by the Town Marshal. If said person shall not, within said ten-day period, abate and remove said nuisance, the Town Marshal shall cause said nuisance to be removed and abated. The Town Marshal shall keep an accurate record of the expense incurred in such abatement or removal. Said expense shall be certified to the Auditor of the county by the Town Clerk-Treasurer, and said Auditor shall cause such expense to be placed on the tax duplicate of the person so violating this section and shall be collected at the times property taxes are collected from said persons.
(Ord. 321, passed - -1994; Ord. 11-491A, passed 9-12-2011) Penalty, see § 90.99