(a) No owner, agent or occupant of any premises shall maintain or permit to be maintained at or on the exterior property areas of such premises any condition which deteriorates or debases the appearance of the neighborhood; reduces property values in the neighborhood; creates fire, safety or health hazard; or which is a public nuisance; including but not limited to the following:
(1) Broken or dilapidated fences, walls or other structures.
(2) Improperly installed or maintained public sidewalks, walks, driveways and driveway aprons which are in a defective condition in any of the following listed particulars:
A. Any concrete block or stone having multiple cracks or any single crack larger than one-half inch in width extending for a linear distance of one foot.
B. Adjoining sections of concrete block or stone or portions thereof, whose edges differ vertically by three-fourths of an inch or more, extending for a linear distance of one foot or more.
C. Concrete blocks or stone having a transverse slope in excess of three-fourths inch per horizontal foot toward the street.
D. Concrete blocks or stone having a reverse slope or slope toward property that impound water to a depth of one inch or more.
E. Concrete blocks or stone having depressions that impound water to a depth of one inch or more.
F. Concrete blocks or stone having disintegrated or deteriorated areas. Provided further that every public sidewalk shall be concrete or stone.
(Ord. 82-42. Passed 6-21-1982.)
(b) The owners of the premises shall have 60 days after notice of a violation of division (a) hereof, to complete the specified repairs, replacement or relevelling. Failure on the part of the owner to complete and perform the work within the specified time, or any reasonable extension thereof duly granted by the City, shall subject the owner to a citation for violating these provisions and subject the owner to the penalties set forth in Section 1060.99.
(Ord. 83-16. Passed 4-4-1983; Ord. 83-51. Passed 10-17-1983.)
(c) Any owner who believes that the requirements of the notice provided requires unreasonable work or is contrary to the Codified Ordinances of the City, shall be entitled to submit an administrative appeal to the Building Commissioner and/or the Director of Housing and Community Development within fifteen (15) days of delivery of the notice to the owner of the premises, and the decision of the Building Commissioner and/or the Director of Housing and Community Development as to any adjustment whatsoever shall be made within fifteen (15) days thereafter and shall be final.
(1982 Code, § 911.04) (Ord. 82-42. Passed 6-21-1982; Ord. 2022-34. Passed 6-21-2022.)