All solid waste, recycle, and refuse shall be collected and placed in containers as required by this chapter. It shall be unlawful for any person to permit garbage or refuse to accumulate or remain on any premises longer than is reasonably necessary to remove and deposit same in approved containers as required herein, and in accordance with the following provisions:
(A) Public streets and private property. No person shall place any accumulations of refuse and trash in any street, median strip, alley or other public place of travel, nor upon any private property except as stated herein.
(B) Unauthorized accumulations. Any unauthorized accumulation of refuse or trash items on any lot, property, premises, public street, alley or other public or private place is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and is prohibited. Failure of owner or occupant to remove and correct any such unauthorized accumulation of refuse shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.
(C) Junk. It shall be unlawful for any person to place or leave outside any building or dwelling within public view any dilapidated furniture, appliance, machinery, equipment, building material or other item which is either in a wholly or partially rusted, wrecked, junked, dismantled or inoperative condition, and which is not completely enclosed within a building or dwelling. Any such item(s) which remain on the property of the occupant for a period of ten days after notice of violation of this section shall be presumed to be abandoned and subject to removal from the property by the town without further notice and subject to expenses incurred in the removal of such item(s). This shall not apply to authorized junk dealers or establishments engaged in the repair, rebuilding, reconditioning or salvaging of equipment.
(OC, § 4-2-8) (Am. Ord. passed 11-10-88; Am. Ord. 2015-O2, passed 8-18-15) Penalty, see § 10.99