(A) Owners or occupants of real property within the corporate limits of the city are hereby required to cut weeds, remove garbage, rubbish, inoperative motor vehicles or other unsightly or unsanitary things; and eliminate, fill up or remove stagnant pools of water or any other unsanitary thing, place or condition upon their real property.
(B) (1) It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of real property to permit the accumulation or development of weeds, garbage, rubbish, inoperative motor vehicles or other unsightly or unsanitary things or conditions on real property within the city.
(2) Exception: This section of the Code of Ordinances does not apply to any motor vehicle held in conjunction with a business enterprise lawfully licensed by the city for the storage, servicing, or repair of motor vehicles so long as the property is located in the appropriate zone pursuant to the zoning ordinances of the city, and meets the other qualifications for such business enterprise as set out in the Code of Ordinances of the city.
(C) (1) The dumping of tree cuttings, tree trunks, fill dirt and other appropriate fill material may be permitted to reclaim gullies and ravines upon application to, and approval by, the city planning commission under the following conditions:
(a) Written certification by the applicant that he is the legal owner of the property or that he has the written permission of the property owner.
(b) Access must be completely restricted to the applicant only.
(c) All material must be covered by fill dirt and smoothed over at intervals not to exceed two weeks.
(2) Failure to comply with the above conditions will be grounds for revocation of the permit and may result in the issuance of a citation pursuant to divisions (A) and (B) above of this section.
(D) Nothing covered by this subchapter is intended to preclude or conflict with the provisions of Chapter 154 and all substances not governed by Chapter 154 are to be governed by this subchapter. This subchapter is intended to supplement Chapter 154.
(Ord. 2010-10-364, passed 10-5-10; Am. Ord. 2013-03-414, passed 3-5-13) Penalty, see § 10.99