(A) Lots or pieces of ground within the municipality shall be drained or filled so as to prevent stagnant water or any other nuisance accumulating thereon.
(B) The owner or occupant of any lot or piece of ground within the municipality shall keep the lot or piece of ground and the adjoining, street and alleys free of any growth of ten inches or more in height of weeds, grasses, or worthless vegetation.
(C) The throwing, depositing, or accumulation of litter on any lot or piece of ground within the municipality is prohibited; provided, that grass, leaves, and worthless vegetation may be used as ground mulch or in a compost pile.
(D) It is hereby declared to be a nuisance to permit or maintain any growth of ten inches or more in height of weeds, grasses, or worthless vegetation or to litter or cause litter to be deposited or remain thereon except in proper receptacles.
(E) For purposes of this section:
(1) Litter shall include, but not be limited to: trash, rubbish, refuse, garbage, paper, rags and ashes; wood, plaster, cement, brick, or stone building rubble; grass, leaves, and worthless vegetation; offal and dead animals; and any machine or machines, vehicle or vehicles, or parts of a machine or vehicle which have lost their identity, character, utility, or serviceability as such through deterioration, dismantling, or the ravages of time, are inoperative or unable to perform their intended functions, or are cast off, discarded, or thrown away or left as waste, wreckage, or junk; and
(2) Weeds shall include, but not be limited to, bindweed (convolvulus arvensis), puncture vine (tribulus terrestris), leafy spurge (euphorbia esula), Canada thistle (cirsium arvense), perennial peppergrass (lepidium draba), Russian knapweed (centaurea picris), Johnson grass (sorghum halepense), nodding or musk thistle, quack grass (agropyron repens), perennial sow thistle (sonchus arvensis), horse nettle (solanum carolinense), bull thistle (cirsium lanceolatum), buckthorn (rahmnus sp.) (tourn), hemp plant (cannabis sativa), and ragweed (ambrosiaceae).
(F) In relationship to weeds, grasses or worthless vegetation, only one notice of violation for weeds, grasses or worthless vegetation shall be required to be give to the same owner/agent for the same property during the calendar year. Further, it shall be a nuisance to permit or maintain any growth of eight inches or more in height of weeds, grasses or worthless vegetation on any lot or piece of ground located within the corporate limits of the city during any calendar year if, within the same calendar year, the city has, acted to remove weeds, grasses or worthless vegetation exceeding ten inches in height on the same lot or piece of ground and had to seek recovery of the cost and expenses of such work from the owner.
(G) The abatement, violations notice to abate and remove the nuisance as provided in this section shall be governed by the violations notice provision in § 94.007. However, if the costs and expenses of the work related to this subsection is not paid by the owner for two months after the work is done, the city may either:
(1) Levy and assess the costs and expenses of the work upon the lot or piece of ground so benefited in the same manner as other special taxes for improvements are levied and assessed; or
(2) Recover in a civil action the costs and expenses of work upon the lot or piece of ground and joining streets and alleys; or
(3) Any additional provisions or penalties as provided in § 94.999 providing for penalties including administrative penalties.
(Neb. RS 16-230 and 18-1720) (Ord. 2013-06, passed 5-21-2013; Ord. 2014-16, passed 11-18-2014; Ord. 2014-17, passed 11-18-2014)