Section
General Provisions
92.01 Public nuisance defined
92.02 Public nuisances affecting health
92.03 Public nuisances affecting peace and safety
92.04 Burning of leaves on private property
92.05 Open burning of leaves
92.06 Open burning permitted
92.07 Blight
92.08 Noise
Grass/Weeds
92.20 Short title
92.21 Jurisdiction
92.22 Definitions; exclusions
92.23 Owners responsible for trimming, removal, and the like
92.24 Filing complaint
92.25 Notice of violations
92.26 Appeals
92.27 Abatement by city
92.28 Liability
92.99 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Whoever by his or her act or failure to perform a legal duty intentionally does any of the following is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, which is a misdemeanor:
(A) Maintains or permits a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures, or endangers the safety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of members of the public;
(B) Interferes with, obstructs, or renders dangerous for passage any public highway or right-of-way, or waters used by the public; or
(C) Is guilty of any other act or omission declared by law or any other part of this code to be a public nuisance and for which no sentence is specifically provided.
(Prior Code, § 92.01) Penalty, see § 92.99
The following are hereby declared to be nuisances affecting health:
(A) Exposed accumulation of decayed or unwholesome food or vegetable matter;
(B) All diseased animals running at large;
(C) All ponds or pools of stagnant water;
(D) Carcasses of animals not buried or destroyed within 24 hours after death;
(E) Accumulations of manure, refuse, or other debris;
(F) Privy vaults and garbage cans which are not rodent-free or fly-tight or which are so maintained as to constitute a health hazard or to emit foul and disagreeable odors;
(G) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream or lake, canal, or body of water by sewage, industrial waste, or other substances;
(H) All noxious weeds and other rank growths of vegetation upon public or private property;
(I) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas or soot, or cinders, in unreasonable quantities;
(J) All public exposure of people having a contagious disease; and
(K) Any offensive trade or business as defined by statute not operating under local license.
(Prior Code, § 92.02) Penalty, see § 92.99
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