For purposes of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates of requires a different meaning.
NUISANCES. Any condition or use of premises or building exteriors which constitutes a blighting factor, which is detrimental to the property of others, which causes or tends to cause substantial diminution in the value of other property in the neighborhood in which the premises are located which causes a condition that taints the air, causes an offensive smell or renders the air unwholesome or disagreeable to others, or which causes a condition that may harbor mosquitos, flies, insects, rodents, nuisance birds or other animal pests that are offensive, injurious or dangerous to the health of individuals or the public. NUISANCE includes, but is not limited to, the keeping, the depositing on, or scattering over the premises of any of the follows:
(1) Lumber, junk, yard waste, obnoxious growths, trash or debris;
(2) Abandoned, discarded or unused objects or equipment such as automobiles, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, can or containers;
(3) Abandoned, unused or improperly maintained swimming pools, wading pools, basements or crawl spaces;
(4) Overgrown and unsightly maintained landscaping, lawns, hedges, shrubs, bushes or gardens.
(Ord. O-2016-09, passed 7-11-16)