(a) A public nuisance shall exist when, by acts of omission or commission, any natural person or business entity, as owner or occupier of any lot of land or building within the City, shall cause or permit the following conditions to exist:
(1) Unsafe buildings. Any building, house or structure permitted to become so out of repair and dilapidated that it constitutes a fire hazard liable to catch on fire or communicate fire because of its condition and lack of repair, or which will, if the condition continues, endanger the life, limb or property of persons or property using or being upon the streets or public ways of the City adjoining the lot of land, by reason of the collapse of the building, house or structure, or by the falling of objects therefrom, or which endangers the public health, welfare or safety or materially interferes with the peaceful enjoyment of adjacent property by owners or occupants thereof;
(2) Standing objects. Any tree, stack or other object permitted to remain standing on the lot of land in a condition that it will, if the condition continues, endanger the life, limb or property of persons, or cause hurt, damage or injury to persons or property on the public streets or public ways adjacent thereto, by falling;
(3) Excavations. An excavation of a cellar, well, cistern or abandoned septic tank on any such lot of land permitted to be unguarded or remain in a condition that it will, if the condition continues, endanger the life, limb or property of persons, or cause hurt, damage or injury to persons or property upon the public streets or public ways adjacent thereto, by falling or being cast therein;
(4) Fire hazards. The accumulation, on any such lot of land or in any building, house or structure, of refuse or other materials permitted in an amount and in a condition that the same constitutes a fire hazard by reason of the likelihood of its catching on fire or communicating fire, or which has a tendency to attract and propagate vermin or insects endangering the public health;
(5) Building materials. The maintenance or allowance of building materials upon public or private property if the building materials (which shall include all residue from building construction and old and new building materials) are not removed or utilized in construction within ninety days after the materials are placed upon the premises. However, if construction is initiated upon the premises and the building materials are to be used in the construction, then the building materials shall be allowed to remain upon the premises for a period of time not to exceed thirty days after the completion of the construction.
(6) Fire-damaged buildings. The willful allowance of a fire-damaged building to remain in an unrepaired condition if such condition exists for a period in excess of ninety days after the damage.
(Ord. 2913. Passed 12-21-71.)
(b) Whoever causes or permits to exist any of the conditions described in this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 3939. Passed 6-10-80.)