The following specific acts, conditions, and things are each declared a public nuisance; however, this enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive:
(A) Depositing, maintaining, or permitting to be maintained or to accumulate upon any public or private property any garbage, refuse, or waste which is likely to cause or transmit disease or which is a hazard to health;
(B) Depositing, maintaining, or permitting to be maintained or to accumulate upon any public or private property any rubbish. This provision shall not include building materials for sale used on pending construction;
(C) Depositing, maintaining, or permitting to be maintained or to accumulate upon any public or private property any waste material. This provision shall not include materials which are not human-made and are used to fill a site for the purpose of construction or land leveling;
(D) Depositing, maintaining, or permitting to be maintained or to accumulate upon any public or private property any abandoned, discarded, or unused furniture, refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, stoves, sinks, toilets, cabinets, or household furnishings/fixtures, and/or storing said items in such a manner as to be visible to the public from adjoining property, public alleys, or streets;
(E) Depositing, maintaining, or permitting to be maintained or to accumulate upon any public or private property any vehicle or vehicles that is/are abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative, including any vehicle with flat tires, missing wheels, and the like;
(F) (1) Depositing, maintaining, or permitting to be maintained or to accumulate upon any public or private property any automobile or automobiles which is/are non-licensed automobiles or because of body damage, or operating apparatus, including tires and wheels, is/are in such a condition to render the start, legal operation, or use of said automobile or automobiles impossible; and
(2) Any vehicle which is left for repair at a regularly operated repair garage is exempt from this section.
(G) Any trailer, recreational vehicle, or implement which is left standing on a public right-of-way for a period of 36 hours or longer;
(H) Depositing, maintaining, or permitting to be maintained or to accumulate upon any public or private property any trees and/or bushes that interfere with the health, safety, or enjoyment of another;
(I) Damaged buildings;
(J) Dilapidated buildings;
(K) Impure water;
(L) (1) Undressed hides, which for any reason are kept longer than 24 hours; and
(2) Hides which are kept at a place where they are to be manufactured into items such as gloves, coats, and the like and are stored inside an approved structure which complies with all health regulations for such manufacturing shall be exempt from this section.
(M) (1) The accumulation of manure; and
(2) Manure accumulated to be properly used as a fertilizer shall be exempt from this section.
(N) Rodents;
(O) Stagnant water;
(P) Any dead animal remaining on any public or private ground for a period of more than 24 hours;
(Q) Depositing, placing, letting fall, or throwing materials into a pond, pool, or waterway as to pollute said water;
(R) Erecting or maintaining any privy or cesspool unless approved by the Board of Commissioners and the State Department of Environment and Natural Resources;
(S) (1) Ignition of any bonfire or campfire on public or private property;
(2) Campfires which are placed in approved fire rings and are in conjunction with a year-round, state-licensed campground shall be exempt from this section; and
(3) Approved campgrounds shall receive approval from the Fire Chief in writing prior to burning.
(T) Parking or allowing a livestock truck, trailer, or any other vehicle which gives off an offensive odor or contains an offensive substance or other filth on any public or private grounds;
(U) Causing or allowing any offensive, foul odors or stenches that are dangerous or offensive to the neighborhood to be emitted from public or private property;
(V) Causing or allowing pieces of paper, newsprint, excelsior, handbills, posters, building paper, advertisements, or other materials to be carried about by the winds;
(W) Leaving or allowing to remain outside of any dwelling, building, or other structure or within any unoccupied or abandoned building, dwelling, or other structure under his or her control, in a place accessible to children, any non-operating ice box, refrigerator, or other container without first removing said door or lid for said ice box, refrigerator, or container; or
(X) Depositing or placing any offal, filth, filthy waters, human or animal waste, or obnoxious liquid substances, including, for example, but not limited to: petroleum products such as oil and gasoline, on any private lot or public grounds.
(Ord. 1.90A, passed 5-15-2014)