As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply:
ABATEMENT: The affirmative act of removing, repairing, or taking other steps as may be necessary to remedy a nuisance.
PUBLIC NUISANCE: A public nuisance is a condition or use of property which is harmful or injurious to, or creates a danger of harm or injury to the health, safety, or welfare of the neighborhood, community, or members of the public, or which is so offensive to the senses or such an obstruction of the free use of property as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property by the neighborhood, community, or members of the public, including by way of example the following:
(1) A condition or use of premises or property which creates a fire hazard or any traffic or safety hazard to members of the public.
(2) A condition or use of premises or property which creates a health hazard by permitting, allowing, or fostering the harboring and nesting of rodents, vermin and/or insects, or which creates any other type of health hazard to members of the public.
(3) A condition or use of premises or property which allows the open storage, deposit, or scattering of scrap lumber or wood, waste petroleum products, scrap or waste paper, trash, garbage, junk, boxes, recyclable materials or debris of any type.
(4) A condition or use of premises or property which allows the open storage, deposit, or scattering of scrap, abandoned, discarded, or unused objects such as furniture, appliances, cans, containers, tires, tools, or mechanical parts.
(5) A condition or use of premises or property which allows the open storage, deposit, or scattering of dismantled or partially dismantled, wrecked, junked, scrapped, discarded and nonoperating motor vehicles or parts thereof, provided, however, that no public nuisance shall exist under this subsection unless two (2) or more motor vehicles or parts thereof not in operating condition remain standing on the property for more than ten (10) calendar days.
(6) A condition or use of premises or property which allows the growth of weeds, grasses, bushes, shrubs, trees, or other plant life to such a size and in such a condition as to cause, or reasonably threaten to cause a fire hazard because of their dried and unkept condition, or a traffic or safety hazard because they obstruct sight, applying the measurements and standards contained in Idaho Code section 49-221, at intersections or other points at which driveways, lanes, or highways come together.
(7) A condition or use of premises or property which allows the growth of weeds, grasses, bushes, shrubs, trees or other plant life to such a size and in such a condition as to cause, or reasonably threaten to cause a health hazard because they provide nesting areas for rodents, vermin and/or insects, or the growth of weeds to such a size or in such a condition as to interfere with the free and comfortable use of adjacent and neighboring premises and properties.
SUMMARY ABATEMENT: The abatement of a public nuisance by the County, or by a contractor hired by the County, without obligation to give prior notice of the abatement action to the owner or occupant of the property.
WEEDS: Undesirable or objectionable and nonuseful plant growth but shall not include noxious weeds as defined by Idaho Code, section 22-2402(17). (Ord. 18-016, 6-27-2018)