It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant, or person having control or management of any land within the city to permit a public nuisance to develop thereon. The following conditions are declared to be public nuisances:
(A) Dangerous trees or stacks adjoining street. Any tree, stack, or other object standing in such a condition that it will, if the condition is allowed to continue, endanger the life, limb, or property of, or cause hurt, damage, or injury to persons or property upon the public streets or public ways adjacent thereto, by the falling thereof or of parts thereof.
(B) Accumulation of rubbish. An accumulation on any premises of filth, refuse, trash, garbage, or other waste material which endangers the public health, welfare, or safety, or materially interferes with the peaceful enjoyment by owners or occupants of adjacent property because of the danger that it will catch or communicate fire, attract and propagate vermin, rodents, or insects, or blow rubbish into any street, sidewalk, or property of another.
(C) Storage of explosives. The storage of explosive material which creates a safety hazard to other property or persons in the vicinity.
(D) Weeds and grass. It shall be unlawful to permit on any portion of a lot or parcel of land the accumulation of weeds, grass or underbrush in excess of eight inches in height.
(E) Open wells. The maintenance of any open, uncovered, or insecurely covered cistern, cellar, well, pit, excavation, or vault situated upon private premises in any open or unfenced lot or place.
(F) Trees and shrubbery obstructing streets and sidewalks. The growing and maintenance of trees with less than 14 feet clearance over streets or less than eight feet over sidewalks, or the growing and maintenance of shrubbery in excess of three feet in height within the radius of 20 feet from the point where the curb line of any street intersects the curb line of another street. No shrub shall be planted between the curb line and the property line of any street within a radius of 20 feet from the point where the curb line of any street intersects with the curb line of another street.
(G) Stabling or keeping of livestock. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, stable, or allow the keeping or stabling, on any subdivision building lot or lots within the city, of any chickens, ducks, geese or other fowl, swine, cattle, goats, horses, or the like. No noxious or offensive trade or activities shall be carried on upon any subdivision building lot or lots, nor shall anything be done thereon which may be or become an annoyance or a public nuisance. The limitation on horses, cattle, and the like shall not apply to estate lots of two or more acres facing the state highway, or farms of more than ten acres within the city. However, all other federal, state, and local laws and regulations shall apply to these animals. The limitation on horses shall not apply to any other lot within the city of four (4) or more acres.
(Am. Ord. 2001-16, passed 9-10-01; Am. Ord. 05-21, passed 6-13-05; Am. Ord. 16-09, passed 5-9-16; Am. Ord. 19-19, passed 7-8-19; Am. Ord. 2020-15, passed 7-27-20) Penalty, see § 92.99