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; however, this enumeration shall not be deemed or construed to be conclusive, limiting, or restrictive:
(A) The excessive growth of weeds, grass, and other vegetation. “Excessive” shall mean growth to a height of ten inches or more;
(B) Accumulation of rubbish, trash, refuse, junk, and other abandoned materials, metals, lumber, or other things;
(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 it 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 unnecessary or unauthorized noises and annoying vibration, including animal noises;
(F) 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 such odors and stenches;
(G) The carcasses of animals or fowl not disposed of within a reasonable time after death;
(H) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal, or body of water by sewage, dead animals, creamery, industrial wastes, or other substances;
(I) Any building, structure, or other place or location where any activity which is in violation of local, state, or federal law is conducted, performed, or maintained;
(J) Any accumulation of stagnant water permitted or maintained on any lot or piece of ground;
(K) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas, soot, or cinders, in unreasonable quantities;
(L) Any dead trees on or near a public right-of-way;
(M) Any grass in residentially or commercially zoned areas greater than 12 inches;
(N) The leaving of garbage/trash cans at curbside for longer than 24 hours after garbage/trash pick-up by the city franchisee;
(O) Any building or other structure which is not maintained in a safe and sanitary manner and condition such that is constitutes a danger to the health or safety of people residing in the vicinity thereof;
(P) Any dwelling, structure, building, or premises which is unreasonably dirty and on which there is an accumulation of trash, filth, rubbish, or similar matter;
(Q) A building or structure which has parts attached thereto for which there is a reasonable risk that any such parts may fall and injure members of the public or any adjacent property; or
(R) Any building or structure which has any conditions with regards with the walls, floors, or roofs there such that the building or structure is likely to fall on account thereof, thereby endangering the safety of its occupants and/or the general public.
(Prior Code, § 92.03) (Ord. 95.8-1, passed 8-21-1995; Ord. 2007-06.02, passed 6-18-2007; Ord. 2014-04.01, passed 4-21-2014; Ord. 2020.10.08, passed 10-19-2020) Penalty, see § 92.99