For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
NUISANCE. Any condition or the use of premises or of building exteriors in a residential or a commercial district which is or tends to render such properties as dangerous or detrimental or adverse to the health and welfare of others, or which causes or tends to cause substantial diminishing of the value of other properties in the area in which such premises are located. This includes, but is not limited to, the keeping or the depositing on or the scattering over the premises of any of the following:
(1) Lumber, junk, trash or debris;
(2) Abandoned, discarded or unused objects or equipment such as mobile or manufactured homes, campers, automobiles, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, cans or containers;
(3) Partially dismantled, wrecked, junked, discarded or otherwise non-operating motor vehicles; and
(4) Keeping unsanitary matter on premises. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or permit another to keep upon any residential or commercial property septic material, unless such material is retained in containers or vessels which deny access to humans, flies, insects, rodents or animals. This division (4) shall not apply to overflowing septic tanks and lateral lines as those items are subject to existing Health Department regulations.
(Ord. 14 (2005), passed 9-2-2005)