The maintaining, using, placing, depositing, leaving or permitting to be or remain on any private property of the following items, conditions or actions are hereby declared to be and constitute a nuisance; provided, however, this enumeration shall not be deemed or construed to be conclusive, limiting or restrictive in anyway:
(A) Vegetation and grass 12 inches and higher, construction debris, and wood stacked or lying on the ground constitutes an environmental public nuisance;
(B) A condition which caused property to become a health and safety hazard, unless specifically authorized under existing laws and regulations;
(C) Accumulation of rubbish, trash, refuse, junk and other abandoned materials, metals, lumber or other things;
(D) Any condition which provides harborage for rats, mice, snakes and other vermin;
(E) Any building or other structure which is in such a dilapidated condition that it is unfit for human habitation, kept is such an unsanitary condition that is a menace to the health of people residing in the vicinity thereof, or presents a more than ordinarily dangerous fire hazard in the vicinity where it is located;
(F) All unnecessary or unauthorized noises and annoying vibrations, including noises;
(G) All disagreeable or obnoxious odors and stenches, as well as the conditions, substances or other causes which give rise to the emission or generation of such odors and stenches;
(H) The carcasses of animals or fowl not disposed of within a reasonable time after death;
(I) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal or body of water by sewage, industrial wastes or other substances;
(J) Any building, structure or other place or location where any activity which is in violation of any city ordinance, or state or federal law is conducted, performed or maintained;
(K) Any accumulation of stagnant water permitted or maintained on any lot or piece of ground;
(L) No person shall kindle or maintain any bonfire or burn leaves, rubbish or dispose of any refuse by open burning, or such fire, or authorizes any such fire to be kindled or maintained on or in any street, alley, road, land or public grounds.
(1) No person shall kindle or maintain any bonfire, burn leaves, trash or rubbish on any private land or dispose of unwanted goods by open burning on private land. (See subsection (L)(2) for exclusions.)
(2) Special small fires for the purpose of wiener roast, hog roast and other specially cooking with open flame is permitted, provided the open fire is contained in an approved container with access to a lid, or is in the ground six inches in depth, surrounded by cement blocks or bricks extending at least six inches in height. The fire pit may not exceed an internal diameter of 48 inches.
(3) Public Safety Agencies upon notification may have cause to conduct an inspection and if conditions are unsafe may ask for you to extinguish the fire.
(4) The fire pit must be 15 feet away from any residential structures including houses, garages and barns. It must also be 15 feet away from overhead utility lines. This is determined by measuring the point on the ground in which the utility crossed and measuring to the fire pit.
(5) An operable garden hose and/or a five gallon bucket of water must be readily available to extinguish the fire if necessary.
(6) A person over the age of 18 must be present at the residence when a bonfire is lit.
(M) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas, soot or cinders, in unreasonable quantities;
(N) The unauthorized obstruction of any public street, road or sidewalk;
(O) Those offenses which are known in common law and state statutes as public nuisances.
(P) Leave or permit to remain outside of any dwelling, building or other structure, or within any unoccupied or abandoned building, dwelling or other structure in a place accessible to children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded ice box, refrigerator or other container which has an airtight door or lid, snap lock or other locking device which may not be released from the inside.
(Ord. 4, 2014, passed 6-2-14; Am. Ord. 12, 2015, passed 7-6-15; Am. Ord. 6, 2017, passed 8-7-17)