(A) The creation or maintenance of a public health nuisance is prohibited.
(B) The following are hereby expressly declared to be public health nuisances, without limitation by reason of such enumeration:
(1) Failure to keep waste, refuse or garbage in an enclosed building or properly contained in a closed, insect- and rodent-proof container designed or reasonably adapted for such purpose, except for the immediate time preceding pick-up by a licensed solid waste hauler;
(2) Accumulation of carcasses of animals, birds or fish by failing to bury or otherwise dispose of a carcass in a sanitary manner within 24 hours after death. This provision shall not apply if the animals, birds or fish are intended for human consumption;
(3) Accumulation of decayed animal or vegetable matter, animal or human feces, trash, rubbish, garbage, rotting lumber, packing material, scrap metal, tires or any other substances in which flies, mosquitoes, other disease-carrying insects, rodents or other vermin can harbor: this definition does not include compost bins or compost sites that are being managed in accordance with acceptable standards:
(4) Any structure or property that has become dangerous for further occupancy because of sanitary defects, which may include, but are not limited to: accumulation of human or animal feces, evidence of garbage and rotting food, infestation by rodents or insects, environmental conditions that affect children and vulnerable adults, and lack of approved potable water supply or sewage disposal;
(5) Infestations of flies, fleas, cockroaches, lice, ticks, rats, mice, fly larvae and hookworm larvae;
(6) Unnatural breeding grounds that support mosquito larvae and mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus, LaCrosse encephalitis, or any other disease-causing microorganisms;
(7) Accumulations of animal feces or solid waste remaining in any place so as to become injurious and dangerous to the health and safety of any individual or to the public in general;
(8) Causing or allowing improper sewage disposal facilities to be operated, or causing or allowing the effluent from any cesspool, septic tank, drain field or sewage disposal system to discharge upon the surface of the ground or into any body of water;
(9) Maintaining a hole or opening caused by an improperly abandoned cistern, septic system, unused or non-maintained private swimming pool, foundation, mine shaft or tunnel, including an improperly abandoned, sealed, barricaded or backfilled excavation;
(10) A clandestine drug lab and/or clandestine drug lab site.
(Ord. 76-2013, passed 6-18-2013)