(A) Open areas:
(1) Surface and subsurface water shall be appropriately drained to prevent the development of stagnant ponds.
(2) No shopping baskets, carts or wagons shall be left unattended or standing, and the baskets, carts or wagons shall be collected as often as necessary and removed to the interior of the building or buildings from which they were taken.
(3) All fences shall be maintained. Such maintenance shall include, but not be limited to, painting as needed, and the replacement or repair of fences which may become in disrepair.
(4) All landscaping shall be maintained so that lawns, hedges, bushes and trees shall be kept neatly and free from becoming overgrown and unsightly where exposed to public view and where the same may have a tendency to depreciate adjoining property. The maintenance should include, but not be limited to, the replacement of trees and shrubs which may die or otherwise be destroyed.
(5) The planting strip fronting the property shall be maintained in a safe condition, neat, mowed as necessary, and free of litter, poison ivy, ragweed and any other noxious plant.
(6) Steps, walks, driveways, parking spaces and similar paved areas shall be maintained so as to afford safe passage under normal use and weather conditions. Any holes or other hazards that may exist shall be filled, and necessary repairs or replacement accomplished. All off-street parking facilities shall be swept as often as necessary in the determination of the enforcement agent.
(7) Yards, courts and vacant lots shall be kept clean and free of physical hazards, rodent harborage and infestation, and shall be maintained in a manner that will prevent trash, garbage, litter, debris and rubbish from being blown about them. The property owner or his/her agent shall remove discarded or inoperative appliances, furnishings or machinery.
(8) All signs exposed to public view shall be maintained in good repair. Excessively weathered or faded signs shall be removed or put into good repair. Any nonoperative or broken electrical or other sign shall be repaired or removed.
(9) Trash receptacles shall be emptied on a regular basis.
(B) Buildings and structures:
(1) The exterior of buildings and structures shall be maintained so that their appearance shall not have a tendency to depreciate adjoining property.
(2) The foundation walls of every building shall be maintained in good repair and be structurally sound.
(3) Exterior walls (including doors and windows), roofs and the areas around doors, windows, chimneys and other parts of a building shall be so maintained as to keep water from entering the building and to prevent undue heat loss from occupied areas. Materials which have been damaged or show evidences of dry rot or other deterioration shall be repaired or replaced and refinished in a workmanlike manner. Exterior walls, roofs and other parts of the building shall be free from loose and unsecured objects and material. Such objects or materials shall be removed, repaired or replaced.
(4) Buildings and structures shall be maintained free of insect, vermin and rodent harborage and infestation.
(5) Buildings and structures shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition free from health, safety and fire hazards.
(Ord. 337, passed 7-6-93; Am. Ord. 425, passed 10-2-00) Penalty, see § 154.99