(A) Generally.
(1) All open areas and parts of premises shall be maintained and kept in a reasonably clean and neat condition. This requirement shall include, but not be limited to, the removal of dead trees, brush and weeds, garbage and refuse, the removal of inoperable machines, appliances, fixtures and equipment so damaged, deteriorated or obsolete as to have no substantial value and which constitute junk; the removal of lumber piles and building materials not being used in actual construction on the premises unless the premises are being used by a business dealing in or requiring the use of the lumber and materials; and the removal of tin cans, broken glass, broken furniture, mattresses, box springs, boxes, crates, cardboard, tires and other debris. Any weeds or tall grass growing upon any lot or parcel of land in the city are hereby declared to be a nuisance and dangerous to the health, safety and good order of the city.
(2) Nothing in this section shall restrict the activities of duly established and licensed junk yards.
(B) Nonconforming motor vehicles.
(1) MOTOR VEHICLE means every vehicle which is self-propelled.
(2) No person shall place, park, permit to remain, store or leave upon an open space area of any premises any motor vehicle unless it conforms with all of the following requirements.
(a) The vehicle must have affixed to it a valid current motor vehicle license.
(b) The vehicle must not lack essential parts that would render it inoperable.
(c) The vehicle must not be in a rusted, wrecked, partially dismantled or junked condition.
(3) If a motor vehicle fails to meet any of the above requirements, the owner or possessor of the motor vehicle shall be responsible to remove the motor vehicle to a duly licensed junkyard or other authorized place of deposit or storage within five working days of a demand by the city. In the event the owner or possessor of the motor vehicle cannot be located, then it shall be the responsibility of the owner of the premises to remove the motor vehicle to a duly licensed junkyard or other authorized place of deposit or storage within five working days of a demand by the city.
(C) Violations a public health hazard. A person in violation of divisions (A) or (B) above of this section shall be deemed to have created in the city a public health hazard, which is subject to abatement by the city as provided in division (D) below.
(D) Abatement procedure.
(1) If the owner or occupant thereof fails within five days after posting by first class mail of a notice to abate a public health hazard contained on any property, the city by and through its authorized personnel may enter upon the property and abate the public health hazard by any reasonable means, including contracting with a private person to do so.
(2) Any expenses incurred by the city in the abatement of a public health hazard under this section shall be the responsibility of the property owner and, if subsequently unpaid, may be assessed against the property as provided in M.S. § 429.101, as may be amended from time to time.
(Prior Code, § 10-1.1) (Ord. 752, passed - -)