The following conditions within the town are declared to be nuisances.
(A) A nuisance shall include, not by way of limitations, any accumulation of garbage, trash, refuse, or other waste on property that 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 insets, or its blowing into any street, sidewalk, or property of another.
(B) Any building if any of the following conditions pertain:
(1) Such building has been damaged by fire or other casualty to such an extent that, following such fire or other casualty, it ceased to be occupied and such building has remained unoccupied for a period of six months from the date of said fire or other casualty;
(2) Such building has been unoccupied for a period of one year and has become an attractive nuisance;
(3) However, no such building or premises shall be considered a nuisance if the owner has obtained the necessary permits for the repair or attention of any existing structure which has been unoccupied because of damage, for the demolition of any existing building and its replacement with a new building, or for the construction of a building on any vacant premises;
(4) The maintenance of any open, uncovered, or insecurely covered cistern, cellar, well, pit, excavation, or vault situated on private premises in any open or unfenced lot or place; and/or
(5) A nuisance shall include, not by way of limitations, pieces or parts of steel, iron, tin, zinc, copper, aluminum, or any alloy thereof, whether covered with porcelain or any other material, whether intact or in parts, which has served its usefulness in its original form and can no longer be used for its original intended purposes.
(C) A nuisance shall further include allowing the growth of weeds in a built up area to a height in excess of six inches.
(D) Holding a yard/garage sale in a residential area more often than three times per year or extending for more than three days shall be considered a nuisance.
(1996 Code, § 6-76) (Ord. 96-11-01, passed 11-25-1996)