A. The accumulation of any of the following in any yard, lot, or upon any premises within the City except within buildings or in containers or receptacles designed for such storage and accumulation, is unlawful and a public nuisance and dangerous to public health and safety of the inhabitants of the City: rubbish, refuse, debris, waste material and other matter including but not limited to rocks, bricks, scrap metal and other pieces of metal, ferrous and nonferrous, furniture or parts thereof, vegetation, cans, boxes, barrels, bottles, stores of commercial supplies, and other matter whether usable or not, straw, shavings, sacks, bags, litter, weeds, dry grass, dead trees or shrubs or branches thereof, used lumber or wood, combustible waste, fragments of any nature or kind, sawdust, excelsior, printed matter, paper, pasteboard, cardboard, cardboard boxes or crockery. No person, firm or corporation shall allow or permit the aforesaid matter to accumulate or be upon her, his or its premises or upon premises controlled by them except within buildings or in appropriate containers or receptacles.
B. The Fire Chief or his authorized representative, hereinafter called "Fire Chief', or the Director of Community Development and Housing and his authorized representative, hereinafter called "Director", shall have the right to enter upon private property to determine whether such a public nuisance exists.
(Ord. MC-1625, 2-21-24; Ord. MC-1449, 11-01-17; Ord. MC-241, 12-21-82; Ord. 3701, 1-24-78; Ord. 3367, 8-22-73)