(A) Generally. The following are hereby declared to be nuisances:
(1) Permitting the yard or premises, or any market, business and the like, to remain unclean or in any condition detrimental to health;
(2) Permitting any garbage can, or similar receptacle, to remain on premises which has become unclean and offensive;
(3) Allowing vegetable waste, garbage or refuse of any nature to accumulate;
(4) Permitting the accumulation of manure in any stable, stall, corral, yard and the like, in which any animal shall be kept;
(5) Having or permitting upon any premises any fly producing condition;
(6) Keeping any drinking vessel for shared public use;
(7) Permitting or performing any ablutions in or near any public drinking fountain;
(8) Failing to keep alleyways clean and free from rubbish of any kind;
(9) Failing to furnish any public dwelling house, boarding house or factory with lavatories as required by the State Board of Health;
(10) Displaying meat food products or any other article of food intended for human consumption, except citrus fruits or vegetables whose rind or skin must be removed before eating. Such may be displayed only as regulated by the State Board of Health;
(11) Permitting any lot or excavation to become the repository of stagnant water or any decaying or offensive substances; and
(12) Obstructing the streets and/or sidewalks without the permission of the City Council.
(B) Disorderly houses. All bawdy and other disorderly houses, houses of ill fame, assignation houses and house kept by, maintained for, or resorted to, or used by one or more females for lewdness or prostitution, are hereby declared to be public nuisances.
(C) Gambling houses. State law prohibits gambling and gambling devices and as such, shall be declared to be nuisances within the city limits.
(D) Public nuisances. The following are declared to be a public nuisance and are a class B misdemeanor:
(1) Accumulation of junk cars (JUNK herein defined as not in condition to run, not licensed or road worthy, and having no antique value), parts of cars or car parts, old, unusable farm machinery, worn out, unusable household appliances and other objects creating unsightly, health and fire hazards, on any lots, public or private, within the city;
(2) Storing or keeping, within public view, old, unsightly, unusable objects, cars or car parts, or parts of cars, farm machinery, household appliances and the like, with the intent of offering the same for sale, on any residential lot within the city, is in violation of the zoning ordinance and the ordinance governing business licenses. This provision does not pertain to a resident having an annual or semiannual yard sale of household goods, nor does it pertain to a resident parking a car on his or her lot with a “for sale” sign on it, for a short period of time; and
(3) Any structure that is uninhabitable, due to age or deterioration, and will not meet state standards, and is not economically feasible to rehabilitate, and has no historic value, is declared a nuisance and must be removed (if mobile), or destroyed or torn down at the request of the building inspector, under orders from the City Council.
(Prior Code, § 4-4-2) Penalty, see § 91.99