(A) A certain document, a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk, being marked and designated as Chapter 2, “Definitions” and Chapter 3, “General Requirements” of the “International Property Maintenance Code,” current edition, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted by the city; for the maintenance of property, buildings, and structures. Each and all of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms of said chapters of the “International Property Maintenance Code” are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in division (B) below. It is hereby declared to be a public nuisance to permit inoperative vehicles, junk, stagnant water, litter, noxious weeds, unlicensed vehicles, or any other condition described in division (B) below within the corporate or jurisdictional limits of the city.
(B) The “International Property Maintenance Code,” current edition, is amended and revised in the following respects:
(1) Section 202. Amend the following definition:
EXTERIOR PROPERTY. The open space of the premises and adjoining property under the control of owners or operators of such premises. This definition shall also include the property between the alley and/or paved edge of the roadway and the property line of the property that abuts the right-of-way and/or alley.
(2) Section 202. Insert the following definitions:
INOPERATIVE VEHICLE. A vehicle that cannot be legally operated or drawn by a motor vehicle on the streets and highways of the state in accordance with the statutes of the state including, but not limited to, any motor vehicle which does not have its major component parts so as to be fully operable, i.e., an engine in running condition, all tires inflated to their proper pressure capable of supporting the motor vehicle independently, a battery with operative electrical and ignition system, and the like.
JUNK. Junk shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Any iron, glass, paper, rags, cordage, wood, machinery parts, cloth, or other waste or discarded material of any nature of any substance whatsoever which is so placed or strewn about as to give a reasonably prudent person the impression that the owner thereof no longer intends to keep such material for any immediate useful purpose or has demonstrated from a lengthy period of disuse that he or she does not intend to use said material for a useful purpose; and
2. Any machine or machines, vehicle or vehicles or parts of a machine or vehicle which have lost their identity, character, utility, or serviceability as such through deterioration, dismantling or the ravages of time except a vehicle on the premises of a licensed enterprise when necessary to the operation of such enterprise.
LITTER. Garbage, trash, rubbish, tires, tire carcasses, waste materials, debris, or like substances placed or allowed to be placed or to remain on the ground in any manner; and any articles or materials that may be likely to accumulate stale or stagnant water so as to be a breeding ground for mosquitoes or other insects or that provides a haven for rodents or insects.
NOXIOUS WEEDS. Include, but are not limited to, bindweed (convolvulus arvensis), puncture vine (tribulus terrestris), leafy spurge (euphorbia esula), Canada thistle (cirsium arvense), perennial peppergrass (lepidium draba), Russian knapweek (centaurea picris), Johnson grass (sorghum halepense), nodding or musk thistle, quack grass (agrpyron repens), perennial sow thistle (sonchus arvensis), horse nettle (solanum carolinense), bull thistle (cirsium lanceolatum), buckthorn (rahmnus sp. tourn), hemp plant (cannabis sativa), and ragweed (ambrosiaceae).
STAGNANT WATER. Any and all lots or pieces of ground within the municipality shall be drained, filled, or covered so as to prevent STAGNANT WATER from accumulating on any lot or property, including the accumulation of such water, tires, and tire carcasses on any lot or properties.
UNLICENSED VEHICLE. A vehicle that does not properly display current registration as required for said vehicle to legally operate or to be legally drawn by a motor vehicle on the streets and highways of the state.
VEHICLE. A motor vehicle or trailer as defined by the statutes of the state.
(3) Section 302.1. Insert after last line: No owner or occupant shall permit or allow any garbage, manure, offal, rubbish, rubble, refuse, junk, or waste paper to collect or lie upon or within any premises that such owner or occupant owns or controls including the use of exterior property areas for the storage or accumulation of wood and other used materials, or for the dumping, disposal, or storage of junk, scrap metal, slag, or other industrial wastes or by-products.
(4) Section 302.4. Insert the following section:
302.4.1 Notice: The City Administrator or his or her designee shall notify by certified mail and first class mail that the owner, as listed in the most recent county property records, shall destroy or cut all weeds in violation of § 302.4. The notice shall inform the owner that if such owner fails to destroy or cut said weeds in violation of § 302.4 within ten days from the date of mailing of the notice, the city or its contractor may enter upon the property to destroy or cut such weeds as many times as is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, in the current calendar year. The cost and expenses of any such work plus an administrative fee shall be paid by the owner and the city may levy and assess the costs and expenses of the work upon the lot or property so benefitted in the same manner as other special taxes for improvements are levied and assessed.
(5) Section 302.8. Amend to read as follows:
302.8 Vehicles. No inoperative or unlicensed vehicle shall be parked, kept, or stored outside on any premises, and no vehicle shall at any time be in a state of major disassembly, disrepair, or in the process of being stripped or dismantled. Painting of vehicles is prohibited unless conducted inside an approved spray booth.
Exception: A vehicle of any type is permitted to undergo major overhaul, including body work; provided, that such work is performed inside a structure or similarly enclosed area designed and approved for such purposes.
(6) Section 303.14 (first line). Insert: April 1.
(7) Section 303.14 (second line). Insert: October 1.
(Prior Code, § 94.01) (Ord. 1686, passed 8-13-2001; Ord. 1760, passed 5-10-2004; Ord. 1862, passed 3-10-2008)