(a) Activities, as defined in any of the following Codified Ordinances, occurring on properties in the City, and engaged in by an owner, occupant or invitee of the owner or occupant of the property, are declared to be nuisance activities. To be a nuisance activity, a criminal conviction is not necessary. There must be probable cause to believe that the activity occurred. "Property" means any residential or commercial building or structure on a parcel or parcels of land in the City; individual units within a building or structure together comprise one property; "property" also means any privately-owned parking lot or parking area in the City. "Owner" means any person, for-profit or not-for-profit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, unincorporated association, estate, trust or other commercial or legal entity having title to the property.
(1) Any animal violation under Sections 603.01 (Animals or Fowl at Large), 603.02 (Unmuzzled Dogs at Large), 603.04 (Dog Nuisances), 603.07 (Killing or Injuring Animals), 603.072 (Illegal Fights between Animals), 603.08 (Poisoning Animals), 603.09 (Cruelty to Animals), 603.091 (Neglect of Animals), 603.11 (Large Cats), 603A.03 (Keeping an Exotic Animal Without a Permit), 603A.08 (Care and Treatment of Exotic Animal Held Under Permit), 603A.14 (Facilities Housing Reptiles), 603A.17 (Snakes in Multi-Family Residences Prohibited), 604.03 (Control of Vicious and Dangerous Dogs) of the Codified Ordinances;
(2) Any disorderly conduct or disorderly activity violation under Sections 605.01 (Riot), 605.02 (Failure to Disperse), 605.03 (Disorderly Conduct; Intoxication), 605.05 (Misconduct at an Emergency), 605.06 (Inducing Panic), 605.07 (Making False Alarms), 605.071 (Improper Use of 9-1-1 Telephone System), 605.10 (Unnecessary Noise), 605.14 (Minor's Curfew) of the Codified Ordinances;
(3) Any drug abuse violation under Chapter 607 of the Codified Ordinances;
(5) Any gambling violation under Chapter 611 of the Codified Ordinances;
(6) Any littering violation under Chapter 613 of the Codified Ordinances;
(7) Any liquor control violation under Sections 617.02 (Sales to and Use by Minors; Securing Public Accommodations), 617.021 (Purchase, Consumption or Possession by Minor; Misrepresentation), 617.03 (Sales to Intoxicated Persons), 617.05 (Permit Required), 617.06 (Printed Warnings to be Posted), 617.08 (Hours of Sale or Consumption), 617.09 (Bottle Clubs) of the Codified Ordinances;
(8) Any obscenity and sex offenses violation under Sections 619.03 (Corruption of a Minor), 619.04 (Sexual Imposition), 619.05 (Importuning), 619.08 (Procuring), 619.09 (Soliciting), 619.10 (Prostitution), 619.12 (Disseminating Material Harmful to Juveniles), 619.14 (Possession of Obscene Material Involving Minor), 619.15 (Possession of Sexually-Oriented Material Involving Minor), 619.16 (Possession of Nudity-Oriented Material Involving Minor), 619.161 (Displaying Matter Harmful to Juveniles), 619.17 (Prohibited Conduct) of the Codified Ordinances;
(9) Any offense against another person under Sections 621.03 (Assault), 621.031 (Assault by a Minor; Parental Duty Imposed), 621.04 (Negligent Assault), 621.06 (Aggravated Menacing), 621.07 (Menacing), 621.08 (Unlawful Restraint), 621.09 (Coercion), 621.10 (Telephone Harassment), 621.11 (Threatening or Harassing Phone Calls), 621.14 (Hazing) of the Codified Ordinances;
(12) Any weapons and explosives violation under Sections 627.04 (Using Weapons While Intoxicated), 627.06 (Failure to Secure Dangerous Ordnance), 627.07 (Improperly Providing Access to Firearms to a Minor), 627.09 (Improperly Discharging a Firearm on or near Prohibited Premises), 627.12 (Seizure and Confiscation of Deadly Weapon), 627.16 (Prohibition Against Transferring Firearms or Dangerous Ordnance to a Felon or Intoxicated Person), 627.15 (Unlawful Transactions in Weapons), 627.19 (Facsimile Firearms), 627.21 (Sale of Long Bladed Pocket Knives), 627.22 (Sale or Possession of Sling Shots and Pea Shooters), 627.23 (Unlawful Display of Weapons), 627.24 (Possession or Use of Stench Bombs), 627.25 (Tear Gas Guns), 627.26 (Containers of Combustibles), 627.27 (Jump Traps) of the Codified Ordinances;
(13) Any sound devices violation under Section 683.01 (Playing of Sound Devices Prohibited) of the Codified Ordinances;
(14) Any massage establishment violation under Chapter 683A of the Codified Ordinances;
(15) Any explosives violation under Chapter 387 of the Codified Ordinances;
(16) Any open burning violation under Section 277.09 of the Codified Ordinances.
(b) When three (3) or more nuisance activities as defined in division (a) occur on separate occasions on the same property within any six (6) month period, the Director of Public Safety, or his or her designee, may declare the premises to be a nuisance property and may abate the nuisance as provided in Section 630.02.
(Ord. No. 574-18. Passed 5-14-18, eff. 5-15-18)