The:
(A) Accumulation of trash, junk, or debris, living and nonliving plant material, or stagnant water upon property,
(B) The excessive growth of grass, weeds, brush, branches, and other overgrowth upon property, and
(C) The keeping of fill in a unsafe and unsanitary manner are declared to be a nuisance and menace to the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the city for the following reasons:
(1) The aesthetic appearance of property preserves the value of other properties within the city.
(2) The items listed in divisions (A) through (C) above are dangerous, unhygienic, unhealthy, visually unpleasant to the reasonable person of average sensibilities, and a visual nuisance because it depreciates, or potentially can depreciate, the value of neighboring property, that unless addressed properly in this Code of Ordinances, city taxpayers could be and would be required to pay the cost of cleaning up such properties, and such clean-ups would have to be undertaken by the city several times a year, in some cases for the same properties.
(Ord. 1716, passed 5-2-12)