The following conditions, acts, and items are declared to be nuisances:
It being expressly understood that all other definitions of nuisances under this Property Maintenance Code Chapter or any other chapter of the Codified Ordinances in the Village shall be equally considered to be a nuisance.
(a) Fire Hazards. Dry or dead shrubs, dead trees, combustible refuse and waste, or any material upon either public or private property which by reason of its size, location, or manner or growth constitutes a fire hazard to a building, improvement, crop, or other property, or which, when dry, will in reasonable probability constitute a fire hazard.
(b) Polluted Water. A swimming pool, pond, or other body of water, which is abandoned, unattended, unfiltered, or not otherwise maintained, resulting in the water becoming polluted by bacterial growth, algae, remains of insects, remains of deceased animals, reptiles, rubbish, refuse, debris, or any other foreign matter or material which because of its nature or location constitutes an unhealthy, unsafe, or unsightly condition.
(c) Refuse and Waste. Refuse and waste matter which, by reason of its location and character, is unsightly and interferes with the reasonable enjoyment of property by neighbors, detrimentally affects property values in the surrounding neighborhood or community, or which would materially interfere with the prevention or suppression of fire upon the premises.
(d) Improper Motor Vehicle and Machinery Storage. Inoperative, abandoned, wrecked, or dismantled motor vehicles and machinery, or any other machinery or motor vehicle, or any parts, determined by municipal authorities to be a danger or hazard to the general health of the public, or having a blighting effect on the welfare of the public, stored outside a completely enclosed structure or visible from either the street, alley, or neighboring properties. This definition also includes an inoperable, dismantled, partly dismantled, or wrecked motor vehicle, or parts, or any motor vehicle which is of no value except for salvage or junk purposes, or any motor vehicle which is unlicensed or not currently licensed for a period of seven days or more.
(e) Inadequate Property Maintenance. It is hereby declared a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any premises in this Village to maintain the premises in a manner that any of the following conditions are found to exist:
(1) Buildings which are abandoned, dilapidated, improperly secured, partially destroyed, or left in a state of partial construction.
(2) Buildings whose exterior structure has inadequate protective treatment, painting, or other protective covering resulting in or leading to dry rot, warping, termite infestation, deterioration, dilapidation, or any blighting effects.
(3) Broken windows constituting hazardous conditions or inviting trespassers or malicious mischief.
(4) Noxious weeds, as determined by the State Director of Agriculture pursuant to the authority granted him by Ohio R.C. 907.10(B)(2), or other vegetation, including grasses, which is eight inches or more in height, or any weed or vegetation growth causing a hazardous condition to pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or which is likely to harbor rats, vermin, or other pests.
(5) Dead trees or litter which, for purposes herein, shall include garbage waste, peelings of vegetables or fruits, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, parts of automobiles, wagons, furniture, glass, oil of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature.
(6) Attractive nuisances, dangerous to children or other persons, in the form of abandoned or broken equipment, hazardous pools, ponds, or excavations, or neglected machinery.
(7) Broken or discarded furniture or household equipment in visible yard areas.
(8) Clothesline in front yards.
(9) Garbage cans stored in front yards and visible from public streets, except when set out temporarily for garbage pick-up.
(10) Packing boxes or crates or other debris stored in visible yard areas.
(11) Property, such as building exteriors, which is maintained in a condition as to become so defective, unsightly, or in such condition of deterioration or disrepair that the same will probably cause diminution in values of surrounding property or is materially detrimental to proximal properties or improvements. This includes, but is not limited to, the keeping, disposing or scattering over the premises of lumber, junk, trash, debris; abandoned, discarded, or unused objects or equipment such as automobiles, or parts thereof, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, cans or containers; or any device, decoration, design, fence, or structure which is unsightly by reason of condition or inappropriate location.
(12) Materials used to build, maintain, or repair structures shall be like the materials used similarly elsewhere on the structure so as not to create a patchwork appearance. Intermediate construction materials, such as asphaltic-coated papers for roofing or Masonite for siding, shall not be submitted for permanent construction materials customarily utilized in new finished construction.
(f) No person shall create, permit, or maintain a public nuisance as described in this section. (Ord. 2003-07. Passed 7-2-03.)