For purposes of this chapter, the following are declared to be nuisances:
(A) Snow or ice, rain, wastewater, or other liquids, or any other substance or material, cast upon, discharged, or permitted to flow on to public property, including, without limitation, a public right-of-way, street or sidewalk;
(B) Trees, shrubs, hedges, weeds, grass and other vegetation, signs, fences, and all other impediments or obstructions that block or interfere the view or "line of sight" related to public roads;
(C) Trees (and limbs or roots thereof), shrubs, hedges, weeds, grass and other vegetation that cause damage to public roads or sidewalks (e.g., damage caused by roots) or interfere with the safe and convenient use, by pedestrians and vehicles, as the case may be, of public passage ways, streets, sidewalks or trails;
(D) Except as necessary for scheduled trash pick-up, trash and/or recyclable containers shall not be kept at or near the edge of the street or curb (the purpose of this rule is to prevent trash containers being left along the street except to allow for regular trash pickup);
(E) Obstructions and excavations causing damage to or otherwise interfering with the ordinary and intended public use of streets, alleys, sidewalks, public grounds, natural waterways, ditches, gutters, drains and curbs, or wells, holes or similar excavations, either on public or private property, left uncovered or in such other condition as to constitute a hazard to any person, except as may be expressly permitted by other applicable town ordinances;
(F) Barbed wire, razor wire or any sharp iron points used in any manner or application anywhere in town;
(G) Machinery, equipment or tools not being used as part of an ongoing and active building or repair project permitted under other applicable town ordinances, household appliances, furniture, recreational apparatuses (e.g., swing sets, trampolines, basketball goals, exercise equipment, bicycles, tricycles and other similar devices), toys, other materials or similar items placed or left on a public right-of-way, including, without limitation, sidewalks, trails, streets and curbs;
(H) Machinery, equipment or tools not being used as part of an ongoing and active building or repair project permitted under other applicable town ordinances, household appliances, discarded or broken recreational apparatuses (e.g. swing sets, trampolines, basketball goals, exercise equipment, bicycles, tricycles and other similar devices), discarded and unused toys, automobile bodies and/or parts, or other materials or similar items kept in open view on private property;
(I) Litter garbage, trash, debris, leaves, grass clippings, compost or limbs, or other items placed or left on a public right-of-way, including, without limitation, sidewalks, trails, streets and curbs, or on adjacent private property, except as expressly permitted by other applicable ordinances of the town, for example, to allow for planned and scheduled collection by the town or its agents and contractors;
(J) Litter, garbage, trash, debris, leaves, grass clippings, compost or limbs, or other discarded items placed or left anywhere on private property, except as expressly permitted by other applicable ordinances of the town, for example, in approved containers for trash and recyclables to allow for planned and scheduled collection (APPROVED CONTAINERS, for purposes of this section, shall mean and be limited to containers provided by the contractor with whom the town has a trash and recyclables collection and disposal contract);
(K) Except as may be expressly permitted by other applicable ordinances of the town or the county, the presence of 1 or more abandoned vehicle(s). Each abandoned vehicle shall constitute a separate and distinct violation of this chapter for which a separate fine will be assessed.
(L) Except as may be expressly permitted by other applicable ordinances of the town or the county, more than 1 unregistered vehicle kept on private property, continuously, in a location or locations visible from public property for more than 20 days. Except as may be expressly permitted by other applicable ordinances of the town or the county, any unregistered vehicle left on public property for any period of time. For purposes of this division, a vehicle covered by a tarpaulin or other plastic, vinyl, rubber, cloth or textile covering is considered to be visible. Each unregistered vehicle shall constitute a separate and distinct violation of this chapter for which a separate fine may be assessed.
(M) All other uses and conditions of property that are defined as nuisances in other town ordinances.
(Ord. 2018-1, passed 5-3-2018; Am. Ord. 2019-4, passed 12-3-2019)