(A) Abandoned refrigerators. No person shall leave in any place accessible to children any abandoned, unattended, or discarded icebox, refrigerator, or similar container which has an air-tight door with a snap lock, or lock or other mechanism which may not be released for opening from the inside without first removing such snap lock or door from such icebox, refrigerator, or similar container.
(B) Storage of rubbish, junk. It is hereby declared to be unlawful and to constitute a public nuisance for any person:
(1) Who shall be the owner of, or in possession of, or in charge of any lot or grounds within the corporate limits of the city, to keep thereon, or permit to remain thereon, or to keep or permit to be kept any trash, filth, garbage, brush, cans, containers, empty boxes, or parts of motor vehicles unless the same is kept in an enclosed garage or other suitable building, or decayed or partially burned lumber or waste matter and other debris generally, which shall embrace and include articles and things ordinarily, customarily, or generally hauled off and dumped or junked for the purpose of promoting cleanliness and health, or to prevent and minimize discordant and unsightly surroundings within the city; and
(2) Who is the registered or legal owner, including the owner or president of a firm or corporation, to store any inoperable or damaged vehicles, whether licensed or unlicensed, including any vehicles partially or wholly dismantled, or any part or parts thereof, exposed to public view from either public property or adjacent private property for a period of more than 20 days, provided that the same may be kept upon premises for periods of not to exceed 50 days upon a special vehicle storage permit being obtained from the Chief of Police. Such permit will be issued only for the purpose of mechanical repairs to the vehicle, or pending arrangements to have the vehicle removed or towed away. No more than one permit shall be issued for a premises per year. Not more than one vehicle shall be allowed by such a permit.
(C) Excavations.
(1) Any excavation shall be prohibited to remain open for an unreasonable length of time without erecting proper safeguards or barriers to prevent such excavation from being used by children.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to authorized construction projects; provided that during the course of construction reasonable safeguards are maintained to prevent injury or death to playing children.
(D) Snow and ice removal. No owner or person in charge of any premises, improved or unimproved, abutting upon any public sidewalk shall permit:
(1) Any snow to remain on such sidewalk for a period longer than the first five hours of daylight after the snow has fallen; or
(2) Any such sidewalk to be covered with ice. It shall be the duty of any such person to remove any ice accumulating on such sidewalk, or to properly cover it with sand, ashes, or other suitable material to assure safe travel within the first five hours of daylight after the ice has formed.
(E) Scattering rubbish. No person shall throw, dump, or deposit upon any street, alley, or other public place any injurious or offensive substance, or any sort of rubbish, trash, debris, or refuse, or any substance which would mar the appearance, create a stench, or detract from the cleanliness or safety of such public place, or would be likely to injure any animal, vehicle, or person traveling upon such public way.
(F) Sifting or leaking loads.
(1) No person shall drive or move a vehicle on any street unless it is so constructed or loaded as to prevent its content from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom.
(2) It shall be the duty of any person driving a vehicle from which the contents have escaped to remove any escaped substance or material from the street.
(G) Fences. No person shall construct or maintain any barbed-wire fence, or allow barbed wire to remain as part of any fence, unless such wire is placed not less than six inches above the top of a board or picket fence which is not less than four feet high.
(H) Surface waters, drainage.
(1) No person in charge of any building or structure shall suffer or permit rain water, ice, or snow to fall from any such building or structure onto any street or sidewalk, or to flow across such sidewalk; and every such person in charge of property shall, at all times, keep and maintain in a proper state of repair adequate drainpipes or a drainage system so that any overflow water accumulating on the roof or about such building will not be carried across or upon any sidewalk.
(I) Lack of solid waste sendees.
(1) It is hereby declared unlawful for any property owner with multi-family housing with three or more dwelling units per tax lot not to provide an enclosed, secure, fenced location for the disposal of solid waste for the residents of said property.
(2) It is hereby declared unlawful for any property owner with multi-family housing with three or more dwelling units per tax lot not to provide enough solid waste disposal space equal to or greater than one 90-gallon container per housing unit.
(3) It is hereby declared unlawful for any multi-family unit or commercial business to allow to remain on the street right-of-way any solid waste containers or recycling containers more than 24 hours prior to and after the scheduled date of service.
(4) It is hereby declared unlawful for any property owner with a commercial zoned property not to provide an enclosed, secure, fenced location for the disposal of solid waste for said property.
(5) It is hereby declared unlawful for any property owner with a commercial zoned or any property owner with multi-family housing with three or more dwelling units per tax lot to have solid waste pickup/disposal service any less often than once a week.
(6) Any request for exemptions from this code may be made to the City Recorder and appealed to the City Council by written request.
(J) Litter.
(1) No person shall throw or place any refuse, paper, trash, glass, nails, tacks, wire, bottles, cans, yard trash, concrete, earthen fill, garbage, containers, or litter or other debris in any ditch, stream, storm drain, river, or retention basin that regularly or periodically carries surface water runoff.
(2) No person shall throw or place any refuse, paper, trash, glass, nails, tacks, wire, bottles, cans, yard trash, concrete, earthen fill, garbage, containers, or litter or other debris on publicly- owned property.
(Prior Code, § 92.17) (Ord. 95, passed 11-6-1967; Ord. 196, passed 4-6-1987; Ord. 17-500, passed 10-23-2017; Ord. 2017-600, passed 11-27-2017) Penalty, see § 92.99