The following acts, omissions, conditions, and things in or upon any land, building, or structure in the city constitute public nuisances, the existence which are hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
(A) No person, shall place or allow to remain any personal property, materials, good, wares, merchandise, or similar items of any kind in or upon any public street, sidewalk, alleyway, or right-of-way. Items placed by or approved by the city are exempt from this division.
(B) No person, shall place, deposit, or leave, or allow to remain in or upon any public street, alleyway, sidewalk, right-of-way, park, or other city building or property any bottles, glass, cans, graffiti, handbills, posters, pieces of scrap metal, metal articles, paper, or other material or items, except in proper containers for collection.
(C) No owner or an occupant of any property shall allow or permit any trees, shrubs, or other plant growth on the property to impede, obstruct, or interfere with the free passage upon any public street, sidewalk, or alleyway; or obstruct the visibility of drivers; or interfere with any traffic control device; or signs or street lighting. Tree limbs must be maintained to hang no lower than 12 feet above any public street or alleyway and seven feet above any public sidewalk. Trees below seven feet, shrubs, or other plant growth must be maintained one foot from any public sidewalk. Dead trees, dead plants, and dead shrubs must be removed.
(D) No person shall allow the accumulation of items such as but not limited to bottles, glass, cans, pieces of scrap wood, metal, metal articles, paper, plastic, boxes, tires, vehicle parts, or other such materials or items in unsheltered areas of private property.
(E) No person shall place, store, or allow to remain furniture, except furniture designed and placed for outdoor use, household equipment, appliances, construction or landscape material, cardboard material, plastic material, debris, or any similar materials in a location that is visible to a person standing upon any public street or sidewalk.
(F) No person owning or occupying any property fronting on any street, alleyway, or public place in the city including the area between the property line of the property and the street shall allow thereon grass or weeds to exceed a height over six inches when such conditions create a blighting condition or may harbor infestations or are likely to become a hazard to the public health and safety. Dead trees, dead plants, and dead shrubs must be removed.
(G) No person owning any vacant building or vacant property within the city shall allow thereon grass or weeds to exceed a height over six inches, dead trees and bushes, or allow the accumulations of discarded construction materials, construction waste, trash, or any other debris or when such conditions create a blighting condition, or may harbor infestations or are likely to become a hazard to public health or safety.
(H) No person shall place any waste materials, trash, weeds, or other accumulation of debris upon any public or private property not owned or under the control of that person, other than the placement of refuse for collection in accordance with policy.
(I) The storage of construction materials in unsheltered areas of the yard in which insects may breed or multiply or which provides harborage for rodents or which constitutes a hazard to the public health or safety is prohibited. This division shall not apply to any construction materials when a valid building permit exists for the property on which the construction material is located and the construction materials is intended to be incorporated in the project for which the permit is issued.
(J) Any person owning any vacant property that has been subject to illegal dumping on more than three occasions within a 12-month period must effectively secure the area where the illegal dumping has occurred and place “no dumping” signs.
(K) The person in control of any private property shall at all times maintain adjacent unutilized street right-of-way and the portion of the alley contiguous with the property up the centerline of the alley free of litter.
(Prior Code, § 20-1-13) (Ord. O06-11-21, passed 12-14-2006; Res. R06-11-33, passed - -; Res. R22-12-30, passed 12-6-2022; Ord. O22-12-09, passed 12-6-2022) Penalty, see § 90.99