For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OWNER. The owner of record of the premises in fee or lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, assignee of the rents, receiver, executor, administrator, trustee, lessee or other person, firm or corporation in control of a building or his authorized agent.
PUBLIC NUISANCE. Any fence, wall, garage, shed, house, building, dwelling, structure, tree, pole, smokestack or any excavation, basement, cellar, well, cistern or sidewalk subspace, or part thereof, if the condition in which the same is permitted to be or remain, endangers the health, life, limb or property or causes any hurt, harm, inconvenience, discomfort, damage or injury to any one or more persons in the city in any one or more of the following particulars:
(1) By reason of being detrimental to the general health of the community.
(2) By reason of being a fire hazard.
(3) By reason of being unsafe for occupancy, or use on, in, upon, about or around the above premises.
(4) By reason of continued vacancy thereby resulting in a lack of reasonable or adequate maintenance of structures and grounds, and causing deterioration and a blighting influence on nearby properties and thereby depreciating the enjoyment and use of the property in the immediate vicinity to such an extent that it is harmful to the community in which the structure is situated.
(‘73 Code, § 1329.01) (Ord. 20-87, passed 7-22-87; Am. Ord. 9-2008, passed 7-9-08)