No person shall cause or permit a nuisance on public or private property. The following are nuisances which may be abated as provided in this chapter.
(A) Animal carcasses and the like. The deposition of an animal carcass or part thereof, or any excrement or sewage, or industrial waste, or any putrid, nauseous, decaying, deleterious, offensive or dangerous substance in a stream, well, spring, brook, ditch, pond, river or other inland waters within the city, or the placing of such substances in such position that high water or natural seepage will carry the same into such waters.
(B) Attractive nuisances.
(1) No owner or person in charge of property shall permit thereon:
(a) Unguarded machinery, equipment or other devices which are attractive, dangerous and accessible to children;
(b) Lumber, logs or pilings placed or stored in a manner so as to be attractive, dangerous and accessible to children; and/or
(c) An open pit, quarry, cistern or other excavation without safeguards or barriers to prevent such places from being used by children.
(2) This division (B) shall not apply to authorized construction projects with reasonable safeguards to prevent injury or death to playing children.
(C) Debris. An accumulation of decomposed animal or vegetable matter, garbage, rubbish, manure, offal, ashes, discarded containers, waste, paper, debris, trash, hay, grass, straw, weeds, litter, rags or other refuse matter or substance which by itself or in conjunction with other substances is deleterious to public health or comfort, or is unsightly, or creates an offensive odor.
(D) Fences.
(1) A fence, barrier, partition or obstruction electrically charged or connected with any electric source in such a manner as to transmit an electrical shock or charge to any person, animal or thing which might come in contact therewith.
(2) A barbed-wire fence along a sidewalk or public way except barbed wire placed on top of fences to prevent access to enclosed hazardous areas.
(E) Iceboxes and other containers. An abandoned, unattended or discarded icebox, refrigerator or other container accessible to children which has an airtight door, or lock which may not be released for opening from the inside. This division (E) does not include iceboxes, refrigerators or other containers offered for sale by commercial establishments provided that the same are kept within enclosures from which children are excluded at all times except business hours.
(F) Odors. Premises which are in such a state or condition as to cause an offensive odor or which are in an unsanitary condition.
(G) Privies and the like. A privy, vault, cesspool, septic tank or drain which emits a noisome and offensive smell, or which is prejudicial to public health.
(H) Stagnant water. An accumulation of stagnant or impure water which affords or might afford a breeding place for mosquitoes or other insects.
(I) Trees. A dead or decaying tree that is a hazard to the public or to persons or property on or near the property.
(J) Vision obstructions.
(1) A tree, shrub, bush or plant higher than 18 inches above the crown of the adjacent roadway in that portion of the roadway between the property line and the curb line within 25 feet from the intersection of curb lines, if extended, at any street, avenue or highway intersection.
(2) Where curbs have not been established, no such use of street area shall be made within 15 feet of the intersection of property lines if extended at any street, avenue or highway intersection. For the purpose of this division (J), the terms BUSH, SHRUB or PLANT shall include climbers and other vegetation growing upon or supported by poles, wires or trellises.
(K) Others. Any other thing, substance, condition or activity prohibited by state law, common law, this chapter, other ordinances or which is determined by the Council to be injurious or detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare of the city.
(L) Abandoned vehicles.
(1) No owner or person in charge of property shall permit thereon the parking, storing or leaving of any licensed or unlicensed motor vehicle of any kind which is in a rusted, wrecked, junked or partially dismantled or inoperative or abandoned condition, whether attended or not:
(a) For more than 72 hours but less than 30 days unless the vehicle is completely screened from public view; or
(b) For more than 30 days unless the vehicle is completely enclosed within a building.
(2) The prohibitions in this division (M) do not apply if the vehicle is maintained by a business enterprise authorized to maintain such vehicles under the land use laws and regulations of the city.
(Prior Code, § 93.02) (Ord. 290, passed 8-10-1981; Ord. 331, passed 7-11-1988) Penalty, see § 93.99