SEC. 581. PROHIBITED PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCES.

   (a)   No Person shall have upon any premises or real property owned, occupied or controlled by him, or her, or it any public nuisance.

   (b)   The following conditions are hereby declared to be a public nuisance:

      (1)   Any accumulation of filth, garbage, decayed or spoiled food, unsanitary debris or waste material, or decaying animal or vegetable matter unless such materials are set out for collection in compliance with Section 283 of this Code;

      (2)   Any accumulation of hay, grass, straw, weeds, or vegetation overgrowth;

      (3)   Any accumulation of waste paper, litter, or combustible trash unless such materials are set out for collection in compliance with Section 283 of this Code;

      (4)   Any buildings, structures, or portion thereof found to be unsanitary;

      (5)   Any matter or material which constitutes, or is contaminated by, animal or human excrement, urine, or other biological fluids;

      (6)   Any visible or otherwise demonstrable mold or mildew in the interiors of any buildings or facilities;

      (7)   Any pest harborage or infestation, including but not limited to pigeons, skunks, raccoons, opossums, and snakes, except for pigeon harborages that comply with Section 37(e) of this Code;

      (8)   Any noxious insect harborage or infestation including, but not limited to cockroaches, bed bugs, fleas, scabies, lice, spiders or other arachnids, houseflies, wasps, and mosquitoes, except for harborages for honey-producing bees of the genus Apis regulated by California Food and Agriculture Code Sections 29000 et seq. which are not otherwise determined to be a nuisance under State law;

      (9)   Any article of food or drink in the possession or under the control of any person which is tainted, decayed, spoiled, or otherwise unwholesome or unfit to be eaten or drunk. The term “food” as used in this subsection (b)(9) includes all articles used for food and drink by humans, whether simple, mixed;2 or compound;

      (10)   Any lead hazards which are within the control of the Owner or Manager of the building, structure, or property. Unless otherwise stated in this Article 11, the term “lead hazards” as used in this subsection (b)(10) shall have the same meaning as that set forth in Section 1603 of this Code, and the term “children” as used in Section 1603 shall mean any person who is up to 72 months of age. For the purposes of this subsection (b)(10), any paint, whether interior or exterior, found on buildings and other structures built before 1979 is presumed to be lead-based paint; such presumption may be rebutted by competent evidence demonstrating that such paint is not lead-based paint;

      (11)   Any vacant lots, open spaces, and other properties, which become infested with poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum) or poison ivy shrub (Rhus toxicodendron), hereafter referred to as poisonous growth;

      (12)   Any violation of Section 37 of this Code;

      (13)   Any violation of Section 92 of this Code;

      (14)   Any violation of Section 590 of this Code;

      (15)   Any violation of Sections 29.10, 29.17, 29.25, 29.27. 1 or 29.31 of this Code.;2

      (16)   Any violation of Article 11B of this Code;

      (17)   Any violation of rules or regulations the Director adopts to implement the provisions of this Article 11 or applicable provisions of State law; and

      (18)   Anything else that the Director deems to be a threat to public health and safety.

(Added by Ord. 125-01, File No. 010269, App. 6/15/2001; Ord. 299-10, File No. 101062, App. 12/3/2010; amended by Ord. 272-18, File No. 180757, App. 11/20/2018, Eff. 12/21/2018; Ord. 208-20, File No. 200764, App. 10/9/2020, Eff. 11/9/2020)

CODIFICATION NOTES

1.   So in Ord. 272-18.

2.   So in Ord. 208-20.