It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant, or person having control or management of any land within the city to permit a public nuisance to develop thereon. The following conditions are declared to be public nuisances:
(A) Dangerous trees or stacks adjoining street. Any tree, stack, or other object standing in such a condition that it will, if the condition is allowed to continue, endanger the life, limb, or property of, or cause hurt, damage, or injury to persons or property upon the public streets or public ways adjacent thereto, by the falling thereof or of parts thereof.
(B) Accumulation of rubbish. An accumulation on any premises of filth, refuse, trash, garbage, or other waste material which endangers the public health, welfare, or safety, or materially interferes with the peaceful enjoyment by owners or occupants of adjacent property because of the danger that it will catch or communicate fire, attract and propagate vermin, rodents, or insects, or blow rubbish into any street, sidewalk, or property of another.
(C) Noxious odors or smoke. Emission into the surrounding atmosphere of odor, dust, smoke, or other matter which renders ordinary use or physical occupation of other property in the vicinity uncomfortable or impossible. It shall also be unlawful for any furnace, incinerator, or heating unit to emit smoke, soot, or ashes of a kind or degree which could damage property or constitute a health hazard to the people of the city. ('78 Code, 1020.1, § III) (Ord. 35-1960, passed 4-28-60)
(D) Noise. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate or cause to be operated any whistle, rattle, bell, gong, clapper, hammer, drum, horn, player piano, radio, calliope, phonograph, or other sound-producing or sound-amplifying instrument, or by calling, shouting, or in any other way or manner create noise or sound in such a manner as to disturb the peace and quiet of a neighborhood or to interfere with the transaction of business or other ordinary pursuits. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect the usual and reasonable operation of railroads, electric railways, or motor buses; prohibit the reasonable use of automobiles and ordinary noises attendant thereto; athletic contests; or lawful public meetings, parades, or celebrations. ('78 Code, 1020.l, § VIII) (Ord. 35-1960, passed 4-28-60)
(E) Storage of explosives. The storage of explosive material which creates a safety hazard to other property or persons in the vicinity.
(F) Open wells. The maintenance of any open, uncovered, or insecurely covered cistern, cellar, well, pit, excavation, or vault situated upon private premises in any open or unfenced lot or place.
(G) Obstructions to streets, sidewalks, and drainage. Property owners shall not obstruct streets, sidewalks or drainage in any way. All trees, shrubbery, or other naturally occurring or unintentionally placed elements that interfere with the use, construction, or maintenance of streets, sidewalks, drainage or neighboring property shall be removed.
(H) Keeping of animals. The failure to keep an animal's pen, yard, lot, or other enclosure in a sanitary condition and free from preventable offensive odors.
(I) Junk; scrap metal; motor vehicles. The storage of motor vehicles in an inoperative condition, motor vehicles unfit for further use, automobile parts, or scrap metal within the city limits except on premises authorized by the city for such purposes.
(J) The operation of any ATV and/or dirt bikes within the city on any day, before 9:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. and on a lot or parcel of real estate less than ten acres in size. An ATV and dirt bike shall have the same meaning provided therefore in KRS 189.010, which is a motor vehicle used for recreational off-road use. There is no restriction on the legitimate use of ATVs for farm or gardening use.
(Ord. 177(7-11-01), passed 7-11-01; Am. Ord. 397(09-11-2024), passed 9-11-24) Penalty, see § 93.99