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 be 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, and the storage of motor vehicles in an inoperative condition, motor vehicles unfit for further use, automobile parts, or scrap metal within the city limits, except on premises authorized by the city for those purposes;
(C) Any condition which provides harborage for rats, mice, snakes and other vermin;
(D) Any building 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 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;
(E) 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 like odors and stenches;
(F) The carcasses of animals or fowl not disposed of within a reasonable time after death;
(G) The pollution of any well or cistern, stream, lake, canal or body of water by sewage, dead animals, creamery, industrial wastes or other substances;
(H) Any building, structure or other place or location where any activity which is in violation of local, slate or federal law is conducted, performed or maintained;
(I) Any accumulation of stagnant water permitted or maintained on any lot or piece of ground;
(J) Any dead trees on or near a public right-of-way;
(K) All hydrants shall be kept clear of weeds, rubbish and any and all other obstructions by the abutting property owner. Landscaping, or decorations shall not be used to obstruct or hide fire hydrant from clear view, nor prohibit access to the hydrant for use or maintenance. Damage caused to landscaping within 15 feet radius of the hydrant shall be the responsibility of the owner of the landscaping;
(L) No fire hydrant shall have the color changed without permission form the Fire Chief;
(M) Where fire hydrants are installed along a roadway, parking within ten feet from a fire hydrant is prohibited. When fire hydrants are installed in parking areas, parking shall be designed and maintained to allow ten feet clear access to the hose connection side of the hydrant, and four feet minimum clear radius around the hydrant; and
(N) (1) Any alarm company installing an alarm system which requires a response from the emergency services shall:
(a) Notify the E-911 center of this installation so that the information records of E-911 can be updated; and
(b) Notify the Chief of the appropriate department of its location and the operation of the system. This will be the responsibility of the alarm company to carry this out.
(Ord. 01-02, passed 3-5-2001) Penalty, see § 93.99