The following specific acts, omissions, places, conditions and things are hereby declared to be nuisances:
A. Accumulations of manure, rubbish or garbage which are breeding places for flies, mosquitoes or vermin.
B. All loud or unusual noises and annoying vibrations which offend the peace and quiet of persons of ordinary sensibilities.
C. 1. All hanging signs, awnings and other similar structures over the streets or sidewalks so situated or constructed as to endanger public safety.
2. Any billboard or sign on any vacant lot or portion of a lot within the city which might be in any way a fire hazard or which might be or become a nuisance therein.
D. Filthy, littered or trash covered cellars, house yards, factory yards, vacant areas in the rear of stores, vacant lots, houses, buildings or premises containing trash, litter, rags, old household appliances, accumulation of empty barrels, boxes, crates, packing cases, lumber or firewood not neatly piled, scrap iron, tin and other metal not neatly piled or anything whatsoever in which flies or rats may breed or multiply or which may be a fire danger.
E. To throw, deposit or discard any bottles, cans or rubbish on any street, alley, parking lot or other public place within the corporate limits of the city.
F. All weeds 1 , grass, growth, overhanging branches of trees interfering with travel, and rubbish, as far as the curb lines on any street fronting or adjoining any property.
H. Any unsightly building, billboard or other structure, or any old, abandoned or partially destroyed building or structure, or any building or structure commenced and left unfinished, or any abandoned well or excavation not properly protected and which may attract children and endanger them in the course of play.
I. Allowing horses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, swine or domestic fowl to run or be at large or to be on or enter the premises of another person, or public parks, by the owners or keepers thereof.
J. Allowing animals to become a nuisance to surrounding property owners, tenants or occupants, by the owners or keepers thereof. (1984 Code § 8-2-2)
K. Allowing odor from fire, feces, manufacturing processes, commercial processing, waste treatment or from any other source to travel beyond property boundaries or travel into the city limits, which odor annoys, injures or endangers the health, safety or well being of any number of persons. (1984 Code § 8-2-2; amd. 2014 Code)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See article A of this chapter. |
| 2 | 2. See article B of this chapter. |