CHAPTER 92: HEALTH AND SANITATION; NUISANCES
Section
Filth on Grounds and Streets
   92.001   Cleaning sidewalks in front of buildings
   92.002   Depositing certain substances on ground
   92.003   Removal of waste materials from houses and structures of every kind
   92.004   Failure of owner to remove
   92.005   Definitions
Nuisances
   92.020   Sewage sludge
   92.021   Weeds
   92.022   Ashes, rubbish and debris
   92.023   Alcoholic beverages
Junk Cars
   92.035   Definition; exemption
   92.036   Declared to be public nuisance
   92.037   Authority of Police Department to order removal
   92.038   Notice to owner
   92.039   Disposal of junk cars
Noise Control
   92.050   Scope
   92.051   Definitions
   92.052   Enumeration of certain prohibited acts
   92.053   Prohibited noise
   92.054   Certain acts constitute public nuisance
   92.055   Exemptions
Minimum Property Standards
   92.070   Definitions
   92.071   General requirements
   92.072   Extermination
   92.073   Failure of owner to cure
Smoking
   92.085   Definitions
   92.086   Purpose and objective
   92.087   Posting of signs
 
   92.999   Penalty
Cross-reference:
   Animals, see Ch. 90
   Fire Prevention; Fireworks, see Ch. 91
   General Offenses, see Title XIII
FILTH ON GROUNDS AND STREETS
§ 92.001 CLEANING SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF BUILDINGS.
   Every occupant, lessee or owner of any house or other building, person entitled to the possession of any vacant lot, or any person in charge of any church, jail, public hall or other building in the city shall at all times keep the sidewalks clear from any dirt or filth to allow citizens to use the sidewalks in an easy and convenient manner.
(Prior Code, § 92.01) (Ord. 36, passed 2-2-1916) Penalty, see § 92.999
§ 92.002 DEPOSITING CERTAIN SUBSTANCES ON GROUND.
   It is unlawful for any person to throw or deposit, cause to be thrown or deposited, or permit any child, servant, member of the family, or any other person under his or her control to throw or deposit any manure, rubbish, garbage, refuse, bottles, broken glass, glassware, broken dishes, crockery, bricks, rocks, old building material, grass clippings, dead trees or parts thereof, slops, putrid or unsound animal or vegetable matter, or any filthy, noisome or unwholesome liquid or slops, or substances that are liable to become unwholesome, in, into or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, gutter, crossing, lot, cellar, premises, parcel of real estate or common within the limits of the city.
(Prior Code, § 92.02) (Ord. G-19-72, passed 11-14-1972; Ord. G-1-74, passed 2-19-1974) Penalty, see § 92.999
§ 92.003 REMOVAL OF WASTE MATERIALS FROM HOUSES AND STRUCTURES OF EVERY KIND.
   It shall be the duty of every owner or occupant of any dwelling house, building or structure of any kind or description whatsoever and of any lot or parcel of real estate within the limits of the city to remove or cause to be removed from the dwelling house, building, structure, lot or parcel of real estate all ashes, waste, refuse, unwholesome materials and impure substances of every kind and description.
(Prior Code, § 92.03) (Ord. G-1-74, passed 2-19-1974) Penalty, see § 92.999
§ 92.004 FAILURE OF OWNER TO REMOVE.
   (A)   (1)   Upon the failure of any owner, lessee or occupant to remove waste materials as provided for in § 92.003 of this chapter, the City Clerk-Treasurer, or his or her designated deputy for that purpose, may demand that the waste materials be removed within ten days. The demand shall be served upon the owner, lessee or occupant by either of the following methods:
         (a)   Delivery by registered or certified mail to the owner, lessee or occupant, at the address last shown on the city records, of a written notice of violation of this subchapter; or
         (b)   Posting in a visible place upon the premises a notice of violation of this subchapter and sending, by first class mail, to the owner, lessee or occupant, at the address last shown on the city records, a written notice of violation of this subchapter.
      (2)   The City Clerk-Treasurer, or his or her designated deputy for that purpose, may, but shall not be required to, provide such additional notice as he or she may determine appropriate under the circumstances.
   (B)   If the owner, lessee or occupant of the real estate fails to remove the waste materials within the time demanded, the city may remove the waste materials.
   (C)   (1)   Upon the removal of waste materials by the city, the City Clerk-Treasurer shall make a certified statement of the actual cost incurred by the city in such removal, which certified statement shall include administrative expenses.
      (2)   The certified statement shall be delivered to the owner, lessee or occupant of the real estate by registered mail.
      (3)   If the owner, lessee or occupant fails to pay the amount certified on the statement within ten days after receipt of the statement, a certified copy of the statement shall be filed in the office of the Auditor of the county, and the amount contained thereon shall be added to the tax duplicate of the property affected by the work.
(Prior Code, § 92.04) (Ord. G-12-06, passed 3-13-2012) Penalty, see § 92.999
§ 92.005 DEFINITIONS.
   The terms GARBAGE, RUBBISH, WASTE and REFUSE shall include scrap copper, brass, iron, steel or other metals, or materials including, but not limited to, tires, household appliances, furniture, rope, boxes, barrels, rags, batteries, glass, rubber debris, construction debris, plumbing fixtures and all other articles customarily considered trash or junk and which are not housed in a building.
(Prior Code, § 92.05) (Ord. G-12-02, passed 2-14-2012; Ord. G-12-06, passed 3-13-2012)
NUISANCES
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