A. Dead Animals: The failure by an owner to bury or otherwise dispose of a deceased animal within two (2) days of its death shall constitute a nuisance within the meaning of this Chapter.
B. Refuse In Public Streets: The act of intentionally or carelessly throwing, casting, putting into, dropping or leaving in any street, gutter, sidewalk or public place any stones, gravel, sand, dirt, debris, garbage, leaves, lawn or tree clippings, paper material, handbills, ashes, rubbish of any kind, or any other item, material or substance which: i) interferes with the free and unobstructed use and movement of either traffic or water on a public street or right of way, in the opinion of a law enforcement official or city enforcement officer, or ii) shall constitute a fire hazard in the opinion of a fire official shall constitute a nuisance within the meaning of this Chapter.
C. Offensive Condition Or Refuse On Private Property: The keeping of uncovered, stored openly or uncontained on or about any lot or parcel of property, whether vacant or occupied, any garbage, refuse, junk, business related equipment, materials, supplies and merchandise, effluvia, kitchen waste, trash, inoperable motor vehicles, broken machinery, rank and noxious weeds, or other unsightly or deleterious objects or conditions that are offensive to the order and economy of the City shall constitute a nuisance within the meaning of this Chapter.
D. Slaughterhouses: The allowance of a place where swine, cattle, sheep or other animals are slaughtered, to remain unclean to the unnecessary annoyance of the citizens of the City, or in any state or condition detrimental to the public health, the same shall constitute a nuisance within the meaning of this Chapter.
E. Water Pollution: The pollution of the waters of this City, as defined in Utah Code Annotated section 19-5-102, shall constitute a nuisance within the meaning of this Chapter.
F. Breeding Places For Flies And Disease Carrying Animals And Insects: To maintain a condition within the City which unreasonably promotes through lack of care and cleanliness, or encourages the breeding of flies, mosquitoes, insects, rats or other form of animal life which may be disease carriers constitutes a nuisance within the meaning of this Chapter.
G. Loud And Continuous Noises: To make, continue, or cause to be made or continued, any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise, or any noise which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others, within the limits of the City shall constitute a nuisance within the meaning of this Chapter. The following acts, when prolonged, unusual and unnatural in their time, place and use, may be a detriment to the public health, comfort, convenience, safety, welfare and prosperity: horns, radios, stereos, loudspeakers, yelling or shouting, exhausts, motor vehicles, drums or musical instruments, construction equipment, commercial vehicles, large diesel vehicles with refrigeration units, airplanes or blasting.
H. Construction And Concrete Work: Work shall not proceed on Saturday, Sunday or on any legal holidays without prior approval from an authorized city employee. Contractors with construction, demolition, or concrete requests scheduled between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. shall submit an application to the City office and notify all residents within a three hundred foot (300') radius of a scheduled work site no less than forty eight (48) hours prior to proposed work request.
I. Garbage: Debris, dross, rubbish, or other garbage outside of garbage cans or outside of bags shall constitute a nuisance within the meaning of this Chapter. During the period of twenty four (24) hours preceding scheduled collection of such debris, dross, rubbish or other garbage, they must be placed at curbside within bags, cans or other receptacles, unless the trash material is of such size and nature that it would not be practical to fully enclose it.
J. Nuisance Animals: The keeping of "Nuisance Animals" as that term is defined in section 5-1-7 of this code shall constitute a nuisance within the meaning of this Chapter.
K. Light Trespass: The allowance of Light Trespass to continue which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others. Light Trespass means (1) any light emitted by an outdoor luminaire that shines directly beyond the property on which the luminaire is installed, or (2) indirectly shines beyond the property on which the luminaire is installed at a brightness (illuminance) that exceeds one Lux at the property line. Any directional luminaire facing a residential property line must be shielded to a level that the illuminating source is not visible at the property line.
L. Drug House: Every building or premises where the unlawful sale, manufacture, service, storage, distribution, dispensing or acquisition of any controlled substance, precursor or analog specified in Utah Code Annotated title 57, chapter 37 (Utah controlled substances act) occurs. (Ord. 03-09-06, 3-9-2006; amd. 2014 Code; Ord. 2019.05, 9-5-2019; Ord. 2020.10, 5-14-2020; Ord. 2020.17, 11-12-2020; Ord. 2022.08, 8-3-2022)