No person or entity shall cause or permit a public nuisance to be or remain in or upon any building, premises or other place, of which that person or entity is the owner, lessee, tenant or occupant.
As used in this Chapter, "public nuisance" means a condition that exists when:
(a) Any building or structure is so out of repair and dilapidated that, if it were permitted to remain, would endanger the life, limb, or property of persons or property upon the public streets or public ways adjacent thereto by reason of the collapse of such building or structure or by the falling of objects therefrom; or
(b) Any tree, stack or other object standing upon property is in such condition that, if it were permitted to remain, would endanger the life, limb or property of persons or property upon the public streets or public ways adjacent thereto by the falling of objects therefrom; or
(c) Any excavation or cellar upon property is unguarded or remains in such condition that, if it were permitted to remain, would endanger the life, limb or property of persons or property upon the public streets or public ways adjacent thereto, by falling or being cast therein; or
(d) Any accumulation of earth, rubbish or other materials which attract and propagate vermin, rodents, or insects that endanger the public health; or
(e) Any building or structure is so out of repair that it constitutes a fire hazard because of its condition. For purposes of this subsection, a building that is vacant, unguarded or open at doors or windows, shall be deemed a fire hazard; or
(f) There is accumulation in any structure or on any property of rubbish or other materials in an amount and in a condition that constitutes a fire hazard by reason of the likelihood of its catching on or communicating fire; or
(g) The conduct of any activity on any property which by reason of noxious odors generated thereby, or of smoke, dust and dirt being cast therefrom, is harmful to the public health, welfare or safety, or materially interferes with the peaceful and lawful use, comfort and enjoyment of owners or occupants of a proximate property; or
(h) Any building, house or structure becomes so out of repair and dilapidated that, due to lack of adequate maintenance or neglect, it becomes unsafe for occupancy, endangers the public health, welfare, or safety of occupants, or causes such a condition of blight that it materially interferes with the peaceful enjoyment and lawful use of owners or occupants of a proximate property; or
(i) The conduct of any activity on any property generates loud, unnecessary or unusual noise or any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others; or
(j) There is an accumulation of any dirt, filth, rubbish, garbage, waste, leaves or clippings, boxes, or any other matter of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, in such a manner that such matter could become dangerous to the public health, comfort and safety of others, that such matter could be blown into any street, alley, park, public ground, sidewalk, or property of another, or such matter could be deposited into any plumbing fixture that it may obstruct or render unwholesome any sanitary sewer or watercourse; or
(k) Any swimming pool, pond or similar structure remains unfenced by a fence not less than forty-eight inches in height, the openings to such enclosed areas to be supplied with gates suitable to locking, when failure to fence endangers the public health, welfare or safety of the citizens of the City; or
(l) Any condition exists which has been declared a public nuisance by common law or the Ohio Revised Code; or
(m) Any building, fence, wall, shed, house, swimming pool, structure of any part of any of the aforesaid; or any tree, pole or smoke stack; or any excavation, basement, cellar, sidewalk subspace, wharf or dock, which in its entirety or in any part thereof, by reason of the condition in which the same is permitted to be or remain, shall or may endanger the health, life, limb or property, or cause any hurt, harm, inconvenience, discomfort, depreciation, damage, or injury to any one or more persons or to any other property in the City; or
(n) Any dangerous building or structure which, because of their condition, are unsafe, unsanitary or dangerous to the health, morals, safety or general welfare of the people of the City.
(Ord. 2014-19. Passed 5-12-14.)