The purpose of this chapter is to:
A. Identify public nuisances;
B. Establish regulations to prevent, reduce, or eliminate public nuisances;
C. Authorize the City to act in the interests of public health, safety, and welfare to prevent, abate, or remove nuisances;
D. Allow the removal or destruction of buildings or structures deemed by the City to be a nuisance or menace to public health or safety;
E. Create procedures for the abatement and removal of abandoned, junk, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or their parts from public or private property;
F. Establish fines, fees, penalties, and other procedures to defray costs to taxpayers for actions taken to abate public nuisances. (Ord. 159, 12-13-2018)