(a) It shall be unlawful for any person owning, leasing, claiming, occupying, or having supervision or control of any real property within the corporate limits of the city to allow:
(1) on undeveloped property (including, but not limited to, any right-of-way, easement, or drainage ditch) grass, weeds, or brush where any portion of the grass, weeds, or brush is in excess of 12 inches in height to grow uncultivated within 20 feet of the edge of any improved roadway or public street within the corporate limits of the city.
(2) on all other property (including, but not limited to, any right-of-way, easement, or drainage ditch), grass, weeds, or brush in excess of 12 inches in height to grow uncultivated.
(3) refuse, rubbish, junk, litter, trash, debris (vegetative, building or other), garbage, discarded items, carrion, filth, animal or human feces, or any other unsightly or unsanitary matter to accumulate or remain on any lot or tract of land within the corporate limits of the city regardless of the size of said lot or tract of land, whether developed or undeveloped, commercial or residential, occupied or unoccupied.
(4) any holes, places, objects, or matter on any lot, tract, or parcel of land where water accumulates and becomes stagnant, or to permit same to remain.
(5) any condition that provides harborage for rodents or other vermin or that creates a fire hazard to accumulate or remain on any premises in the city. Such conditions include, but are not limited to weeds, overgrown vegetation, downed timber, brush, old logs, decaying vegetation, junk, refuse, rubbish and garbage.
(6) any condition to exist that constitutes any threat to the public health or safety, or constitutes a nuisance.
(b) Allegation and evidence of culpable mental state are not required for the proof of an offense defined by this section.
(Ord. No. 2898, § 4, 2-10-00; Ord. No. 3286, § 14, 1-22-04)