The following enumerated and described conditions, or any combination thereof, are hereby found, deemed, and declared to constitute a detriment, danger, and hazard to the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the city and are found, deemed, and declared to be public nuisances wherever the conditions may exist and the creation, maintenance, or failure to abate any nuisances is hereby declared unlawful.
(A) Any weeds or other vegetation having an overall height of more than 18 inches above the surrounding ground provided that the following shall not be considered to be a part of this condition:
(1) Trees and ornamental shrubs;
(2) Cultured plants;
(3) Natural vegetation on undeveloped property that is not a threat to the character of surrounding properties; and/or
(4) Flowers and growing and producing vegetable plants.
(B) Any accumulation of trash and/or garbage which is the result of the absence or of overflowing or improperly closed trash or garbage containers;
(C) Accumulation in an open place of hazardous or toxic materials and chemicals;
(D) An open place of concentration of combustible items such as mattresses, boxes, paper, automobile tires and tubes, garbage, trash, refuse, brush, old clothes, rags, or any other combustible materials or objects of a like nature;
(E) Any accumulation of garbage, rubbish, trash, or junk causing or threatening to cause a fire hazard, or causing or threatening to cause the accumulation of stagnant water, or causing or threatening to cause the inhabitation therein of rats, mice, snakes, mosquitoes, or vermin prejudicial to the public health;
(F) Any accumulation of animal or vegetable matter that is offensive by virtue of odors or vapors or by the inhabitance therein of rats, mice, snakes, or vermin of any kind which is or may be dangerous or prejudicial to the public health;
(G) The open storage of any discarded ice box, refrigerator, stove, washer, dryer, other “white goods”, glass, building materials, building rubbish, or similar items;
(H) Any building or other structure which has been burned, partially burned, or otherwise partially destroyed and which is unsightly or hazardous to the safety of any person, is a continuing fire hazard, or which is structurally unsound to the extent that the City Manager or his or her designee can reasonably determine that there is a likelihood of personal or property injury to any person or property entering the premises;
(I) Any condition which blocks, hinders, or obstructs in any way the natural flow of branches, streams, creeks, surface waters, ditches, or drains, to the extent that the premises is not free from standing water;
(J) Nuisance vehicle: A vehicle on public or private property that is determined and declared to be a health or safety hazard, a public nuisance, and unlawful, including a vehicle found to be:
(1) A breeding ground or harbor for mosquitoes, other insects, rats, or other pests;
(2) A point of heavy growth of weeds or other noxious vegetation which exceeds eight inches in height;
(3) In a condition allowing the collection of pools or ponds of water;
(4) A concentration of quantities of gasoline, oil, or other flammable or explosive materials as evidenced by odor;
(5) An area of confinement which cannot be operated from the inside, such as, but not limited to, trunks or hoods;
(6) So situated or located that there is a danger of it falling or turning over;
(7) A collection of garbage, food waste, animal waste, or any other rotten or putrescent matter of any kind; or
(8) One which has sharp parts thereof which are jagged or contain sharp edges of metal or glass.
(K) Any condition detrimental to the public health which violates the rules and regulations of the county Health Departments.
(Ord. -, passed 9-2-2004) Penalty, see § 90.99