560.01 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY NUISANCES DECLARED.
   (a)   Activities, as defined in any of the following provisions of the St. Bernard Codified Ordinances, occurring on any residential or commercial property located within the Village, and engaged in by an owner, occupant or invitee of the owner or occupant of the property, are declared to be nuisance activities. To be a nuisance activity, a criminal conviction is not necessary. There must, however, be probable cause to believe that the activity occurred. For purposes of this Chapter, a residential property means any real property that is either zoned to permit residential occupancy or otherwise has a residential occupancy upon it. For purposes of this Chapter, a commercial property means any real property that is either zoned to permit business or general retail occupancy, or otherwise contains business uses, including but not limited to industrial, office, hotel, general retail and all other commercial uses however described.
      (1)    Any animal violation under Chapter 505 of the Codified Ordinances.
      (2)    Any disorderly conduct or disorderly activity violation under Chapter 509 of the Codified Ordinances
      (3)    Any drug abuse violation under Chapter 513 of the Codified Ordinances;
      (4)   Any Environmental Pollution Control violation under Chapter 515 of the Codified Ordinances;
      (5)    Any gambling violation under Chapter 517 of the Codified Ordinances;
      (6)   Any health, safety or sanitation violation under Chapter 521 of the Codified Ordinances;
(7)   Any Junk and Rubbish Storage violation under Chapter 523 of the Codified Ordinances;
      (8)   Any Law Enforcement and Public Office violation under Chapter 525 of the Codified Ordinances;
      (9)   Any liquor control violation under Chapter 529 of the Codified Ordinances;
      (10)   Any Minors Curfew Violation under Chapter 531 of the Codified Ordinances;
      (11)   Any obscenity and sex offenses violation under Chapter 533 of the Codified Ordinances;
      (12)   Any Illegal Distribution of Cigarettes or Other Tobacco Products violation under Chapter 535 of the Codified Ordinances;
      (13)   Any offense against persons violation under Chapter 537;
      (14)   Any Rat Control violation under Chapter 539 of the Codified Ordinances;
      (15)   Any property offense under Chapter 541 of the Codified Ordinances;
      (16)   Any Registration of Convicted persons violation under Chapter 543 of the Codified Ordinances;
      (17)   Any theft or fraud offense under Chapter 545 of the Codified Ordinances;
      (18)   Any weapons and explosives violation under Chapter 549 of the Codified Ordinances;
        
   (b)   When four or more nuisance activities as defined in division (a) occur on separate occasions on the same residential or commercial property within any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period, the Director of Public Service and Safety may declare the premises to be a nuisance property and may abate the nuisance as provided in Section 560.02.
(Ord. 20-2017. Passed 10-5-17; Ord. 24-2019. Passed 12-17-19.)