A. Adopted: Except insofar as the application thereof is clearly impractical or inappropriate, in view of the context of purposes or penalty as provided, all of the definitions, requirements, regulations, prohibitions, provisions, penalties and sections of the state nuisance provisions, Utah Code Annotated section 76-10-801 et seq., as amended, are hereby adopted by the city.
B. Nuisances Defined: Whatever is dangerous to human life or health and whatever renders soil, air, water or food impure or unwholesome is declared to be a nuisance and unlawful. It is unlawful for any person either as an owner, agent, tenant or occupant to create, or aid in creating or contributing to or maintaining, a nuisance.
1. It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any real property or estate, or its agent, to cause or permit upon such property, or right of way adjacent thereto, the accumulation of, or, after notice as provided in this chapter, to fail to eradicate or remove any injurious and noxious weeds, garbage, refuse, dead trees, tree stumps, or abandoned vehicles, boats or trailers, or deleterious objects or structures pursuant to the powers granted to the city by Utah Code Annotated title 10, chapter 11.
2. It is declared that the above listed objects shall constitute a public nuisance when they create a fire hazard, a source of pollution to water, air or land, or they create a breeding place or habitation for insects, rodents or other forms of life deleterious to human habitation, or deleterious to their surroundings.
C. Responsible Party Defined: Where a nuisance exists upon property and is the outgrowth of the usual, natural or necessary use of the property, the landlord or his or her agent, the tenant or his or her agent, and all other persons having control of the property on which such nuisance exists shall be deemed to be the party responsible for the nuisance condition and shall be equally liable and responsible. Where any such nuisance shall arise from the unusual or unnecessary use of such property or from the business thereon conducted, then the occupants and all other persons contributing to the continuance of such nuisance shall be deemed the responsible parties. (Ord. 09-02 § 2)