(A) Permanent storage. Permanent storage of hazardous waste, hazardous material production, incineration, landfills, storage, and/or handling of any type of the aforementioned uses are expressly prohibited in all zones in the city. Gasoline and propane (LP gas) are excluded from this provision.
(B) Duty of maintenance of private property. No person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge of any premises shall maintain or keep any nuisance thereon, nor shall any such person keep or maintain such premises in a manner causing substantial diminution in the value of the other property in the neighborhood in which such persons are located. Nuisances shall consist of, but shall not be limited to, abandoned buildings, abandoned mobile homes, garbage dumps, and the like.
(C) Property maintenance.
(1) For purposes of this chapter, if an abandoned property is properly maintained, then it shall not be considered as a nuisance.
(2) The duty of private property maintenance includes regular trimming of vegetation on a schedule which approximates the maintenance of the majority of lots in the neighborhood in which the lot is located and the regular upkeep of any structure so that appearance does not degrade through time.
(Ord. 2004-03, passed - -; Ord. 1998-15, passed 10-13-1998; Ord. 2004-04, passed 8-3-2004; Ord. 2004-06, passed 11-19-2004; Ord. passed 5- -2005)