The maintaining, using, placing, depositing, leaving, or permitting to be or remain on any public or private property in the city of any of the following items, conditions or actions are hereby defined and declared to be and found to constitute a nuisance; provided, however, this enumeration shall not be deemed or construed to be conclusive, limiting, or restrictive:
(A) Weeds/trees. Any owner, his or her agent, lessee, or occupant planting or allowing weeds or other plant growth higher than 12 inches and existing unkempt in ungroomed condition or exhibiting a fire hazard on: their parcel of ground; land areas abutting the parcel extending to the curb or edge of the traveled roadway in cases where there is no curb; and/or to the center line of the abutting alley(s). Trees in the described areas shall be kept neatly trimmed by the abutting property owner(s) or occupants so as not to obstruct traffic or pedestrians. The trees shall be located no closer than 5 feet to the back of the curb or ditch line to accommodate sidewalks and so as not to block the motorists view of pedestrians near the curbs. Sidewalks located in the abutting areas shall be kept safe and in good repair at all times by the owner, his or her agent, lessee, or occupant.
(B) Other.
(1) Accumulation of rubbish, trash, refuse, litter, junk, and other abandoned materials, metals, lumber, or other things;
(2) Unsheltered junk;
(3) Abandoned vehicles;
(4) Dangerous containers;
(5) Any condition which provides harborage for rats, mice, snakes, and other vermin;
(6) Any building or other structure which is in a dilapidated condition that it is unfit for human habitation, or kept in an unsanitary condition that it is a menace to the health of people residing in the vicinity thereof, or presents a more than ordinarily dangerous fire hazard in the vicinity where it is located. Any condition that is attractive and dangerous to the public, such as a vacant accessible building, excavation, dilapidated wall, and fences and barbed wire fences along public ways, woodpiles, and debris on vacant lots which may constitute a hazard to health and welfare to the public who may not be able to recognize those dangers;
(7) All unnecessary or unauthorized noises and annoying vibrations, including animal noises;
(8) All disagreeable or obnoxious odors and stenches, as well as the conditions, substances, or other causes which give rise to the emission or generation of the odors and stenches;
(9) The carcasses of animals or fowl not disposed of within 24 hours of death;
(10) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal, or body of water by sewage, dead animals, creamery, or other industrial wastes or other substances;
(11) Any building, structure, or other place or location where any activity which is in violation of local, state, or federal law is conducted, performed, or maintained;
(12) Any accumulation of stagnant water permitted or maintained on any lot or piece of ground;
(13) The keeping of honey bees and hives, and the failure to remove hornets nests;
(14) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas, soot, or cinders in quantities sufficient to be offensive to the human senses of sight, smell, or sound;
(15) The placing of any scale, showcase, or display cabinet for goods on or across any curb or sidewalk, street, or alley of the city, except when otherwise authorized pursuant to this code, provided that a minimum of 4 feet of sidewalk right-of-way can be maintained open for pedestrian travel for special sales days or other special events; and/or
(Am. Ord. 900, passed 2-22-2000)
(16) Canvas awnings extending horizontally more than 12 feet from the building to which they are attached or the lowest part of which is less than 7 feet from a sidewalk, street, alley, or other public way.
(Ord. 893, passed 10-12-1999) Penalty, see § 94.99