The following enumerated and described conditions are hereby found, deemed and declared to constitute a detriment, danger and hazard to the public health and the public safety of the inhabitants of the city and are found, deemed and declared to be public nuisances wherever the same may exist, and the creation, maintenance or failure to abate any nuisances is hereby declared unlawful:
(A) Any condition which is a breeding ground or harbor for mosquitoes or a breeding ground or harbor for rats or other pests;
(B) A place of heavy growth of weeds, grasses, vines or other vegetation over ten inches in height;
(C) A place of growth of vines, shrubs or other vegetation when such condition is causing a breeding ground for rodents or is a focal point for any other nuisance enumerated in this section;
(D) A place of growth of poison sumac, poison ivy, poison oak or other noxious vegetation;
(E) An open place of collection of stagnant water where insects tend to breed;
(F) Any concentration of combustible items such as mattresses, boxes, paper, automobile tires and tubes, garbage, trash, refuse, brush, old clothes, rags or any other combustible materials or objects of a like nature;
(G) Any concentration of building materials including concrete, steel or masonry which are not suitable for building construction, alterations or repairs, and which are in open places;
(H) An open place of collection of garbage, food waste, animal waste or any other rotten or putrescible matter of any kind; however, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent the generally accepted use of a properly maintained compost pile or storage of animal manure being used as fertilizer for lawns and gardens and for other agricultural or horticultural purposes;
(I) Any household or office furniture, appliances or other metal products of any kind kept in open places or any indoor upholstered furniture kept outside in a location exposed to the weather;
(J) Any products which have jagged edges of metal or glass or areas of confinement kept in open places;
(K) Any open place of concentration of trash, refuse, discarded bottles, cans or medical supplies;
(L) Any condition whereby any fence, sign, billboard, shrubbery, bush, tree, mailbox or other object or combination of objects which obstructs the view of motorists using any street, private driveway or approach to any street intersection adjacent to and abutting such and so as to constitute a traffic hazard as a condition dangerous to public safety upon any such street, private driveway or at any such street intersection;
(M) Any fence or wall, as determined by the Director of Planning and Development Services, which through neglect, lack of repair, type or manner of construction, method of placement or otherwise, becomes undesirable or constitutes a hazard or endangers any person, animal or property;
(N) Any improper or inadequate drainage, as determined by the City Engineer, on private property which causes flooding, interferes with the use of or endangers in any way the streets, sidewalks, parks or other city-owned property of any kind;
(O) Any condition, as determined by the City Engineer, which blocks, hinders or obstructs in any way the natural flow of branches, streams, creeks, surface waters, ditches or drains;
(P) Any stormwater retention or impoundment device which is operating improperly, as determined by the City Engineer;
(Q) Any unlawful disposal, placement, emptying, dumping, spillage, leakage, pumping, pouring, emission or other discharge of any substance other than stormwater, unless associated with permitted activity as identified in section 9-9-16(A), into a stormwater conveyance, the waters of the state or upon the land in such proximity to the same, such that the substance is likely to reach a stormwater conveyance or the waters of the state or any unlawful connection that allows the discharge of non-stormwater to the stormwater conveyance system or waters of the state in violation of Chapter 9 of Title 9 of the Greenville City Code;
(R) A condition which occurs when a tenant leaves leased property either voluntarily or involuntarily (including but not limited to ejectment or other landlord removal action) and leaves or abandons trash, debris and property and the owner or property manager fails to remove the trash, debris or property from the leased property within 24 hours after the voluntary or involuntary removal of the tenant;
(S) Any place of growth of shrubs, trees or other vegetation that impedes public safety vehicle and firefighting equipment ingress and egress in the following locations that are utilized as public safety vehicle and firefighting equipment access routes and areas: private street easements, private drives, parking lots and/or drive isles, fire hydrant easements, designated fire lanes or other public vehicular areas;
(T) A condition which exists as the result of garbage, debris, refuse matter and recyclables located upon property which pose a public health nuisance or safety hazard; and
(U) Any other condition declared to be dangerous or prejudicial to the public health or public safety and a public nuisance by the City Council.
(Ord. No. 06-127, §§ 2, 3, passed 12-14-2006; Ord. No. 09-03, § 1, 2, passed 1-8-2009; Ord. No. 09- 39, § 4, 5, passed 5-14-2009; Ord. No. 21-010, § 3, passed 2-15-2021; Ord. No. 23-040, § 1, passed 5- 11-2023)