(1) Premises to be kept clean. All persons, firms, and corporations within the corporate limits of the City of Cookeville are hereby required to keep their premises in a clean and sanitary condition, free from accumulations of debris, rubbish, cans, bottles, papers, refuse, offal, filth and trash.
(2) Outside storage of appliances restricted. The outside storage of any appliance with a latching door is prohibited except as may be permitted in by the Cookeville Zoning Code. Such appliances include, but are limited to refrigerators, chest-type freezers, and up-right freezers. In those zones where the outside storage of such appliances may be permitted, the door shall be removed or the latching mechanism rendered inoperable.
(3) Storage of abandoned vehicles prohibited. The allowing or permitting the accumulation of abandoned, wrecked, junked, partially dismantled, or inoperative motor vehicles on any lot, tract, or parcel of land, and on the public rights-of-way, within the corporate limits of the City of Cookeville is prohibited except as may be permitted in by the Cookeville Zoning Code.
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, partially dismantled or inoperative motor vehicles meeting the following conditions are considered as exempt from this provision:
(a) Any motor vehicle in operable condition specifically adapted or constructed for racing or operation on privately owned dragstrips or raceways.
(b) Any motor vehicle over twenty-five years in age that is retained by its owner for collection purposes rather than for salvage or for transportation; said vehicle shall be maintained in operable condition and may be required to be kept in conformance with the following paragraph.
(c) Any abandoned, wrecked, junked, partially dismantled, or inoperative motor vehicle kept within a building where it will not be visible from any adjacent property or right-of-way.
(d) Any abandoned, wrecked, junked, partially dismantled or inoperative motor vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in strict compliance with all state regulations or as may be permitted by the Cookeville Zoning Code and when necessary to the operation of such business enterprise.
(e) Any abandoned, wrecked, junked, partially dismantled or inoperative motor vehicle in a appropriate storage place or depository maintained at a location officially designated and in a manner approved by the City of Cookeville.
(4) Removal of abandoned motor vehicles required. It shall be the duty of the person, firm, or corporation that is the owner of lands on which any abandoned, wrecked, junked, partially dismantled, or inoperative motor vehicle is located to remove the same to a place of lawful storage or to have the such vehicle housed within a building where it will not be visible from any adjacent property or right-of-way.
(5) Height of vegetation. Grass and other vegetation commonly recognized as weeds shall be considered in violation of this chapter when said vegetation has reached a height of twelve (12) inches.
(1970 Code, § 8-502)