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(A) Definitions. All terms, words, or phrases shall have the meaning given to them by Minnesota state statute.
(B) Restrictions.
(1) Parking or abandonment of junked vehicles or motor vehicles. No person shall park, keep, place, store, or abandon any junk vehicle or motor vehicle or vehicle or motor vehicle not currently registered, on a public street, alley, or parking lot.
(2) Parking and storage of junk vehicles and motor vehicles on private property. No person in charge or control of any property within the city, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, or otherwise, shall allow any partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked, not currently registered or discarded vehicle or motor vehicle to remain on the property longer than 15 days and no person shall leave any vehicle or motor vehicle on property within the city for a longer time than 15 days, except that this section shall not apply with regard to a vehicle or motor vehicle in a fully enclosed building or authorized junk yard.
(C) Written notice by police to correct violations.
(1) Upon complaint of the existence of any of the above conditions, the Wells Police Department may serve a written notice on the owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, or other person in charge of the property, demanding that the condition be rectified within 3 days for garbage that may be or is emitting a foul or disagreeable odor, and 15 days for all other junk, trash, garbage, junk vehicles, junk motor vehicles.
(2) If the owner or controlling party of private property cannot be contacted or if the owner refuses to clean up property under their control, the city may clean or rectify the condition and bill the owner or persons in control of that property for all costs incurred by the city, including criminal prosecution of violators.
(Ord. 228, passed 11-19-1996; Am. Ord. passed 10-9-2000) Penalty, see § 10.99
NUISANCES
Whoever by his or her act or failure to perform a legal duty intentionally does any of the following is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, which is a misdemeanor:
(A) Maintains or permits a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures, or endangers the safety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of members of the public;
(B) Interferes with, obstructs, or renders dangerous for passage any public highway or right-of-way, or waters used by the public; or
(C) Is guilty of any other act or omission declared by law or §§ 92.16, 92.17, or 92.18, or any other part of this code to be a public nuisance and for which no sentence is specifically provided.
The following are hereby declared to be nuisances affecting health:
(A) Exposed accumulation of decayed or unwholesome food or vegetable matter;
(B) All diseased animals running at large;
(C) All ponds or pools of stagnant water;
(D) Carcasses of animals not buried or destroyed within 24 hours after death;
(E) Accumulations of manure, refuse, or other debris;
(F) Privy vaults and garbage cans which are not rodent-free or fly-tight or which are so maintained as to constitute a health hazard or to emit foul and disagreeable odors;
(G) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream or lake, canal or body of water by sewage, industrial waste, or other substances;
(H) All noxious weeds and other rank growths of vegetation upon public or private property;
(I) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas and soot, or cinders, in unreasonable quantities;
(J) All public exposure of people having a contagious disease;
(K) Any offensive trade or business as defined by statute not operating under local license; and
(L) Accumulation in the open of discarded or disused machinery, household appliances, automobile parts or bodies, logs, tree trunks and branches, construction materials, unusable toys, other plastics, wood, metals or other materials in a manner conducive to harboring of rats, mice, snakes, or vermin or growth of vegetation so accumulated, or in a manner creating fire, health, or safety hazards of the accumulation.
(Ord. 228, passed 11-19-1996; Am. Ord. passed 10-9-2000) Penalty, see § 10.99
The following are hereby declared to be nuisances affecting public morals and decency:
(A) All gambling devices, slot machines, and punch boards, except as otherwise authorized by federal, state, or local law;
(B) Betting, bookmaking, and all apparatus used in those occupations;
(C) All houses kept for the purpose of prostitution or promiscuous sexual intercourse, gambling houses, houses of ill fame, and bawdy houses;
(D) All places where intoxicating liquor is manufactured or disposed of in violation of law or where, in violation of law, people are permitted to resort for the purpose of drinking intoxicating liquor, or where intoxicating liquor is kept for sale or other disposition in violation of law, and all liquor and other property used for maintaining that place; and
(E) Any vehicle used for the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor, or for promiscuous sexual intercourse, or any other immoral or illegal purpose.
The following are declared to be nuisances affecting public peace and safety:
(A) All snow and ice not removed from public sidewalks 24 hours after the snow or other precipitation causing the condition has ceased to fall;
(B) All trees, hedges, billboards, or other obstructions which prevent people from having a clear view of all traffic approaching an intersection;
(C) All wires and limbs of trees which are so close to the surface of a sidewalk or street as to constitute a danger to pedestrians or vehicles;
(D) All obnoxious noises in violation of Minn. Rules, Ch. 7030, as they may be amended from time to time, which are hereby incorporated by reference into this code;
(E) The discharging of the exhaust or permitting the discharging of the exhaust of any stationary internal combustion engine, motor boat, motor vehicle, motorcycle, all terrain vehicle, snowmobile, or any recreational device except through a muffler or other device that effectively prevents loud or explosive noises therefrom and complies with all applicable state laws and regulations;
(F) (1) The using or operation or permitting the using or operation of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, paging system, machine, or other device for producing or reproduction of sound in a distinctly and loudly audible manner so as to disturb the peace, quiet, and comfort of any person nearby.
(2) Operation of any device referred to above between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in a manner so as to be plainly audible at the property line of the structure or building in which it is located, or at a distance of 50 feet if the source is located outside a structure or building shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this section.
(G) The participation in a party or gathering of people giving rise to noise which disturbs the peace, quiet, or repose of the occupants of adjoining or other property;
(H) Obstructions and excavations affecting the ordinary public use of streets, alleys, sidewalks, or public grounds except under conditions as are permitted by this code or other applicable law;
(I) Radio aerials or television antennae erected or maintained in a dangerous manner;
(J) 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;
(K) All hanging signs, awnings, and other similar structures over streets and sidewalks, so situated so as to endanger public safety, or not constructed and maintained as provided by ordinance;
(L) The allowing of rain water, ice, or snow to fall from any building or structure upon any street or sidewalk or to flow across any sidewalk;
(M) Any barbed wire fence less than 6 feet above the ground and within 3 feet of a public sidewalk or way;
(N) All dangerous, unguarded machinery in any public place, or so situated or operated on private property as to attract the public;
(O) Waste water cast upon or permitted to flow upon streets or other public properties;
(P) Accumulations in the open of discarded or disused machinery, household appliances, automobile bodies, or other material in a manner conducive to the harboring of rats, mice, snakes, or vermin, or the rank growth of vegetation among the items so accumulated, or in a manner creating fire, health, or safety hazards from accumulation;
(Q) Any well, hole, or similar excavation which is left uncovered or in another condition as to constitute a hazard to any child or other person coming on the premises where it is located;
(R) Obstruction to the free flow of water in a natural waterway or a public street drain, gutter, or ditch with trash of other materials;
(S) 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;
(T) The depositing of garbage or refuse on a public right-of-way or on adjacent private property; and
(U) All other conditions or things which are likely to cause injury to the person or property of anyone.
The Police Department or Sheriff, if the city has at the time no Police Department, shall enforce the provisions relating to nuisances. Any peace officer shall have the power to inspect private premises and take all reasonable precautions to prevent the commission and maintenance of public nuisances.
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