CHAPTER 93: HEALTH AND SAFETY; NUISANCES
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:
   For further information on Hazardous Structures, see §§ 116.01-116.14
   Fire Prevention and Protection, see Chapter 95
NUISANCES
§ 93.001 PUBLIC NUISANCE.
   (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
§ 93.002 PUBLIC NUISANCES AFFECTING HEALTH.
   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
§ 93.003 PUBLIC NUISANCES AFFECTING MORALS AND DECENCY.
   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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