The maintaining, using, placing, depositing, leaving, or permitting to be or remain on any public or private property of the following items, conditions, or actions are hereby declared to be and constitute a nuisance; however, this enumeration shall not be deemed or construed to be conclusive, limiting, or restrictive upon the definition of a nuisance contained in § 92.01:
(A) Weeds and other rank vegetation, including, but not limited to, grass and weeds, living or dead. The failure by any property owner or occupant to cut said grass, and/or weeds, living or dead, on such property shall be evidence that said property owner/occupant is maintaining a nuisance;
(B) Accumulation of rubbish, trash, refuse, junk, or other abandoned materials including metals, lumber, appliances, or other things, or the dumping or placing of the same upon the property of another without the property owner’s consent;
(C) Any condition which provides harborage for rats, mice, snakes, or other vermin;
(D) Any building, mobile home, or other structure which is in such a dilapidated condition that it is unfit for human habitation, or kept in such an unsanitary condition that it is a menace to the health of the people residing in the vicinity thereof, or presents a more than ordinarily dangerous fire hazard in the vicinity where it is located;
(E) All disagreeable or obnoxious odors and stenches, as well as the conditions, substances, or other causes which give rise to the omission or generation of such odors and stenches;
(F) The carcasses of animals or foul not disposed of within a reasonable time after death;
(G) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal, or body of water by sewage, dead animals, industrial waste, or other substances;
(H) Any building, structure, or other place or location where any activity or condition exists which is in violation of local, state, or federal law, ordinance, or regulation, is conducted, performed, maintained, or permitted, including violation of § 153.01;
(I) Any accumulation of stagnant water permitted or maintained on any lot or piece of ground;
(J) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas, soot, or cinders, in unreasonable quantities;
(K) The obstruction of any public street, road, or sidewalk, or dedicated easement or right-of-way;
(L) Open pits, cisterns, cellars, wells, excavations, sewers, or vaults situated in any open or insufficiently fenced area;
(M) The alternation of the flow of stormwater to the detriment of surrounding property; or
(N) Any abandoned vehicle as defined by I.C. 9-13-2-1, or any vehicle which does not carry the current state registered license place.
(Ord. 11, passed - -2012) Penalty, see § 92.99