Section
ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
50.001 Definitions
50.002 Duty of maintenance of private property
50.003 Exterior storage of non-operating or non-licensed vehicles prohibited
50.004 Certain conditions declared a nuisance
50.005 Abatement of nuisance
50.006 Abatement by the city
50.007 Collection of abatement costs; lien
50.008 Sale of property to satisfy lien
50.009 City attorney to institute proceedings
ARTICLE II. NOISE
50.100 Reserved
50.101 Nuisance declared; permissible sound levels
50.102 Specific prohibitions
50.103 Motor vehicles
50.104 Reserved
50.105 Special permits
50.106 Definitions
50.107 Right of entry of law enforcement officer to investigate noise disturbance
50.108 Order of abatement of noise disturbance
50.109 Citation for violations
ARTICLE III. WEEDS AND GRASS
50.200 Property to be kept clear of weeds
50.201 Notice to clean property
50.202 Failure to comply with notice
ARTICLE IV. CHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTIES
50.300 Definitions
50.301 Prohibition
50.302 Abatement procedure for chronic nuisance properties
50.303 Enforcement
50.304 Summary closure
50.305 Utility service prohibition
50.306 Relief from order
50.307 Lien
50.999 Penalty
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Cross reference:
Garbage and trash, see Ch. 31
Offenses, see Ch. 52
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ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or clearly requires a different meaning.
“NUISANCE.” The maintaining, using, placing, depositing, leaving, or permitting to be or remain on any public or private property of any of the following items, conditions, or actions shall constitute a nuisance. However, this enumeration shall not be deemed or construed to be conclusive, limiting, or restrictive to:
(A) Noxious weeds and other rank vegetation;
(B) The accumulation of rubbish, trash, refuse, junk, and other abandoned materials, metals, lumber, or other things;
(C) Any condition that provides harborage for rats, mice, snakes, and other vermin;
(D) Any building or other structure in such a dilapidated condition that it is unfit for human habitation, or kept in such an unsanitary condition that it is a menace to the health of people residing in the vicinity thereof, or presents a more than ordinarily dangerous fire hazard in the vicinity where it is located;
(E) All unnecessary or unauthorized noises and annoying vibrations, including animal noises;
(F) All disagreeable or obnoxious odors and stenches, as well as the conditions, substances or other causes that give rise to the emission or generation of the odors and stenches;
(G) The carcasses of animals or fowl not disposed of within a reasonable time after death;
(H) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal, or body of water by sewage, dead animals, creamery, industrial wastes, or other substances;
(I) Any building, structure, or other place or location where any activity in violation of local, state, or federal law is conducted, performed, or maintained;
(J) Any accumulation of stagnant water permitted or maintained on any lot or piece of ground;
(K) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas, soot, or cinders in unreasonable quantities;
(L) Permitting grass, other than ornamental or decorative grasses, to be at a height of more than ten (10) inches;
(M) Permitting any non-operating, wrecked, junked, or discarded vehicle to remain on property within the city for longer than ten (10) business days; provided, however, that this section shall not apply with regard to a vehicle in an enclosed building, a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner when necessary to the operation of the business enterprise;
(N) All swimming pools within the city must remain within working condition (i.e., filtered). Draining of pools shall not interfere with persons living within the neighborhood or cause alarm to neighbors;
(O) Maintaining an outdoor light fixture that is located in any residential zoned parcel of the city zoning map and is aimed, directed, or focused in such as way as to constitute a trespass of the light through the windows of a dwelling of another.
(1976 Code, § 11-4; Am. Ord. 16-84, § I(a), passed 5-29-84; Am. Ord. 2021-20, passed 10-12-21)
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Cross reference:
Definitions, general, see § 10.002
Definitions, garbage and trash, see § 31.001
Rules of construction, see § 10.003
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