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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
It is unlawful to remove, destroy or interfere with any barrier, guard or light placed before or in any dangerous place near the streets, sidewalks or other public ways of the city for the purpose of warning or protecting travelers from injury or danger, provided that removal after the danger has ceased and temporary removal to allow the passage of a vehicle with immediate subsequent replacement shall not be considered unlawful. (Prior code § 7-1-13)
A. No tents, canvas or paper structures or buildings partly of boards and tenting or other like camping material when erected for tent cities, sanitariums or health resort purposes shall be constructed or allowed within the city unless by permission first granted by the city commission in regular session.
B. Any owner, agent or occupant of any lot, piece or parcel of land who shall permit any person to constaict, erect or use tents upon his property within the city in violation of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
C. Any person erecting any such tent or tent structure prohibited by any ordinance of the city shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (Prior code §§ 23-5-1, 23-5-2)
A. Any person, either as manager or landlord, keeping a hotel, roominghouse or place of lodging of a similar kind shall keep a book for the registration of the names of persons rooming or lodging in such hotel, rooming house or lodginghouse, and shall require each person so lodging or rooming in such hotel, roominghouse or lodginghouse to register his or her correct name and place of residence therein before he shall be assigned to or given a room in such building.
B. Any person keeping such hotel, roominghouse or lodginghouse who shall fail, neglect or refuse to keep such register publicly displayed, for public inspection at any time, and who shall fail, neglect or refuse to require any person rooming, lodging or living in such hotel, roominghouse or lodginghouse to register his or her name and place of residence upon such register under the proper date shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Prior code § 7-3-13)