It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or permit any nuisance within the city as defined, without limitation, as follows:
(a) Filth, excrement, lumber, rocks, dirt, cans, paper, trash, metal or any other offensive or disagreeable thing or substance thrown or left or deposited upon any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk, park, public or private enclosure, or lot whether vacant or occupied;
(b) All dead animals not removed within 24 hours after death;
(c) Any place or structure or substance that emits or causes any offensive, disagreeable or nauseous odors;
(d) All stagnant ponds or pools of water;
(e) All grass or weeds longer than eight inches or other unsightly vegetation not usually cultivated or grown for domestic use or to be marketed or for ornamental purposes;
(f) Abandoned iceboxes or refrigerators kept on the premises under the control of any person, or deposited on the sanitary landfill, or any icebox or refrigerator not in actual use unless the door, opening or lid thereof is unhinged or unfastened and removed therefrom;
(g) All articles or things whatsoever caused, kept, maintained or permitted by any person to the injury, annoyance or inconvenience of the public or of any neighborhood;
(h) Any fence, structure, thing or substance placed upon or being upon any street, sidewalk, alley or public ground so as to obstruct the same, except as permitted by the laws of the city; and
(i) (1) Any motor vehicle which is not currently registered or tagged pursuant to K.S.A. 8-126 to 8-149 inclusive, as amended; or parked in violation of city ordinance; or incapable of moving under its own power; or in a junked , wrecked or inoperable condition. Any one of the following conditions shall raise the presumption that a vehicle is junked, wrecked or inoperable:
(A) Absence of current registration plates upon the vehicle;
(B) Placement of the vehicle or parts thereof upon jacks, blocks, or other supports; or
(C) Absence of one or more parts of the vehicle necessary for the lawful operation of the vehicle upon street or highway.
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any motor vehicle which is enclosed in a garage or other building; to the parking or storage of a vehicle inoperable for a period of 30 consecutive days or less; or to any person conducting a business enterprise in compliance with existing zoning regulations or who places such vehicles behind screening of sufficient size, strength and density to screen such vehicles from the view of the public and to prohibit ready access to stored vehicles by children. However, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the maintenance of a public nuisance.
(Ord. 600, passed 5-1-1990)