§ 6.5-16 CERTAIN CONDITIONS DECLARED NUISANCES.
   The existence of any of the following conditions on any vacant lot or other parcel of land (whether improved or unimproved) within the town limits is declared to be dangerous and prejudicial to the public health or safety and constitute a public nuisance:
   (a)   The uncontrolled growth of noxious weeds or grass to a height in excess of 24 inches causing or threatening to cause a hazard detrimental to the public health or safety;
   (b)   Any accumulation of rubbish, trash or junk causing or threatening to cause a fire hazard; or causing or threatening to cause the accumulation of stagnant water; or causing or threatening to cause the inhabitation therein of rats, mice, snakes or vermin of any kind which is or may be dangerous or prejudicial to the public health;
   (c)   Any accumulation of animal or vegetable matter that is offensive by virtue of odors or vapors or by the inhabitance therein of rats, mice, snakes or vermin of any kind which is or may be dangerous or prejudicial to the public health;
   (d)   The open storage of any abandoned icebox, refrigerator, stove, glass, building material, building rubbish or similar items, or wrecked or junked motor vehicles or parts thereof;
   (e)   Any structure that has been condemned by the Town Building Inspector as unfit for human habitation in accordance with the State Building Code and as otherwise by law provided; and
   (f)   Household contents or portions of a building or structure remaining in an open area upon a lot or parcel of land after damage by fire, wind, water, erosion or any combination of the foregoing.
(Ord. passed 6-9-1990) Penalty, see § 1-5