Nuisances may include but are not limited to:
(A) Garbage and refuse. Depositing, maintaining, or permitting to be maintained or accumulated upon any public or private property any household wastewater, sewage, garbage, tin cans, offal, or excrement; any decaying fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, or bones; or any foul, putrid or obnoxious liquid substance;
(B) Noxious and unhealthful vegetation. No property owner or tenant may allow noxious and unhealthful vegetation to grow within the city. Cultivated and useful grasses in pastures are not nuisances; however, it shall be a nuisance to refuse to provide fire breaks as deemed necessary by the City Council within seven days after notification by the Council for the necessity therefor;
(C) Disturbance. No owner of any dog, cat, or other animal, licensed or unlicensed, shall permit such animal to disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood by continuous barking or making other loud or unusual noises, destroying or defacing property, or causing injury to persons or domestic animals;
(D) Undressed hides. Undressed hides kept longer than 24 hours except in an appropriate enclosed storage facility;
(E) Manure. The accumulations of manure unless it is in a properly constructed fly-proof pit, bin, or box;
(F) Breeding places for flies. The accumulation of manure, garbage, or anything whatever in which flies breed;
(G) Stagnant water. Any excavation in which stagnant water is permitted to collect;
(H) Dead animals. For the owner of a dead animal to permit it to remain undisposed of longer than 24 hours after its death;
(I) Improperly handled garbage. Throwing or letting fall on or permitting to remain on any street, alley, or public ground any manure, garbage, rubbish, filth, fuel, or wood;
(J) Littering on streets. Throwing or depositing paper, ashes, rubbish, or litter of any kind on the streets, alleys, public grounds, or private property, without the permission of the occupant, within the corporate limits of the city or within Flandreau City Park;
(K) Rodents. Accumulation of junk, old iron, automobiles or parts thereof, or anything that may allow rodents to live, breed, or accumulate;
(L) Bonfires in public places. Burning or causing or permitting to be burned anywhere within the city, any filth, manure, garbage, sweeping, leaves, ashes, paper, rubbish, or material of any kind except that patio fire pits shall be permitted;
(M) Abandoned, deteriorated, wrecked, or derelict property. Any abandoned, deteriorated, wrecked, or derelict property such as, but not limited to, trailers, boats, machinery, household appliances, plumbing fixtures, furniture, and other articles in unusable condition having no value other than nominal scrap or junk value, if any, and which has been left unprotected from the elements and which constitutes fire, health, or safety hazard or is unsightly shall not be permitted to be kept within the city limits;
(N) Unofficial sign, signal, or device. Placing, maintaining, or displaying upon or in view of any street, any unofficial sign, signal, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic sign or signal or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic;
(O) Failure to maintain lawn. Maintaining a lawn in such a manner that grass and/or weeds are permitted to grow more than six inches in height;
(P) Failure to remove snow and ice from sidewalks. The owner(s) in possession of any property abutting any sidewalk shall keep such sidewalk free from snow and ice and, within 72 hours after the termination of snow fall, remove any snow or ice accumulation from the sidewalk. The owner or person in possession of any property abutting any sidewalk that ends at an intersection or crosswalk shall maintain the sidewalk free from snow and ice to the edge of the street. Snow and ice deposited on the sidewalk in the street removal process shall be removed within 48 hours of being deposited; and
(Q) Inoperable vehicles. Any vehicle that meets the definition of “inoperable vehicle” shall not be kept longer than 48 hours except in an appropriate enclosed structure or accessory structure. An authorized employee or agent of the city may demand a vehicle suspected of being inoperable be driven a distance of a quarter mile, approximately around one square block in town, in the presence of an authorized employee or agent of the city to demonstrate operability within one week of notice at a mutually acceptable time. Failure of the owner to comply will be presumptive proof of inoperability.
(Prior Code, § 5.3.1) (Ord. 598, passed 5-18-2020) Penalty, see § 92.99