The following are declared to be nuisances affecting public peace and safety:
(A) All snow and ice not removed from public sidewalks 24 hours after the snow or other precipitation causing the condition has ceased to fall;
(B) All trees, hedges, billboards or other obstructions which prevent people from having a clear view of all traffic approaching an intersection;
(C) All wires and limbs of trees which are so close to the surface of a sidewalk or street as to constitute a danger to pedestrians or vehicles;
(D) All noises prohibited by law;
(E) Obstructions and excavations affecting the ordinary public use of streets, alleys, sidewalks or public grounds, except under such conditions as are permitted by this code or other applicable law;
(F) Radio aerials or television antennas erected or maintained in a dangerous manner;
(G) Any use of property abutting on a public street or sidewalk which causes large crowds of people to gather, obstructing traffic and the free use of the street or sidewalk;
(H) All hanging signs, awnings and other similar structures over streets and sidewalks, or so situated so as to endanger public safety, or not constructed and maintained as provided by ordinance;
(I) Wastewater cast upon or permitted to flow upon streets or other public properties. This provision does not prohibit water incident to non-commercial car washing;
(J) Accumulations in the open of discarded or disused machinery, household appliances, automobiles or automotive parts, or other material;
(K) Any well, hole or similar excavation which is left uncovered or in such other condition as to constitute a hazard to any child or other person coming on the premises where it is located;
(L) Obstruction to the free flow of water in a natural waterway or a public street drain, gutter or ditch with trash or other materials;
(M) The placing or throwing on any street, sidewalk or other public property of any glass, tacks, nails, bottles or other substance which may injure any person or animal or damage any pneumatic tire when passing over such substance;
(N) The depositing of garbage or refuse on a public right-of-way or on adjacent private property; and
(O) Failure to repair a broken water line by an owner or occupant causing the unrestricted flow of water on private or public property.
(1992 Code, § 1090:15) (Ord. 1137, passed 5-21-1996; Ord. 1533, passed 12-1-2015)