CHAPTER 92:  NUISANCES
Section
   92.01   Findings, purpose and definition
   92.02   Definitions
   92.03   Public nuisances affecting health
   92.04   Public nuisances affecting public peace and safety
   92.05   Public nuisances affecting environment
   92.06   General policy
   92.07   Inspection of dwelling and premises
   92.08   Service of notice
   92.09   Enforcement
   92.10   Administrative liability
 
   92.99   Penalty
§ 92.01  FINDINGS, PURPOSE AND DEFINITION.
   (A)   A nuisance is public if it annoys, injures, or endangers the safety, health, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of people (M.S. 609.74, as it may be amended from time to time).
   (B)   It is public if it affects the surrounding community in general or some local neighborhood.
(Prior Code, § 19-25)  (Ord. 359, passed 12-11-2001)  Penalty, see § 92.99
§ 92.02  DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   DETERIORATED STRUCTURES.  Any structure or part of any structure which is because of fire, wind, or other natural disaster or physical deterioration no longer habitable nor useful.
   FIREWOOD. Dry, clean wood such as “Presto Logs,” charcoal or cordwood used or intended for use as heating fuel inside a residence or for an outdoor recreational fire. FIREWOOD does not include wood that is green, with leaves or needles, rotten, wet, oil soaked, or treated with paint, glue, or other preservatives; construction debris; or refuse.
   HIGH GRASS.  Any grass or weeds allowed to attain a height in excess of 7 inches except vegetation on lakeshores, stream banks, wetlands, or other areas where the ground is encouraged for environmental or erosion control purposes.
   INFECTED FIREWOOD. Firewood containing any of the infectious diseases referenced in § 93.01 in the definition of “infectious disease.”
   JUNK or RUBBISH.  Any material or substance stored in the open or not enclosed in a building which does not serve, nor is it intended to serve any useful purpose or the purpose for which it was originally intended, including but not limited to, refuse, empty cans, bottles, debris, used furniture, appliances, machinery parts, motor vehicle parts, vehicle tires, wood remnants, dead trees, shrubs or other vegetation, decayed, weathered or broken construction material no longer usable including metal or other cast off materials.
   NOXIOUS AND VIRULENT WEEDS.  Any poison ivy, ragweed or any other weeds, grass, bush or plants which are a fire hazard or otherwise detrimental to the health or appearance of a neighborhood.
   UNSAFE BUILDINGS.  Any building or structure which is structurally unsafe, does not provide adequate egress, is dangerous to human life, or constitutes a hazard to safety, health or public welfare by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, fire hazard, disaster damage or abandonment.
(Prior Code, § 19-26)  (Ord. 359, passed 12-11-2001; Am. Ord. 575, passed 7-25-2017; Am. Ord. 604, passed 7-14-2020)
§ 92.03  PUBLIC NUISANCES AFFECTING HEALTH.
   The following are hereby declared to be nuisances affecting health:
   (A)   The pollution of any public well, cistern, stream, or lake, canal or body of water by sewage, industrial waste or other substances;
   (B)   The effluence from any cesspool, septic tank, drain field or sewage disposal system discharging upon the surface of the ground;
   (C)   Accumulations of manure, rubbish, tin cans, or other debris;
   (D)   All diseased animals running at large; carcasses of animals not buried within 24 hours after death;
   (E)   Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas and soot or cinders, in unreasonable quantities;
   (F)   All animals and poultry, except dogs and cats, housed, penned, stabled, enclosed, tethered or allowed to run within 50 feet from a residence or other building permanently or temporarily used for human habitation, or from any public road, alley, sidewalk or highway;
   (G)   Garbage containers which are not rodent free or fly-tight or which are so maintained as to constitute a health hazard or to emit a foul and disagreeable odor; and
   (H)   All other acts, omissions of acts, occupations and uses of property which are deemed by the Board of Health to be a menace to the health of the inhabitants of this city or any considerable number thereof.
(Prior Code, § 19-27)  (Ord. 359, passed 12-11-2001)  Penalty, see § 92.99
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