It shall be unlawful, inside the corporation boundaries of the town, for any person, firm, partnership or corporation:
(A) (1) To store or keep abandoned, inoperable or unlicensed vehicles, trailers, boats or automobile parts on a public right-of-way or on a private or public lot exposed to the view of the general public.
(2) Vehicles, trailers and boats must be moved every 30 days, or the Town Marshal or Deputy Town Marshal will consider the vehicle, trailer or boat inoperable;
(B) To put, throw, dump, leave or deposit or to cause or allow the putting, throwing, dumping, leaving or depositing of junk, scrap of any kind, rags, debris or junk vehicles in or upon or within the limits of any street, alley, sidewalk, thoroughfare or public way;
(C) To allow any premises owned, occupied or controlled by him, her or it to become or remain in a filthy condition or the permission of the use or occupation of same in a manner as to create noxious or offensive smells or odors in connection therewith, or the allowance of the accumulation or creation of scrap, junk, rags or other unwholesome and offensive matter or the allowance of the breeding of flies, rodents or other vermin on the premises to the menace of the public health or the annoyance of people residing in the vicinity;
(D) To permit any building, house or structure owned by same to become so out of repair and dilapidated that it constitutes a fire hazard liable to catch on fire or communicate fire because of its condition and lack of repair, or that due to lack of adequate maintenance or neglect it endangers the public health, welfare or safety, or materially devalues and interferes with the peaceful enjoyment by owners or occupants of adjacent property;
(E) To erect, use or maintain a dwelling which is unfit for human habitation. For the purpose of this division (E), DWELLING shall include any part of any building or its premises used as a place of residence or habitation or for sleeping by any person; and UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION shall mean a dwelling which is dangerous or detrimental to life or health because of want of repair, defect in the drainage, plumbing, lighting, ventilation or construction, infection with contagious disease or the existence on the premises of an unsanitary condition likely to cause sickness among occupants of the dwelling;
(F) To cause or allow any tree, stack or other object to remain standing upon the premises in a condition that it shall, if the condition is suffered to continue, endanger the life, limb or property 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;
(G) To permit to emit from premises into the surrounding atmosphere the odors, dusts, smoke or other debris as to render ordinary use or physical occupation of other property in the vicinity uncomfortable or impossible;
(H) To allow any pool of stagnant water to accumulate and stand on any property;
(I) To make or cause to be made any noise noxious enough to destroy the enjoyment of dwelling houses or other uses of property in the vicinity by interfering with the ordinary comforts of human existence, including, but not limited to, continual pounding, continual barking by one or more dogs, unnecessary sounding of horns, racing the motor or causing the screeching or squealing of tires on any vehicles, radios or phonographs or televisions and sound trucks or public address systems;
(J) To cause or allow debris, junk, noxious weeds, such an accumulation on any premises of filth, trash, garbage or other waste materials that it 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 of its catching or communicating fire, its attracting and propagating vermin, rodents or insects or its blowing into any street, sidewalk or property of another. It shall be the duty of persons owning or being in charge of those business establishments whose patrons purchase goods or services from their automobiles, commonly known as drive-ins, to furnish sufficient covered receptacles for the deposit of wastes created in the operation of the business and to clean up wastes as are not deposited in receptacles at the close of business of each day (if the business operates continuously, at least once each day) and at other times when weather conditions are such that waste from the operation of the business is being blown to adjoining premises;
(K) To store or allow on the premises the combustible or explosive material as to create a safety hazard to other property or persons in the vicinity (automotive fuels in underground storage are exempt from this restriction);
(L) To maintain or allow any unlocked refrigerator or upright or chest type freezer, any open or uncovered, or insecurely covered, cistern, cellar, well, pit, excavation or vault situation upon private premises in any open or unfenced lot or place;
(M) To maintain or allow the growing 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 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;
(N) To cause noxious weeds to be destroyed by spraying with a chemical approved by the Council or by cutting them or digging them under;
(O) To allow, cause or permit the parking or stopping of a vehicle of any kind on a sidewalk, walkway or path that would prohibit the use of the sidewalk, walkway or path in whole or in part by the general pedestrian traffic. Bicycle parking racks in those areas specified by the Council are exempt from this restriction;
(P) To allow, cause or permit a lawn to become unkempt, such that the grass exceeds a measured height of eight inches in at least three locations visible from public right-of-way;
(Q) To allow, cause or permit grass clippings to accumulate in a manner as to create noxious or offensive smells or odors in connection therewith, or the allowance of the breeding of flies, rodents or other vermin, or that such grass clippings accumulate in such a manner that they are unsightly and interfere with the peaceful enjoyment by owners or occupants of adjacent property;
(R) To allow, cause or permit shrubbery, bushes, trees, weeds or other growth to accumulate in such a manner that it blocks a dwelling, building, house or structure from sight or that such shrubbery, trees, weeds or other growth becomes unsightly and interferes with the peaceful enjoyment by owners or occupants of adjacent property;
(S) To allow grass, weeds, shrubbery, trees, bushes or other growth to accumulate in such a manner that it blocks view of a public way such as an intersection of a road, street, alley or sidewalk and causes a hazard of those traveling on such road, street or sidewalk;
(T) To fail to number a house, apartment or other residence, dwelling, building, house or other structure to which an address has been assigned with the assigned number in a contrasting color, visible from the public right-of-way. If a residence, dwelling, building, house or other structure to which an address has been assigned is painted, the assigned number must be replaced within five days. The number must meet the following specifications: The number must be of such size that it is visible from the public right-of-way; the number must be legible; the number must be of a contrasting color from the color of the residence, dwelling, building, house or other structure; the number must match that to which the residence, dwelling, building, house or other structure was assigned; the number may be painted or attached; and the number must be facing the street on which such address is located. This section should not be interpreted to conflict with the laws of the state or the county;
(U) To allow, cause or permit wood, brush or lumber to accumulate in such a manner that is unsightly and interferes with the peaceful enjoyment by owners or occupants of adjacent property. Wood, brush and lumber must be stacked neatly at all times;
(V) To allow, cause or permit a fence to be in a dilapidated condition such that it is a hazard, and if it continues to remain standing upon the premises in such a condition that it shall, if the condition is suffered to continue, endanger the life, limb or property or cause hurt, damage or injury to persons or property upon the public streets or public ways adjacent thereto, by the falling thereof or parts thereof. Such fences shall not be leaning, shall not be missing any slats or have any holes and must be maintained;
(W) To allow, cause or permit a recreational tent to remain erected for greater than 72 hours from its erection, such tents must be removed from the premises within 72 hours, and no person shall allow occupancy or camping within a recreational tent for more than 72 hours;
(X) To allow a roll-off dumpster in the Residential District, excluding at the park, without a permit. Such permit must be affixed and visible on the side of the dumpster. Such permit shall extend for a maximum period of seven days, after such time such permit must be renewed in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer;
(Y) To allow a camping trailer, travel trailer or RV to remain parked in the same location for a period of greater than 180 days. Such vehicles or trailers must be moved every 180 days; and
(Z) To allow shrubs, grass, weeds and/or bushes to encroach the property line of any real estate such that it becomes unsightly and interferes with the peaceful enjoyment by owners or occupants of adjacent property or causes damage to life or property by owners or occupants of adjacent property.
(Prior Code, § 93.05) (Ord. 91, passed - -; Ord. 2022-060, passed 10-17-2022) Penalty, see § 93.99