(A) General. All land, whether improved or unimproved, shall be maintained free from any structural nuisance, accumulation of filth, garbage or blighting condition, which includes, but is not limited to, graffiti on walls, fences, mail boxes, etc., accumulation of litter, rubbish, refuse, waste material, bottles, papers, glass cans, organic or inorganic materials, abandoned vehicles, discarded appliances, discarded furniture, broken glass, piles of mixed material, dry vegetation, rags, empty barrels, boxes, crates, packing cases, mattresses, bedding, packing straw, packing hay or other packing material, hazardous wastes, scrap iron, tin and other metal or anything whatsoever in which insects may breed or multiply or which provides harborage for rodents, snakes or other harmful pests or which may otherwise create a fire hazard, or health hazard.
(B) Maintenance of recreational and architectural pools. All recreational swimming and architectural pools and spas shall be properly maintained so as not to create a safety hazard, harbor insect infestation, or create a visible blighted appearance. Water shall not be allowed to stagnate. Fencing or other barriers required for swimming pool and spa enclosures shall be properly maintained. The premises shall be free from safety hazards inclusive of, but not limited to, lack of security, water stagnation, or abandoned pools, regardless of whether or not there is water in the pools.
(C) Weeds, bushes and other vegetation. All exterior property areas shall be kept free from dry vegetation, tumbleweeds, weeds, bushes and tall grass which present a visual blight upon the area, which may harbor insect or rodent infestations, or which may become a fire hazard or otherwise threaten the health and safety of the economic welfare of adjacent property owners or occupants.
(D) Fences, screen walls and retaining walls. All fences, screen walls and retaining walls on the premises shall be safe and structurally sound.
(E) Exterior insect, rodent and animal control. All premises shall be kept free from insect and rodent infestation and other noxious pests. This provision shall not require action to disturb the natural or cultivated activity of bees, rabbits or other insects and animals where such activity is not a danger or nuisance to any resident or residence of the area, a where other applicable legal requirements are met.
(F) Abandoned vehicles and refrigerators. All exterior premises shall be maintained free of abandoned vehicles and refrigerators.
(`82 Code, § 9-8-4) (Ord. 472, passed 7-11-96; Am. Ord. 530, passed 11-12-98) Penalty, see § 91.99