(a) Prohibited. No person or entity shall cause or permit a public nuisance to be or remain in or upon any structure, premises, or other place, of which that person or entity is the owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant.
(b) Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
shall apply.
(1) Public Nuisance. "Public Nuisance" means a condition that exists when:
A. Any structure is so out of repair and dilapidated that, if permitted to remain, would endanger the life, limb or property of persons or property upon the public streets or public ways adjacent thereto by reason of the collapse of such building or structure or by the falling of objects.
B. Any structure is so out of repair that it constitutes a fire hazard because of its condition. For this purpose, any building that is vacant, unguarded, or open at doors or windows shall be deemed a fire hazard.
C. Any structure that becomes so out of repair and dilapidated that it becomes unsafe for occupancy, endangers the public health, welfare, or safety of occupants, or causes such a condition blight that it materially interferes with the peaceful enjoyment and lawful use of owners of occupants in adjacent properties.
D. Any structure that has been damaged by fire and has remained in such condition for at least ninety (90) days, unless the Fire Chief has approved, in writing, a plan and time line for reconstruction of the structure.
E. There is an accumulation in any structure or on any property of rubbish or other materials in an amount and in a condition that constitutes a fire hazard by reason that it is likely to catch fire.
F. Any tree, smokestack, light pole, flagpole, or other object standing upon property is in such conditions that, if it were permitted to remain, would endanger the life, limb or property of person or property upon the public streets or public ways adjacent thereto by the falling of objects or by the objects themselves falling.
G. Any accumulation of earth, rubbish, brush, or other material which attract and propagate vermin, rodents or insects that endanger the public health.
H. Any accumulation of rubbish, refuse, or waste materials, including tires and portable water tanks, that by reason of its location is unsightly and interferes with the reasonable enjoyment of property by neighbors, detrimentally affects property values in the surrounding neighborhood or community, or materially interferes with the prevention or suppression of fire upon the premises.
I. The presence of noxious weeds or invasive plants as those defined by Ohio Administrative Code 901:5-37-01 on any premises in the Village at a height that exceeds ten inches.
J. The presence on any premises of turf grasses exceeding ten inches in height.
K. The conduct of any activity on any property which by reason of noxious odors generated or of smoke, dust and dirt being cast, is harmful to the public health, welfare or safety or materially interferes with the peaceful and lawful use, comfort and enjoyment of owners or occupants of and adjacent property.
L. The conduct of any activity on any property that generates loud, unnecessary, or unusual noise or any noise that either annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of others.
M. There is an accumulation of any dirt, construction or demolition debris, containers from industrial use, inoperable motorized vehicles, campers, filth, rubbish, garbage, waste, leaves or clippings, straw, hay bales, tree stumps, boxes, or any other matter of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, in such a manner that could become dangerous to the public health, comfort and safety of others, that could be blown into any street, alley, park, public ground, sidewalk, or property of another, or could be deposited into any plumbing fixture that may obstruct any sanitary sewer or watercourse.
N. Any swimming pool, pond or other body of water that is abandoned, unattended, unfiltered, or otherwise not maintained, resulting in the water becoming polluted by bacterial growth, algae, remains of insets, remains of deceased animals, rubbish, refuse, debris, or any other material, which, because of its location, becomes an unhealthy, unsafe or unsightly condition.
O. Leaving any putrid substances on any lot or land, or failing to remove all obstructions from culverts, covered drains or natural watercourses as provided in Ohio Revised Code 715.47.
P. Any appliance, such as refrigerators and freezers, with a capacity of one and on-half cubic feet or more and an opening of fifty (50) square inches with a door or lid equipped with a hinge, latch, or other fastening device capable of securing such door or lid, which is abandoned, discarded or knowingly permitted to remain on premises in a place accessible to children.
Q. The storage of any junk car on any premises.
1. As used in this chapter, "junk car" means any unlicensed motor vehicle or any used vehicle propelled or intended to be propelled by power other than human power and which is in an inoperative or partially dismantled condition.
2. As used in the chapter, "inoperative condition" means incapable of being propelled under its own power in its present condition, and "partially dismantled condition" means that some essential component of the motor vehicle is missing.
3. The chapter does not apply to vehicles in an enclosed building, to commercial garages, repair shops or used car dealers or to operators of junkyards appropriately licensed and in compliance with Village Zoning.
R. Any condition exists which has been declared a public nuisance by common law or the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 2024-09. Passed 4-15-24.)