For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
NUISANCE.
(1) Any condition or use of premises or of building exteriors which is detrimental to the property of others or which causes or tends to cause substantial diminution in the value of other property in the neighborhood in which the premises are located or which is otherwise a menace to the public health, safety, or welfare. This includes, but not limited to, the keeping or the depositing on or the scattering over the premises of any of the following:
(a) Rubbish and trash, lumber not piled or stacked 12 inches off the ground, rocks or bricks, metal, parts of derelict cars or trucks, broken furniture, appliances, scrap material, machine parts, cans or containers, any flammable material or condition which may endanger public safety, or any material or condition which is unhealthy or unsafe; or
(b) Debris of any kind, weed cuttings, cut, fallen, or hazardous trees and shrubs, and overgrown vegetation and noxious weeds which are 18 inches or more in height. Weeds shall be defined as all grasses.
(2) Notwithstanding division (1) above, it shall not be a nuisance for purposes of this subchapter for all grasses to grow 18 inches or more in height if such grasses grows on a lot that is cut at least once in the spring (May through July) and once in the fall (September through November). However, in no case shall overgrown grasses or weeds, which are 12 inches or more in height, be allowed within ten feet of:
(a) Any public or private roadway or street; or
(b) Any public or private improvements including buildings, outbuildings, walls, fences, drives, or property lines.
(3) All grasses, that are overgrown and likely to harbor rats, vermin, and other similar nuisances detrimental to neighboring properties, or vegetation growing into the public right-of-way, or vegetation obstructing the view of drivers on any public street, right-of-way or private driveways;
(4) The existence of any body of stagnant water or other liquid in which mosquitoes or other insects may breed, or which may generate noxious or offensive gases or odors. This section shall not apply to properly maintained birdbaths, landscape ponds, fountains, or irrigation systems;
(5) The removal of snow from public/private premises into the public roadways.
(Ord. 14-007, passed 8-7-2014)