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(a) All brush, briers, burrs, Russian and Canadian thistles or noxious weeds, four or more inches in height and within twenty-five feet of abutting public streets irrespective of modifying terms such as street, avenue, road, etc., are hereby declared a public nuisance.
(b) No person, after having been notified by the Division of Police shall permit or cause to be maintained upon his premises a public nuisance as defined in subsection (a) hereof.
(c) It shall be the duty of the owner, occupant or agent in charge of any such land in the Municipality to remove from such land any weeds thereon of four or more inches in height within seven days, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, after notice to do so. However, the foregoing provision shall apply to land within the Municipality used exclusively for agricultural purposes only to within the unimproved right of way abutting public streets as defined in subsection (a) hereof.
(d) Whenever there are upon any aforesaid defined lands within the Municipality weeds of four or more inches in height, and no person can be found in the Municipality who either is or claims to represent such owner, as aforesaid, the Manager shall give notice by publication once in one newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality, requiring the removal. Such notice shall specify the land from which weeds are to be removed, the character of the work to be done and the time allowed for doing the same.
(e) If such weeds are not removed as provided and within the time so specified by the notice required by subsection (d) hereof, it shall be the duty of the Manager to cause their removal and the owner of such property shall be held liable to the Municipality for the cost incurred by the removal of the weeds, including the cost of advertising.
(f) It shall be the duty of the owner, occupant or agent in charge of any land abutting upon any street, as defined in subsection (a) hereof, within seven days after the notice from the Manager, to remove any weeds growing along the street edge, curb, or the sidewalk portions of the street, lane, alley or public place. (Ord. 1983-14. Passed 6-7-83.)
(g) The City Manager, Division of Police, or other designated official shall be required to provide only one notice per calendar year for similar violations on the same property and for the same owner. The original violation notice must state that citations for similar violations within the calendar year may be made without additional notification.
(Ord. 2002-28. Passed 11-6-02.)
(h) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1983-14. Passed 6-7-83; Ord. 2002-28. Passed 11-6-02.)
(a) A water emergency shall exist when there is an inadequate water supply to assure the maintenance of sufficient pressure in the water system of the Municipality to provide for fighting fires or when there is an anticipated problem with the quality or quantity of drinking water.
(b) The determination of the possibility of such inadequate pressure, quantity or quality, in the water system shall be made by the Manager, with the advice of the Fire Chief of the Cardinal Joint Fire District, and/or the Public Works Supervisor.
(c) Whenever the Manager, in accordance with subsection (b) hereof, has determined that a water emergency exists, the Manager shall proclaim the existence of such emergency and shall give publicity to such proclamation by newspaper, radio, television and any or all of such means as are available and will most rapidly acquaint the citizens of the Municipality with the proclamation.
(d) The proclamation authorized in subsection (c) hereof shall prescribe uses of water to be limited or forbidden and shall fix times for such limitation or prohibition of use with particularity.
(e) The use of water contrary to the limitation or prohibition of the proclamation thereafter and during the existence of the water emergency shall constitute a violation of this section.
(f) When the Manager, with the advice of the Fire Chief of the Cardinal Joint Fire District and/or Public Works Supervisor, determines that the water emergency no longer exists, he shall inform the citizens as set forth in subsection (c) hereof.
(g) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1992-11. Passed 3-3-92.)
(a) The feces deposited by the defecation of any animal upon any public land, street or right of way, or upon the land of any private property owner other than that of the owner of the animal or the person in charge or control thereof, creates an unsanitary and unhealthy condition and is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(b) No person being the owner of or individual in charge or control of any animal shall permit such animal to defecate upon any public land, street, right of way or upon the land of any private property owner within the City.
(c) When the owner or individual in charge or control of such animal immediately, and before taking such animal from the area where the defecation occurred, cleans the area and removes the feces and disposes of it in a sanitary manner, the nuisance shall be considered abated.
(d) The accumulation of defecation upon any property where animals are kept creates an unsanitary and unhealthy condition and is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(e) No person shall permit the accumulation of defecation upon any property where animals are kept. An owner or individual in charge or control of animals shall monitor the property where the animal or animals are kept in a clean and sanitary condition by the regular removal and disposal of the defecation of such animal or animals.
(f) Whoever violates provisions of this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (Ord. 2000-24. Passed 7-14-00.)
(a) The delivery of any printed or other materials of any kind, including, but not limited to newspapers, advertisements, circulars, telephone directories or product samples, by placing the same onto the lawns or yard areas, driveways and sidewalks in Residential Areas is prohibited.
(b) The delivery of the items described in subsection (a) above shall be made at the door of the subject residence, or in a receptacle provided for such deliveries. Additionally, a property owner may designate an alternative site for delivery which site shall not be on the lawn or driveways.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2013-14. Passed 5-1-13.)
(a) No individual shall reside, inhabit or dwell or store items on a vacant lot in the City except in a permanent structure otherwise compliant with the Ordinances of the City with water, sewer and utility connections.
(b) Whomever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2020-45. Passed 10-7-20.)
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