(a) A person commits an offense if the person accumulates or allows the accumulation on any property of any:
(1) Broken, inoperable or discarded household furnishings, appliances, machines, tools, boxes and cartons, lawn maintenance equipment, play equipment, toys and similar items;
(2) Used or discarded building materials;
(3) Materials or items stored on rooftops or porches of buildings when visible from the public right-of-way or neighboring property;
(4) Factory or mill wastes;
(5) Damaged merchandise;
(6) Wet, broken or leaking barrels, casks or boxes;
(7) Used, discarded or broken automotive parts or equipment; or
(8) Any other materials which tend by decay to become putrid or to provide harborage for rodents and other vectors.
(b) It is defense to prosecution of subsection (a) above that the person was engaged in the business of dealing in junk, and was in compliance with the comprehensive zoning ordinance and all other applicable provisions of the city code relating to junk dealers.
(Ord. 12931, § 1, passed 3-25-1997)