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No person shall be found in violation of this article unless the public officer, after a reasonable inquiry and inspection of the premises, believes that conditions exist of a quality and appearance not commensurate with the character of the neighborhood. Such belief must be supported by evidence of a level of maintenance significantly below that of the rest of the neighborhood. Such evidence shall include conditions declared unlawful under § 8-2A08, but shall not include conditions that are not readily visible from any public place or from any surrounding private property.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to allow to exist on any residential, commercial or industrial premises, conditions that are injurious to the health, safety or general welfare of the residents of the community or conditions that are detrimental to adjoining property, the neighborhood or the city.
(b) For the purpose of fair and efficient enforcement and administration, such unlawful conditions shall be classified as follows:
(1) Exterior conditions (yard) shall include, but not be limited to, the scattering over or the parking, leaving, depositing or accumulation on the yard of any of the following:
(A) Lumber, wire, metal, tires, concrete, masonry products, plastic products, supplies, equipment, machinery, auto parts, junk or refuse;
(B) Abandoned motor vehicles;
(C) Furniture, stoves, refrigerators, televisions, sinks, bicycles, lawn mowers or other such items of personal property; or
(D) Nauseous substances, carcasses of dead animals or places where animals are kept in an offensive manner.
(2) Exterior conditions (structure) shall include, but not be limited to, deteriorated, dilapidated or unsightly:
(A) Exteriors of any structure;
(B) Exteriors of any accessory structure; or
(C) Fences, walls or retaining walls.
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