(A) It shall be unlawful for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge of possession of any buildings or premises in the city to keep or maintain such buildings or premises in a manner which is at variance with, and inferior to the level or maintenance of surrounding properties.
(B) The following condition or conditions constitutes such a variance and are hereby declared a public nuisance:
(1) Buildings which are or appear to be abandoned, boarded up, partially destroyed, or partially constructed and uncompleted subsequent to the expiration of the building permits;
(2) Buildings with deteriorating or peeling paint that allows the exterior building coverings to deteriorate or permit the effects of sun and water penetration so as to encourage decay, dry rot, warping, and cracking;
(3) Buildings with broken windows, doors, attic vents, and under floor vents;
(4) Overgrown vegetation over ten inches, excluding agricultural land in the city, which is unsightly and/or likely to harbor rats or vermin;
(5) Dead, decaying, or diseased trees, weeds, and other vegetation;
(6) Abandoned, discarded, or unused furniture, stoves, refrigerators, sinks, toilets, cabinets, or other household fixtures or equipment stored so as to be visible at ground level from a public alley, street, or adjoining premises;
(7) Unlicensed, abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative trailers, campers, boats, and other motor vehicles which are accumulated and stored in yards;
(8) Building exteriors, walls, fences, driveways, or walkways which are cracked, broken, defective, or deteriorated, in disrepair, or defaced; and
(9) Any like or similar condition or conditions.
(Prior Code, § 6-12-1) Penalty, see § 92.99