For the purposes of this subchapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(A) PUBLIC NUISANCE. Any underground container or storage tank, fence, wall, garage, shed, house, lot, building, structure, tree, pole, smokestack, or any excavation, basement, cellar, well, cistern, sidewalk subspace, walk, driveway, parking lot or facility that is open to the public, step or stairwell, or the ground itself, which has any or all of the conditions, defects, activities, or uses hereinafter described.
(1) PUBLIC NUISANCES BY CONDITION. Any of the following conditions or defects shall constitute a public nuisance when, in the city's determination, they endanger the life, health, property, safety or welfare, or valuation of neighbor’s real property, or of any current or prospective occupants of the property or premises:
(a) The physical condition or use of any premises in a condition or manner regarded as a public nuisance at common law;
(b) Any physical condition, use, or occupancy of any premises or its appurtenances, considered an attractive nuisance to children, including but not limited to junk, inoperable orunlicensed vehicles, abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations, abandoned refrigerators, and unsafe fences or structures;
(c) Any premises which have improperly working drainage facilities;
(d) Any premises designated unsafe for human habitation or use;
(e) Any premises which is manifestly capable of being a fire hazard or is manifestly unsafe or unsecured so as to endanger life, limb or property;
(f) Any premises which is unsanitary, or which is littered with rubbish or garbage;
(g) Any structure, parking lot open to the public or building that is in a state of dilapidation, deterioration, or decay; faulty construction; open, vacant, or abandoned; damaged by fire to the extent as not to provide shelter, in danger of collapse or failure, and is dangerous to anyone on or near the premises;
(h) The maintenance of any pond, pool of water, or vessel holding stagnant water; or
(i) Feces deposited by the defecation of any animal upon any public or private property, other than that of the owner of the animal or the person in charge hereof, creates an unsanitary and unhealthy condition and is hereby declared a nuisance.
(2) PUBLIC NUISANCE BY ACTIVITY OR USE. Any of the following conditions shall constitute a public nuisance:
(a) That which is defined as a nuisance in R.C. § 3767.01(C), which is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
(b) Premises or real estate, including vacant land, on which a felony violation of R.C. Chapter 2907, 2915, 2925, or 3719 occurs, regardless of whether there has been a conviction for said violation.
(c) Premises or real estate, including vacant land, utilized by a criminal gang as described in, and under circumstances defined by R.C. § 3767.02(B), which is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
(d) Any vehicle used for any illegal purpose.
(Ord. 13-01-001, passed 3-11-2013; Am. Ord. 18-04-025, passed 5-30-2018; Am. Ord. 21-03- 019, passed 4-26-2021; Am. Ord. 22-06-033, passed 8-8-2022)