(A) No person owning or in possession of any lot, house, building or enclosure shall allow or suffer to exist in or upon such premises any stagnant water, animal or vegetable matter, dead animal or other substance liable to become putrid, offensive, annoying or unhealthy. Persons owning or in possession of any real estate shall provide proper and adequate drainage therefore so that no offensive, baneful or disagreeable liquids shall flow or seep into any street. Any violation of this section is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(B) No person who, being the owner, lessee or occupant of any lot or parcel of land, shall knowingly permit to remain thereon any structure, tree, machine or appliance, combustible materials, tires or any other materials or combination of materials which create a fire hazard or a hazard to adjoining public or private property or to persons using or occupying such adjoining public or private property, or to neglect or refuse to remove or abate the nuisance occasioned thereby within 24 hours after such person has knowledge of the existence of such nuisance upon any of the above described premises, owned, leased or occupied by him or her. Any violation of this section is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(C) For purposes of this section the following word, OWNER shall have the following meaning: an owner of the freehold of the premises or any lesser estate therein, a mortgagee, a vendee-in-possession, assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, agent, a realtor when acting as an consignee for a parcel of real estate, or any other person, firm or corporation that is directly or indirectly in control of a parcel of land or real estate subject to the provisions of this chapter, as set forth.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2014)