(A) The following conditions shall constitute a public nuisance for the purpose of this chapter:
(1) Litter;
(2) Fallen trees, stumps, or dead trees;
(3) Boxes, appliances, furniture, household items, and tires;
(4) Demolition remains, broken concrete, or scrap metal;
(5) Open excavations, uncovered or improperly covered holes, whether lined or unlined, and dirt piles on any open or unfenced real property within the city, including open foundations;
(6) Accumulated garbage and trash;
(7) Structure affixed with graffiti;
(8) Any real property which emits an unwholesome odor;
(9) Any waste water, filth, offal, garbage, rubbish, animal waste, or human excrement which is deposited, allowed, or caused to be upon any public or private property;
(10) Any water or other substance which is caused or permitted to flow onto or be deposited upon any public property or public way, except natural surface water drainage;
(11) Any slaughter and/or dressing of animals or any dead domestic or wild animal;
(12) The erection of a dam or any other obstruction by a private party which prevents the natural flow of water and causes it to collect or pool upon any public property;
(13) Any real or personal property which is infected with contagious disease and is likely to cause a health hazard;
(14) The placement or accumulation, or permitting the placement or accumulation, on or within any real or personal property of any matter which attracts or may attract rodents, insects, or other animals in such a manner as to create a health hazard or unsanitary or dangerous condition;
(15) Any real or personal property used as a place of human residence or habitation that is dangerous or detrimental to life or health due to the lack of or defects in water, drainage, heating, plumbing, or ventilation;
(16) Any dilapidated or condemned building, structure, or dwelling that constitutes a fire hazard liable to catch on fire or communicate fire to surrounding properties;
(17) Any condition including but not limited to smoke, dust, noxious odors, or noise that emits from a premises which creates inconvenience, annoyance, and/or discomfort that interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of the life and property of the surrounding inhabitants;
(18) The storage of explosive, combustible, or other flammable material which creates a safety, health or fire risk;
(19) Any obstruction to public ways or visual barriers for vehicular traffic including but not limited to trees, shrubbery, weeds, snow, or fences;
(20) Any vehicle which is visible from the right-of-way and does not have current license plates or is not covered with a fitted cover, and any boat, jet ski or other watercraft not on a trailer and covered with a fitted cover;
(21) Any junk automobiles, automobile parts, farm implements, or tractors;
(22) Except under a land management plan approved in accordance with § 98.21, any growth of weeds, grass or other rank vegetation which is either:
(a) Neglected, disregarded or not adequately managed or controlled, cut, mown, or removed; or
(b) Has attained a height of eight inches or more; or
(c) Is actually or imminently detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare.
(B) In addition to what is declared in this chapter to be a public nuisance, those offenses which are known to the common law and the statutes of Indiana as a public nuisance may, when found to exist within the city, be treated as such and be proceeded against as provided in this chapter and code, or in accordance with any other provisions of law. Whenever the word "Nuisance" is used in this chapter it refers to a public nuisance.
(C) Violation. No owner, occupant, tenant, or any other person having a substantial interest in any real or personal property within the city, or agent thereof, shall permit or allow to remain on or within the property or upon public ways abutting the real property a public nuisance or any other condition which is detrimental to the public health, comfort, safety, or the aesthetic well-being of the community.
(Ord. 2-C-13, passed 2-26-13; Am. Ord. 4-C-17, passed 4-11-17)