(A) (1) The maintaining, using, placing, depositing, leaving, or permitting to be or remain on any public or private property of any 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:
(a) Noxious weeds and other rank vegetation;
(b) Accumulation of rubbish, trash, refuse, junk, and other abandoned materials, metals, lumber, or other things;
(c) Any condition which provides harborage for rats, mice, snakes, insects, and other vermin;
(d) Any building or other structure which is in such 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 people residing in the vicinity thereof, serves as an attractive nuisance, or presents a more than ordinarily dangerous fire hazard in the vicinity where it is located;
(e) All unnecessary or unauthorized noises and annoying vibrations, including man-made and animal noises;
(f) All disagreeable obnoxious odors or stenches, as well as the conditions, substances, or other causes which give rise to the emission or generation of such odors or stenches;
(g) The carcasses of animals or fowl not disposed of within a reasonable time after death;
(h) The pollution of any public well, public infrastructure, stream, lake, canal, or body of water by sewage, dead animals, creamery, industrial wastes, or other substances;
(i) Any building, structure, or other place or location where any activity which is in violation of local, state, or federal law is conducted, performed, or maintained;
(j) Any accumulation of stagnant water maintained on any lot or piece of ground; and/or
(k) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas, soot, or cinders, in unreasonable quantities.
(2) No owner or occupant of any property, their agent, and tenant, or contract purchaser, shall permit any of the above-described conditions on their real estate at any time. Said conditions are deemed a public nuisance and are subject to the provisions of this subchapter. The owner or occupant are jointly liable for the condition of the property.
(B) The City Council hereby specifically adopts the provisions of IC 36-7-10.1-1 through 36-7-10.1-5, and any amendments thereto.
(Ord. 883, passed 9-5-78; Am. Ord. 1073, passed 12-2-85; Am. Ord. 1160, passed 7-16-90; Am. Ord. 1395, passed 9-16-02; Am. Ord. 1490, passed 5-5-08; Am. Ord. 1663, passed 4-2-18; Am. Ord. 1755, passed 6-6-22)