It is hereby declared a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge or possession of any premises in this city to maintain such premises in such manner that any of the following conditions are found to be exist thereon:
(A) Buildings which are abandoned, boarded up or in part boarded up, partially destroyed or left unreasonably in a state of partial construction;
(B) Unpainted buildings, buildings with extensive peeling paint, dry rot, warping and termite infestation;
(C) Broken or missing windows constituting hazardous conditions and inviting trespassers and malicious mischief;
(D) Overgrown vegetation or obnoxious vegetation including vegetation on the public parkway immediately adjacent to private property:
(1) Causing detriment to neighboring properties or property values or causing a hazardous condition to pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic;
(2) Likely to harbor rats, vermin and other nuisances;
(3) Grass or weeds more than eight inches high, except native grasses in designated natural areas, open lands, wetlands and on golf courses; and
(4) Vegetation that is a fire hazard because it is near other combustibles, extends into a public right-of-way or extends across a property line.
(E) Dead trees, weeds and debris:
(1) Constituting an unsightly appearance;
(2) Dangerous to public safety and welfare, or
(3) Detrimental to nearby property or property values.
(F) Trailers, campers, boats and other mobile equipment stored within the front yard zoning setback applicable to the property for longer than 30 days;
(G) Inoperative, abandoned, wrecked or dismantled vehicles stored on the premises for longer than 30 days;
(H) Parking of any form of motor driven bike, scooter or vehicle on mud, grass or any non-all weather surface;
(I) Attractive nuisances dangerous to children in the form of:
(1) Abandoned and broken equipment including, but not limited to, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, cans or containers; and
(2) Hazardous pools and ponds.
(J) Broken or discarded furniture and household equipment in visible yard areas for longer then ten days;
(K) Clothes lines in front yard areas;
(L) Packing boxes and other debris stored in yards and visible from public streets for longer than three days;
(M) Property including, but not limited to, building exteriors which are maintained in such condition as to become so defective, unsightly or in such condition of deterioration or disrepair that the same causes depreciable diminution of the property values of surrounding property or is materially detrimental to proximal properties and improvements. This includes, but is not limited to, the keeping or disposing of or the scattering over the property or premises of any of the following:
(1) Lumber, junk, trash or debris;
(2) Abandoned, discarded or unused objects or equipment including, but not limited to, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, cans or containers;
(3) Stagnant water;
(4) Any device, decoration, design, fence or structure which is unsightly by reason of its condition or its inappropriate location; and
(5) Rubbish, litter, garbage and commercial waste.
(N) Maintenance of premises so out of harmony or conformity which is unsightly by reason of its condition or its inappropriate location;
(P) Maintenance of an activity or a condition on a property identified as a public nuisance or nuisance as set forth in the city code, including, but not limited to, Chapters 50, 99, 113 and this chapter and §§ 135.010 through 135.013, 135.040 through 135.042, 135.060, 135.061, 135.105 through 135.108, 135.120, 135.121, 135.135 through 135.139 of the city code; and
(Q) Maintenance of any nuisance condition or activity on a chronic nuisance property.
(Prior Code, § 49-15) (Ord. 2008-16, passed 7-7-2008; Ord. 01-18, passed 6-21-2001; Am. Ord. 2016-55, passed 10-17-2016) Penalty, see § 95.999