Except as otherwise permitted by law, each of the following conditions is declared to be a nuisance:
(1) Abandoned Property.
(2) Abandoned Structure.
(3) Animal manure that is neither used for fertilizing lawns or gardens nor securely protected from insects and the elements.
(4) Any artificial illumination of such intensity as to interfere substantially and unnecessarily with the use and enjoyment of any property, or with the lawful use of any school, public place or public street, or with any governmental or public function of the city, or as to constitute a hazard or threat to the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of the city; provided, that this subsection shall not apply where the person responsible for such artificial illumination is utilizing the same at any exhibition, performance, amusement, attraction or event authorized or sponsored by the city, or any public, private or parochial school within the city. Outdoor lighting shall comply with Article 151.11 of the City of Sierra Vista Development Code.
(5) The escape or flow of water into the public right-of-way in such quantity, in the opinion of the City Engineer, as to cause flooding, to impede vehicular or pedestrian traffic, to create a hazardous condition for such traffic, or to cause damage to the public streets or alleys of the city through their failure or neglect to properly operate or maintain any water facility or device, including, but not limited to, sprinklers, hoses, pipes, ditches, standpipes, berms, valves, and gates.
(6) Any commercial or industrial type equipment to include: tractors, backhoes, bulldozers, trenchers, cranes, or other similar equipment parked in an area visible to the public for more than 48 hours in any residential district except when the equipment is being used for construction purposes on the site.
(7) Putrid, unsound or unwholesome bones, meat, hides, skins, or other animal parts; dead animals, fish or fowl; butcher’s trimmings and offal; waste vegetation; liquid waste; animal matter, garbage, human or animal excreta, sewage and other similar offensive substances.
(8) A dumping ground or other land or building for depositing litter or debris, or wrecking, disassembling, rebuilding, repair, storage or accumulation of three (3) or more vehicles, or of machinery, or parts of vehicles or machinery.
(9) Noxious exhalations and other airborne irritations, including, but not limited to, smoke, soot, dust, fumes or other gases, offensive odors, or other annoyances. Refer to Smoke Definition.
(10) Air pollution, burning litter, debris, sawdust or other material resulting in smoke, gases, ashes, soot, cinders, sawdust or other material being transported to or deposited on land or buildings. Disposing of litter, debris, sawdust or other material in a manner that results in its unauthorized deposit on land or buildings.
(11) An unsecured or abandoned excavation, pit, well, other hole or pool.
(12) A privy, vault, cesspool, sump, pit, pool, accumulated water or similar condition that is foul, malodorous, or subject to infestation, pollution or stagnation.
(13) Plant growth or any other condition, sign, structure, or vehicle that obstructs or interferes with or renders dangerous the use or passage of any public place.
(14) Plant growth or any other condition, sign, structure, or vehicle that obstructs or interferes with sight distance or the visibility of any traffic control device or sign.
(15) Plant growth or any other condition that constitutes a fire hazard or encourages infestation or noxious pests.
(16) Infestation.
(17) Inoperative Vehicle.
(18) Slum property.
(19) A building or land regularly used in the commission of a crime.
(20) Blight.
(21) Attractive nuisances.
(22) Graffiti.
(23) Excessive heat extending beyond property lines.
(Ord. 2015-009, passed 12-17-15; Am. Ord. 2018-003, passed 2-8-18)