Section
Junk and Other Nuisances
91.001 Definitions
91.002 Storage or accumulation of junk
91.003 Dismantling of automobile, appliance, or machinery
91.004 Blighted or vacant structure
91.005 Storage or accumulation of building materials
91.006 Removal of junk automobile or abandoned vehicle, or parts of either
91.007 Effective date
Junk Motor Vehicles
91.020 Motor vehicles
91.021 Junk
91.022 Inconsistent ordinances
91.023 Effective date
Noise Control
91.035 Unreasonable noise prohibited; exceptions
91.036 Effective date
Grass and Noxious Weeds
91.050 Cutting of grass and weeds
91.051 Duty of occupant or owner
91.052 When city to do the work
91.053 Effective date
Nuisance and Hazard Abatement
91.065 Nuisances and hazards removed
91.066 Recommendations to the Council
91.067 Notice by Council
91.068 Noncompliance with notice
91.069 Cost; assessed
91.070 Effective date
Nuisances and Dangerous Structures
91.085 Nuisance defined and prohibited
91.086 Dangerous structures
91.087 Dangerous structures; notice and hearing
91.088 Dangerous structures; abatement
91.089 Dangerous structures; emergency abatement
91.090 Effective date
91.999 Penalty
Cross-reference:
Animal treatment and control, see Chapter 91
Car washes and laundromats, excessive noise, see Chapter 110
Conduct in city parks, see Chapter 131
Swimming pool noise, see § 150.18
Trees as nuisances, see Chapter 93
JUNK AND OTHER NUISANCES
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE. Includes without limitations any vehicle which has remained on private property for a period of 48 continuous hours, or more, without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property, or for a period of 48 continuous hours or more after the consent of the owner or occupant has been revoked.
BLIGHTED STRUCTURE. Includes without limitations any dwelling, garage, or outbuilding, or any factory, shop, store, warehouse, or any other structure or part of a structure which, because of fire, wind, or other natural disaster, or physical deterioration, is no longer habitable as a dwelling, nor useful for the purpose for which it may have been intended.
BUILDING MATERIALS. Includes without limitations lumber, bricks, concrete or cinder blocks, plumbing materials, electric wiring or equipment, heating ducts or equipment, shingles, mortar, concrete or cement, nails, screws, or any other materials used in constructing any structure.
JUNK. Includes without limitations parts of machinery or motor vehicles, unused furniture, stoves, refrigerators or other appliances, remnants of wood, metal, or any other castoff material of any kind, whether or not the same could be put to any reasonable use.
JUNK AUTOMOBILE.
(1) Either, or both, of the following:
(a) Any operative or inoperative motor vehicle which is not licensed for use upon the highways of this state for a period in excess of 60 days; and/or
(b) Any motor vehicle, whether licensed for use upon the highways of this state or not, which is inoperative for any reason for a period in excess of 60 days.
(2) Anything to the contrary contained in this definition notwithstanding, the definition of JUNK AUTOMOBILE shall not be deemed to include unlicensed, but operative, motor vehicles which are kept on the business premises and being offered for sale as the stock-in-trade of a regularly licensed and established new or used motor vehicle dealer.
PERSON. Includes all natural persons, firms, co-partnerships, corporations, and all associations of natural persons, incorporated or unincorporated, whether acting by themselves, or by a servant, agent, or employee. All PERSONS who violate any of the provisions of this subchapter, whether as owner, occupant, lessee, agent, servant, or employee, shall, except as herein otherwise provided, be equally liable as principals.
TRASH and RUBBISH. Include any and all forms of debris not herein otherwise classified.
(1990 Code, § 70.954) (Ord. 10b, passed 4-2-1973; Ord. 71, passed 4-18-1989)
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