The following are declared public nuisances affecting public peace and safety:
(A) All trees, hedges, billboards, or other obstructions which prevent people from having a clear view of all traffic approaching an intersection;
(B) All wires and limbs of trees that are so close to the surface of a sidewalk or street as to constitute a danger to pedestrians or vehicles;
(C) Any person participating in any party or other gathering that causes the unreasonable disturbing of the peace, quiet, or repose of another person in such a manner as to be plainly audible at the boundary of the real property, building, structure, or residence from which the noise originates, or at a distance of 50 feet from the source of the noise. PLAINLY AUDIBLE is defined as sound that can be detected by a person using their unaided hearing faculties;
(D) Obstructions and excavations affecting the ordinary public use of streets, alleys, sidewalks, or public grounds, except under conditions as are permitted by the city code or other applicable law;
(E) Radio aerials or television antennae erected or maintained in a dangerous manner;
(F) Any use of property abutting on a public street or sidewalk or any use of a public street or sidewalk that causes large crowds or people to gather, obstructing traffic and the free use of the street or sidewalk;
(G) All hanging signs, awnings, and other similar structures over streets and sidewalks, so situated as to endanger public safety, or not constructed and maintained as provided by ordinance;
(H) Any barbed wire fence located less than six feet above the ground and within three feet of a public sidewalk or way;
(I) All dangerous, unguarded machinery (including but not limited to inoperable vehicles, machinery, and appliances) in any public place, or so situated or operated on private property as to attract the public;
(J) Wastewater cast upon or permitted to flow upon streets or other public properties;
(K) Accumulations in the open of discarded or disused machinery, household appliances, automobile bodies or other materials in a manner conducive to the harboring of rats, mice, snakes, or vermin, or the rank growth of vegetation among the items so accumulated, or in a manner creating fire, health, or other safety hazards from such accumulation;
(L) Any well, hole, or similar excavation that is left uncovered or in such other condition as to constitute a hazard to any child or other person coming on the premises where it is located;
(M) Obstruction to the free flow of water in a natural waterway or a public street drain, gutter, ditch or drainage easement with trash or other material;
(N) Any act which may alter or affect the drainage of public streets, alleys, or drainage easements or the surface or grade of public streets, alleys, sidewalks, or drainage easements without a proper permit;
(O) The placing or throwing on any street, sidewalk, or other public property of any glass, tacks, nails, bottles, or other substances that may injure any person or animal, or damage any pneumatic tire when passing over such substance;
(P) Any artificial lighting devices which are used in such a manner to cause a distraction to passing motorists or which are operated without a mechanism or shielding to protect adjacent premises from being adversely affected thereby;
(Q) Driving motorized scooters, bicycles, electric bikes, motorcycles, snowmobiles, or any other type of motorized vehicle on any sidewalk, walkway or private property of others, or the driving of said vehicles in a loud, noisy or unsafe manner; and
(R) Making repairs to motor vehicles or tires in public streets, alleys, or right-of-way, except in the case of emergency repairs.
(Ord. 21-03, passed 11-16-2021)