A. Definition: For the purpose of this section, the term "nuisance" is defined to mean any unsafe objects or structures and any condition or use of premises or of building exteriors which are deleterious or injurious, noxious or unsightly, which includes, but is not limited to, keeping or depositing on or scattering over the premises any of the following: (Ord. 2009-10, 12-3-2009, eff. 12-3-2009)
1. Lumber, junk, trash or debris. (1982 Code § 10-331)
2. Abandoned, discarded or unused objects or equipment such as automobiles, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, cans, containers or other discarded items not currently in use. (1982 Code § 10-331; amd. 2003 Code)
3. Scrap metal, wastepaper products, discarded building materials or unused or abandoned vehicles. Unless a vehicle is stored on private property and out of public view, it shall be prima facie presumed abandoned if it has not been registered and inspected within thirty (30) days after the date on which such registration and inspection is required by the laws of the state. A vehicle shall be prima facie presumed unused when it has set in substantially the same location and in public view for a continuous period of thirty (30) days. (1982 Code § 10-331)
B. Duty Of Maintenance: No person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge of any premises shall maintain or keep any nuisance thereon, nor shall any such person keep or maintain such premises in any manner causing substantial diminution in the value of the other property in the neighborhood in which such premises are located. (1982 Code § 10-332)
C. Storage Of Personal Property: Unsheltered storage of old, unused, stripped and junked machinery, implements, equipment or personal property of any kind which is no longer safely usable for the purpose for which it was manufactured, for a period of thirty (30) days or more (except in licensed junkyards) within the city, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and dangerous to the public safety. (1982 Code § 10-333)
D. Abatement By Owners: The owner, owners, tenants, lessees or occupants of any lot within the city on which such "storage", as defined in subsection C of this section, is made, and also the owner, owners or lessees of the above described personal property involved in such storage, shall jointly and severally abate such nuisance by its prompt removal into completely enclosed and secured yards or buildings to be used for such purposes, or otherwise remove such property from the city. (1982 Code § 10-334)