The following are declared to be nuisances affecting public peace and safety.
(A) Unattended or discarded furniture, appliances, materials and debris.
(1) Unless housed in or placed upon a lawfully erected building or receptacle; household furnishings or appliances, discarded or disused machinery, automobile bodies, paper, boxes, wood, metal, concrete, cans, bottles, trash, ashes or debris of any description whatsoever unattended or accumulating, or the rank growth of vegetation among the items so accumulated;
(2) The sorting, piling or keeping of old machinery or other junk or debris upon any public or private property; and
(3) Placing paper, materials, litter or debris on public or private property, including parked vehicles or throwing paper, litter or debris from motor vehicles or buildings.
(B) Woodpiles and brushpiles.
(1) Woodpiles, unless erected, located and maintained as follows:
(a) In neat and secure stacks;
(b) At a height of not more than six feet;
(c) Stored in the rear yard at least five feet away from any lot line and at least ten feet away from any structure; and
(d) Wood stacks, together with accessory structures in the rear yard, shall not occupy more than 25% of the rear yard area.
(2) Wood stored or kept in a covered structure impervious to the elements is exempt from the conditions outlined in this division. No wood held for resale or any commercial use shall be stored on any residential property in the city.
(3) Brushpiles which are fire hazards or otherwise detrimental to the health or appearance of a neighborhood.
(C) Grass, weeds and leaves; unkempt and/or unattended.
(1) Any grass or weeds taller than six inches in height; or
(2) Grass clippings or leaves raked or placed in city streets or upon any city right-of-way.
(3) See also: Waseca Property Maintenance Code, Section 302.4.
(D) Inoperable motor vehicle, racing cars and stock cars.
(1) The keeping, storing or permitting the parking of an inoperable motor vehicle, racing car or stock car upon any public or private property, with the exception of cars bearing current state license and being repaired on property zoned for the activity and at a facility meeting state’s Building Code and other applicable state standards for performing the work.
(2) Servicing, repairing, replacing parts or doing maintenance work on an inoperable motor vehicle, racing car or stock car on a public street or on any private lands or premises unless it shall be within a building on such private premises that is authorized by the zoning ordinance, state’s Building Code and other applicable state law for conducting the activity.
(3) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
INOPERABLE.
Lacking vital component parts essential to the mechanical functioning of the vehicle, including, but not limited to the motor, drive train and wheels.
INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE.
Any vehicle which is inoperable, or which is partially dismantled, or which is used for sale of parts or as a source of repair or replacement parts for other vehicle, or which is kept for scrapping, dismantling or salvage of any kind, or which is not properly licensed for operation within the state by the state.
RACING CAR.
Any motor vehicle designed or intended for operation on a speedway, racetrack or other facility used or designed for high speed contests between two or more vehicles or for timing of speed.
STOCK CAR. Any motor vehicle of standard design and construction which is modified, adapted or altered in any manner to increase its speed or safety, and designed or intended for operation on a speedway, racetrack or other facility used or designed for high speed contests between two or more vehicles or for timing of speed.
(E) Obstructions in the public right-of-way and interference with lines of sight.
(1) Placing objects, including gravel, stones and landscaping materials, on any portion of a public right-of-way or roadway easement dedicated to the public.
(2) Obstructions and excavations affecting the ordinary public use of streets, alleys, sidewalks or public grounds, except under such conditions as are permitted by this code or other applicable law.
(3) Placing any architectural projection, sign, fence or object within clear sigh triangle areas at street intersections, as defined in this code of ordinances.
(4) Installing or growing trees, shrubbery or other vegetation within clear sight triangle areas at street intersections, as defined in this code of ordinances, or set back less than 15 feet from any street right-of-way, alley right-of-way or driveway, unless the vegetation is 2½ feet or shorter in height.
(5) All hanging signs, awnings and other similar structures over streets and sidewalks situated so as to endanger public safety, or not constructed and maintained as provided by ordinance.
(6) Any use of property abutting on a public street or sidewalk or any use of a public street or sidewalk which causes large crowds of people to gather, obstructing traffic and the free use of the street or sidewalk.
(F) Causing or allowing conditions that endanger public safety.
(1) All snow and ice not removed from public sidewalks 24 hours after the snow or other precipitation causing the condition has ceased to fall, pursuant to this code of ordinances.
(2) Radio aerials or television antennae erected or maintained in a dangerous manner.
(3) The allowing of rain water, ice or snow to fall from any building or structure so as to accumulate upon any sidewalk.
(4) Shrubbery or other obstructions preventing view of street address numerals from the street right-of-way.
(5) All dangerous, unguarded machinery in any public place, or so situated or operated on private property as to attract the public.
(6) Waste water cast upon or permitted to flow upon streets or other public properties.
(7) Any well, hole or similar excavation which is left uncovered or in such other condition as to constitute a hazard to any child or other person coming on the premises where it is located.
(8) Any barbed wire fence less than six feet above the ground and within three feet of a public sidewalk or way.
(9) Obstruction to the free flow of water in a natural waterway or a public street drain, gutter or ditch with trash or other materials.
(10) The placing or throwing on any street, sidewalk or other public property of any glass, tacks, nails, bottles or other substance which may injure any person or animal or damage any pneumatic tire when passing over the substance.
(11) The depositing of garbage or refuse on a public right-of-way or on adjacent private property.
(12) All other conditions or things which are likely to cause injury to the person or property of anyone.
(G) Noises. Causing or allowing unnecessary noises, in violation of § 91.20.
(`86 Code, § 8.55) (Am. Ord. 687, passed 11-19-96; Am. Ord. 780, passed 11-20-01; Am. Ord. 792, passed 5-7-02; Am. Ord. 1016, passed 3-18-14)