(A) (1) 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.
(2) ABANDONED PROPERTY shall include, without being so restricted, deteriorated, wrecked, partially dismantled, or inoperative motor vehicles. INOPERABLE VEHICLE means any vehicle which is not in operating condition due to damage, removal, or inoperability of one or more tires or wheels, the engine, or other essential parts required for the operation of the vehicle or which does not have lawfully affixed thereto a valid state license plate or which constitutes an immediate health, safety, fire, or traffic hazard.
(B) Cultivated and useful grasses in pastures are not nuisances except that 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 of the necessity therefor.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person not authorized by the City Council to haul or drive a vehicle with solid waste materials through or upon the city streets.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any solid waste material to be kept or accumulated for more than 24 hours after notification by the City Council to remove the same.
(E) It shall be unlawful to bury or attempt to bury solid waste materials within the city limits.
(F) It shall be unlawful to deposit any solid waste materials on any public or private property other than certain designated and exempt wastes for which special areas have been set aside by the City Council.
(G) It shall be unlawful to fail to clean premises, fail to place all materials in containers, and fail to place containers in a position for collection.
(H) It shall be unlawful to burn any solid waste within the city limits, provided that burning by incineration shall be lawful if within incinerators which meet air pollution standards by the state’s Air Pollution Control Regulations.
(I) It shall be unlawful to allow the scattering of wastes upon public road rights-of-way.
(Prior Code, § 11.0515) (Ord. 495, passed 11-19-2001) Penalty, see § 10.99