It shall be unlawful and hereby declared a public nuisance for any person or persons either owning, leasing, occupying or having charge or possession of any real property within the city to cause, permit or allow any of the following conditions to exist thereon:
(A) To maintain property containing any building, structure, equipment or facility in violation of the California Building Code, as adopted and enforced within the city;
(B) To maintain any building or structure in such a condition that it would constitute an “imminent danger” as defined in § 202 of the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code, and as adopted and enforced within the city.
(C) To maintain property containing a building or structure in such a condition that it would constitute an “unsafe structure or equipment” as defined in § 111 of the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code, and as adopted and enforced within the city;
(D) To maintain any building or structure which is abandoned, boarded up, partially destroyed or left unreasonably in a state of partial construction;
(E) To abandon or permanently vacate, or cause to be abandoned or permanently vacated, any building or structure, so that it becomes accessible to unauthorized persons, including, but not limited to, juveniles and vagrants, for unlawful or hazardous use;
(F) To maintain property in such a manner that the topography or configuration, whether a natural state or as a result of grading operations, causes or will cause erosion, subsidence or surface water containing any oil, solvent, detergent, odorous material creating runoff problems which will or may be injurious to the public health, safety and welfare or to adjacent or nearby properties;
(G) To maintain property containing attractive nuisances in the form of:
(1) Abandoned, broken, neglected machinery or equipment; or
(2) Abandoned, unfenced or otherwise unprotected wells, swimming pools, spas, ponds or excavations;
(H) To maintain, install or erect any barbed wire, broken glass, metal spike or other similar sharp or edged object affixed and projecting from atop a solid wall or fence structure, unless otherwise approval is granted by the Building Official;
(I) To maintain property, including any sidewalks and parkways adjacent thereto, containing weeds, dry grasses, dead trees, dead shrubs or any other material which bears seeds of a wingy or downy nature or which, by reason of its size, manner, growth or location, constitutes a fire hazard or a threat to public health, or containing weeds, vegetation, grasses, trees or shrubs which, when dry, will in reasonable probability constitute a fire hazard;
(J) (1) To maintain property containing refuse, rubbish, broken or discarded furniture or household equipment visible from the public right-of-way or adjoining properties.
(2) This includes, but is not limited to, the keeping of, or disposing of, or the scattering over the property or premises any of the following:
(a) Junk, trash or debris;
(b) Abandoned or discarded objects or equipment, such as automobiles, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, cans or boxes; or
(c) Excavations or stagnant water;
(K) To maintain property containing refuse, rubbish, garbage, offal, animal excrement or other waste materials which emit odors that are unreasonably offensive to the physical senses of normal persons, or which may cause or attract the migration of insects;
(L) To maintain clothes lines in front yard areas;
(M) To maintain premises with garbage or trash containers stored in front yards and visible from the public right-of-way, except when in places of collection and at times permitted by this code. Where the property is a corner lot, this division shall apply to storage of garbage and trash containers within those side yard setbacks which are adjacent to the street;
(N) To maintain any building, wall, fence or structure with inscriptions, writings, scratches or other markings commonly referred to as “graffiti”;
(O) To maintain, construct or erect any building, advertising structure, or other structure, in whole or in part, on or upon any sidewalk, alley, street, lane, court, park or other public place which encroaches upon or obstructs in any manner the free and open use thereof, unless otherwise permitted by this code;
(P) To maintain any signs or sign structures, including their supports, braces, guys and anchors which constitute a hazard to health, safety or public welfare by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation or obsolescence, and declared as such by the Building Official;
(Q) To maintain property in such a manner as to cause a hazard to the public by obscuring visibility of or at any public right-of-way, road intersection or pedestrian walkway;
(R) To maintain any structure in a state of substantial deterioration, such as peeling paint on a facade, broken windows, roofs in disrepair, damaged porches or broken steps or other such deterioration or disrepair not otherwise constituting a violation and which is visible from a public right-of-way or adjoining properties, where such condition would have a tendency to depreciate the aesthetic and property values of surrounding property;
(S) To maintain premises with substantial lack of maintenance of landscaped areas, including the lack of cultivation, irrigation, fertilization, trimming of trees and lawns, shrubs, vines and any other ground cover, and the lack of maintenance of non-landscaped areas, where the areas to be maintained are viewable by the public from a public right-of-way or adjoining properties, and where such condition would have a tendency to depreciate the aesthetic and property values of surrounding properties;
(T) To maintain or operate, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., any device, instrument, vehicle or machinery in such a manner as to create noise or cause vibrations which cause discomfort or annoyance to reasonable persons of normal sensitivity, or which endangers the comfort, repose, health or peace of the public or of any person using or occupying other property in the vicinity;
(U) To maintain, keep or operate any machinery which, by reason of its dust, exhaust or fumes, creates a health or safety hazard;
(V) To maintain, store, discharge, hold, handle, use or otherwise deal with hazardous substances, sewage or liquid wastes, as defined by applicable federal, state or local laws or regulations:
(1) In violation of federal, state or local laws or regulations;
(2) In such a manner to affect in any way air or water quality; or
(3) In such a manner as creates an identifiable risk of accidental release of the substances which might adversely affect the health or safety of persons, damage property or adversely affect air or water quality;
(W) To fail to remove underground or aboveground storage vessels or tanks within six months after the use of such tanks or vessels ceases;
(X) To maintain any building, structure or property or any part thereof, which has been constructed or is maintained in violation of any applicable state or local law or regulation relating to the location, condition, use, construction or maintenance of buildings and properties;
(Y) To maintain property in such condition as creates a detriment or hazard to the public health, safety or general welfare or in such manner as to constitute a public nuisance as defined by Cal. Civil Code §§ 3479 and 3480 or other applicable statutes.
(‘65 Code, § 8-11.02) (Ord. 350-C.S., passed - - ; Am. Ord. 587 C.S., passed 12-7-10; Am. Ord. 607-C.S., passed 11-19-13; Am. Ord. 630-C.S., passed 12-6-16; Am. Ord. 655, passed 11-19-19; Am. Ord. 686, passed 11-15-22) Penalty, see § 98.99