Section
Nuisances
93.001 Public nuisance
93.002 Public nuisances affecting health
93.003 Public nuisances affecting morals and decency
93.004 Public nuisances affecting peace and safety
93.005 Nuisance parking and storage
93.006 Inoperable motor vehicles
93.007 Building maintenance and appearance
93.008 Improperly maintained buildings and structures
93.009 Duties of city officers
93.010 Abatement
93.011 Recovery of cost
93.012 Disposition of property upon abatement
Weeds
93.025 Weed and grass elimination
93.026 Notice
93.027 Removal by city
External Solid Fuel-Fired Heating Devices
93.030 Applicability
93.031 Definitions
93.032 Requirements
93.033 Non-conforming use
Open Burning
93.040 Definitions
93.041 Burning organic matter permitted
Noises
93.055 Prohibiting unnecessary noises
93.056 Interpretation
93.057 Violations
Drug Labs and Chemical Dump Sites
93.070 General provisions
93.071 Disclaimer of liability
93.072 Fees
93.073 Definitions
93.074 Declaration of site and contents as a public health nuisance
93.075 Law enforcement action
93.076 Seizure of property
93.077 Action by City Council and/or Clerk-Treasurer
93.078 Site owner’s responsibility to act
93.079 Site owner’s responsibility for costs
93.080 City action and recovery of costs
93.081 Recovery of costs from persons causing damage
93.082 Site owners and address
93.083 Unauthorized removal of postings
93.084 Entry into or onto site
93.085 Removal of personal property from the site
93.086 Violations
Mobile Storage Containers
93.090 Purpose
93.091 Applicability
93.092 Definition
93.093 Requirements
Structures in Hazardous Condition
93.100 Hazardous buildings or hazardous properties prohibited
93.101 Notice to abate
Cross-reference:
Fire Prevention and Protection, see Chapter 95
NUISANCES
(A) Whoever by his or her act or failure to perform a legal duty does any of the following is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance:
(1) Creates, maintains or permits a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures or endangers the safety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of members of the public;
(2) Interferes with, obstructs, or renders dangerous for passage any public highway or right-of-way, or waters used by the public; or
(3) Is guilty of any other act or omission declared by law or this chapter or any other part of this code to be a public nuisance and for which no sentence is specifically provided.
(B) All such acts constitute misdemeanors, and shall be punished as misdemeanors, unless otherwise stated herein.
(C) The city may enforce this section by abatement as provided in this chapter. This subchapter is supplementary and shall not deprive the city of any of its powers with respect to nuisances and abatement thereof, whether derived from common law, statute, or ordinance. The City Council may at it option proceed under this section or any other law or ordinance.
(Ord. 2014-14, passed 12-1-2014) Penalty, see § 10.99
The following are hereby declared to be nuisances affecting health:
(A) Exposed accumulation of decayed or unwholesome food or vegetable matter;
(B) All diseased animals running at large;
(C) All ponds or pools of stagnant water;
(D) Carcasses of animals not buried or destroyed within 24 hours after death;
(E) Accumulations of manure, refuse or other debris;
(F) Privy vaults and garbage cans which are not rodent-free or fly-tight or which are so maintained as to constitute a health hazard or to emit foul and disagreeable odors;
(G) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream or lake, canal or body of water by sewage, industrial waste or other substances;
(H) All noxious weeds and other rank growths of vegetation upon public or private property;
(I) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas and soot, or cinders, as to render the occupancy of property uncomfortable to a person of ordinary sensibilities;
(J) All public exposure of people having a contagious disease; and
(K) Any offensive trade or business as defined by statute not operating under any required license.
(Ord. 2014-14, passed 12-1-2014) Penalty, see § 10.99
The following are hereby declared to be nuisances affecting public morals and decency:
(A) All gambling devices, slot machines and punch boards, except as otherwise authorized by federal, state, or local law;
(B) Betting, bookmaking, and all apparatus used in those occupations;
(C) All houses kept or used for the purpose of prostitution, or unlawful gambling;
(D) All places where intoxicating liquor is manufactured or disposed of in violation of law or where, in violation of law, people are permitted to resort for the purpose of drinking intoxicating liquor, or where intoxicating liquor is kept for sale or other disposition in violation of law, and all liquor and other property used for maintaining that place;
(E) Any vehicle used for the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor, or for promiscuous sexual intercourse, or any other immoral or illegal purpose;
(F) Urination or defecation on any street, sidewalk, alley, public building or public facility, or any place open to the public, other than in properly functioning sanitary facilities, or exposed to the public view; and
(G) Public intoxication.
(Ord. 2014-14, passed 12-1-2014) Penalty, see § 10.99
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