A. Nuisances Enumerated: In addition to other public nuisances declared by other sections of this code or law, the following are hereby declared to be public nuisances:
1. Unwholesome Food: The sale, or offering for sale, of unwholesome food or drink; or the keeping of a place where such sales or offerings are made.
2. Liquor: The sale, offering for sale, or furnishing of intoxicating liquor in violation of the state law or ordinances of the city; or the keeping of a place where intoxicating liquor is sold, offered for sale, or furnished in violation of the state law or ordinances of the city.
3. Obscene Literature: The exposure, display, sale, or distribution of obscene pictures, books, pamphlets, magazines, papers, documents, or objects; or the keeping of a place where such are exposed, displayed, sold, or distributed.
4. Gambling: The keeping of a place where persons gamble, whether by cards, slot machines, punchboards, or otherwise.
5. House Of Prostitution: The keeping of a place where prostitution, illicit sexual intercourse, or other immoral acts are practiced.
6. Place Where Unlawful Activities Occur: The keeping of a place where activities in violation of state law or ordinance are practiced or carried on.
7. Illegal Dances: The conduct or holding of public dances in violation of the ordinances of the city; or the keeping of a place where such dances are held.
8. Exposing Person With Contagious Disease: The public exposure of a person having a contagious disease.
9. Loud Noises By Persons Or Animals: The continued making of loud or unusual noises which annoy persons of ordinary sensibilities; or the keeping of an animal which makes such noise 1 .
10. Interference With Radio Or Television Reception: The operation or use of any electrical apparatus or machine which materially and unduly interferes with radio or television reception by others.
11. Crowds Obstructing Traffic: Any use of a street or sidewalk or a place adjacent thereto which causes crowds of people to gather so as to obstruct traffic on such street or sidewalk, or which otherwise obstructs traffic thereon, except as may be authorized by law or ordinances.
12. Liquid Or Snow Falling From Building: Permitting water or other liquid to flow or fall, or ice or snow to fall, from any building or structure upon any street or sidewalk.
13. Stagnant Water: All wells, pools, cisterns, bodies, or containers of water in which mosquitoes breed or are likely to breed, or which are so constructed, formed, conditioned, or situated as to endanger the public safety.
14. Weeds And Refuse: Rank weeds or grass, carcasses, accumulations of manure, refuse, or other things, which are, or are likely to be, breeding places for flies, mosquitoes, vermin, or disease germs; and the premises on which such exist.
15. Dangerous Building: Any building or structure which is dangerous to the public health or safety because of damage, decay, or other condition, or which is unsightly 2 .
16. Dangerous Pit Or Hole: Any pit, hole, or other thing which is so constructed, formed, conditioned, or situated as to endanger the public safety.
17. Fire Hazard: Any fire or explosion hazard which endangers the public safety.
18. Activities Endangering Public Health: Any occupation or activity which endangers the public peace, health, morals, safety, or welfare. (1980 Code § 13-7)
a. It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to park, store, leave, or permit the parking, storing, or leaving of any motor vehicle of any kind which is in an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled condition whether attended or not, unregistered, uninspected, upon any public or private property within the city, for a period of time in excess of seventy two (72) hours.
b. The presence of an abandoned, unregistered, uninspected, wrecked, dismantled, inoperative, rusted, junked or partially dismantled vehicle or parts thereof, on private or public property, is hereby declared a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
c. This section shall not apply to any vehicle enclosed within a building on private property or to any vehicle held in connection with a lawful business enterprise, and property operated in the appropriate zone, pursuant to the zoning laws of the city, or to any motor vehicle in operable condition specifically adopted or designed for operation on drag strips or raceways, or any vehicle retained by the owner for antique collection purposes, in a storage place maintained in a lawful place and manner. (Ord. 217, 11-2-1999)
B. Provisions Cumulative: The above enumeration of certain public nuisances shall be cumulative and not limit other provisions of law or ordinances defining public or private nuisances either in more general or more specific terms. (1980 Code § 13-7)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See also section 5-4-18 of this code. |
| 2 | 1. See also chapter 3 of this title. |
| 3 | 2. See also chapter 5 of this title. |