The following are declared to be nuisances affecting public peace and safety:
(A) All snow (three inches or more) and ice that is not removed from public sidewalks within 24 hours after the snow or other precipitation causing the condition has ceased to fall.
(B) All trees, hedges, billboards, or other obstructions which prevent people from having a clear view of all traffic approaching an intersection.
(C) All wires and limbs of trees that are so close to the surface of a sidewalk, street and alleys as to constitute a danger to pedestrians or vehicles.
(D) Any person participating in any party or other gathering that causes the unreasonable disturbing of the peace, quiet, or repose of another person in such a manner as to be plainly audible at the boundary of the real property, building, structure, or residence from which the noise originates, or at a distance of 50 feet from the source of the noise. PLAINLY AUDIBLE is defined as sound that can be detected by a person using their unaided hearing faculties.
(E) All unnecessary and annoying vibrations.
(F) Obstructions and excavations affecting the ordinary public use of streets, alleys, sidewalks, or public grounds, except under conditions as are permitted by this subchapter or other applicable law.
(G) Radio aerials or television antennae erected or maintained in a dangerous manner.
(H) Any use of property abutting on a public street or sidewalk or any use of a public street or sidewalk that causes large crowds or people to gather, obstructing traffic and the free use of the street or sidewalk.
(I) All hanging signs, awnings, and other similar structures over streets and sidewalks, so situated as to endanger public safety, or not constructed and maintained as provided by subchapter.
(J) The allowing of rainwater, ice, or snow to fall from any building or structure upon any street or sidewalk or to flow across any sidewalk.
(K) All dangerous, unguarded machinery in any public place, or so situated or operated on private property as to attract the public.
(L) Wastewater cast upon or permitted to flow upon streets or other public properties.
(M) Accumulations in the open of discarded or disused machinery, household appliances, automobile bodies or other materials in a manner conducive to the harboring of rats, mice, snakes, or vermin, or the rank growth of vegetation among the items so accumulated, or in a manner creating fire, health, or other safety hazards from such accumulation.
(N) Any well, hole, or similar excavation that is left uncovered or in such other condition as to constitute a hazard to any child or other person coming on the premises where it is located.
(O) Obstruction to the free flow of water in a natural waterway or a public street drain, gutter, or ditch with trash or other materials.
(P) The placing or throwing on any street, sidewalk, or other public property of any glass, tacks, nails, bottles, or other substances that may injure any person or animal or damage any pneumatic tire when passing over such substance.
(Q) The depositing of garbage or refuse in public on a public right-of-way or on adjacent private or public property.
(R) Reflected glare or light from private exterior lighting exceeding 0.5 footcandles as measured on the property line of the property where the lighting is located when abutting any residential parcel, and one footcandle when abutting any commercial or industrial parcel.
(S) All other conditions or things that are likely to cause injury to the person or property of another.
(Ord. 90, passed 6-12-23)