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A. It is unlawful for any person to throw or permit to be deposited or scattered upon any sidewalk, alley, street or public property or upon the private property of another, any rubbish, waste, trash or other disposed material of any kind.
B. It is unlawful for any person to distribute, place or post in or upon public property any showcard, poster, brochure, circular, handbill or other advertising device, or to distribute, place or post in or upon private property, including utility poles, any such matter without the express consent of the owner. (Prior code §§ 7-2-3, 7-2-4)
A. It is unlawful for any unauthorized person to move, distribute or take away any earth, stone or other material from any public street, way, alley, park or public ground.
B. It is unlawful for any person to injure or remove grass, flowers, shrubs, bulbs or any other property growing in or upon any of the parks or public squares of the city or to take or interfere in any way with property thereon or to destroy or injure in any manner any property upon such public squares or parks. (Prior code §§ 7-2-9, 7-2-12)
A. No security light, floodlight, recreational light or other lights shall be so located, installed, operated or maintained as to annoy, disturb, injure or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others or otherwise interfere with the enjoyment of their respective property rights by adjacent property owners or occupiers.
B. Light used to illuminate any back yard, alley, side yard, front yard or adjoining lot for recreational purposes, security purposes or other purposes shall be so placed and so arranged or shaded as to reflect light away from the adjoining residential properties.
C. This section shall not prohibit neighboring property owners from joining in the installation and/or use of such security or recreational lights or other lights installed or maintained for their mutual and joint benefit. (Ord. 298, 1979: prior code § 7-1-6.1)
A. If any person shall permit any ground, building, ditch or other premises within the city, owned or occupied by them, or of which they shall be the agent having charge of the same, to become or be offensive, nauseous, hurtful or dangerous to the neighborhood or travelers by reason of stagnant water, dead animals or from any cause or causes, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. If any person shall allow to flow from any house, shop, factory, stable, slaughterhouse or any place, any foul or nauseous liquid or substance of any kind whatsoever into or upon any adjacent ground or lot or into any street, alley or ditch within the city as to be offensive, dangerous, nauseous or hurtful, and any person who shall deposit in any such place any filth, litter or refuse or any carcass or thing so as to be offensive, dangerous, nauseous or hurtful to any portion of the inhabitants of the city, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, (Prior code § 7-3-7)
It is unlawful to dispose of or store refuse on public or private property within the city. Refuse means any article or substance which is commonly discarded as waste or which, if discarded on the ground, will create or contribute to an unsanitary, offensive or unsightly condition. Refuse includes, but is not limited to the following items or classes of items: waste foods; waste paper and paper products; petroleum and/or petroleum products; cans, bottles or other containers; junked household furnishings and equipment; junked parts or bodies of automobiles and other metallic junk or scrap; portions or carcasses of dead animals; and collections of ashes, dirt, yard trimmings or other rubbish. (Prior code § 7-2-14)
A. The presence of a dismantled, partially dismantled, or inoperable vehicle or parts thereof on any occupied or unoccupied land within the city limits in violation of the terms of this section is a public nuisance.
B. As used in this section the following terms have the following meanings:
1. "Dismantled or partially dismantled vehicle" means any motor vehicle from which some part or parts which are ordinarily a component thereof have been removed or are missing.
2. "Inoperable motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle which by reason of dismantling, disrepair or other cause is incapable of being propelled under its own power.
3. "Motor vehicle" means any wheeled vehicle which is self-propelled or intended to be self-propelled.
C. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store on, place on, or permit to be stored or placed on, or allowed to remain on any occupied or unoccupied land within the city limits a dismantled, partially dismantled or inoperable motor vehicle or any parts of a motor vehicle except in zones where such activity is within the contemplated purposes of a duly licensed business under the provisions of the zoning code, unless such articles shall be kept in a wholly enclosed garage or structure.
D. Exception-Permit.
1. An owner or tenant may store, permit to be stored or allow to remain upon his premises any dismantled, partially dismantled or inoperable motor vehicle or parts thereof for a period not to exceed forty-eight hours if such motor vehicle is registered in his name; and provided further, that any such owner or tenant may in the event of hardship, secure a permit from the city to extend such period of forty-eight hours for an additional period not to exceed one week.
2. Upon application by the registered owner of a motor vehicle covered by this section, and upon the proof of hardship, the code enforcement officer is authorized to issue the permit provided by this subsection and shall require the payment of one dollar for each permit issued.
E. This section shall be construed as being supplementary to any sections of the health or zoning codes relating to rubbish, litter, garbage, refuse, trash or junk and shall not be construed to permit the parking or placing of a dismantled, partially dismantled or inoperable motor vehicle on any street. (Prior code § 7-2-10)
It is unlawful for any person who, within the city, shall steal any pneumatic rubber automobile tire or intentionally, wilfully, wantonly or maliciously damage or injure any such tire. The theft, damage or injury to each such tire by any person shall constitute a separate offense. (Prior code § 7-2-9.20.180
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