(A) The following enumerated and described conditions are hereby found, deemed and declared to constitute a detriment, danger and hazard to the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the citizens of the city and are found, deemed and declared to be public nuisances.
(B) The creation, maintenance or failure to abate any nuisances is hereby declared unlawful:
(1) Any condition which is a breeding ground or harbor for mosquitoes or a breeding ground or harbor for rats, snakes or other pests, or has the potential for becoming a breeding ground or harbor for such pests;
(2) A place of heavy growth of weeds or grasses over eight inches in height which lies less than 100 feet from any abutting open street or which lies less than 100 feet from any adjoining property line which contains a structure. Whenever this division (B)(2) is violated, the entire lot must be cleaned;
(3) A place of vines, shrubs or other vegetation over eight inches in height when such vines, shrubs or vegetation are a focal point for any other nuisance enumerated in this code, provided that the nuisance herein defined by this division (B)(3) shall be cleared and cut only when it is necessary to abate any other nuisance described in this section;
(4) A place of growth of noxious vegetation, including poison sumac, (rhus vernix), poison ivy, (rhus radicans) or poison oak, (rhus toxicodendron), likely to be accessible to the general public;
(5) An open place of collection of water for which no adequate drainage is provided and where insects tend to breed or which is likely to become a nuisance or a menace to public health;
(6) An open place of concentration of combustible items such as mattresses, boxes, paper, automobile tires and tubes, trash, refuse, brush, old clothes, rags or any other combustible materials or objects of a like nature;
(7) Is an open place of collection of garbage, food waste, animal waste or any other rotten or putrescible matter of any kind;
(8) Privies;
(9) Any furniture, appliances, automotive parts or pieces or other wood or metal products of any kind or nature which have jagged edges of metal or glass, or areas of confinement, or areas of which may provide a habitat for rats, snakes, insects or other pests;
(10) Any storm water retention or detention pond or other impoundment device which is operating improperly;
(11) Any storm drain, sewer manhole, abandoned well or other private or public facility which is not properly covered with a grate or other means to remove any hazard to pedestrians or motor traffic;
(12) Failure to clean or clear a public street of mud and debris related to a construction, timbering or other similar land use project within 12 hours after notification by the Code Enforcement Official for major and minor thoroughfares or within 24 hours after such notification for collector and local streets. If the Code Enforcement Official finds that the situation is causing a clear and present danger or hazard to traffic or to the general public, such cleaning or clearing may be required to take place as soon after notification as practicable;
(13) Any other condition which constitutes a fire hazard or is declared to be a danger to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the citizens of the city; and
(14) Any condition which violates the rules and regulations of the County Health Department.
(C) This section shall not apply to planted and cultivated flowers, shrubbery, vegetables, crops or to public areas maintained as natural habitats or environs such as parks, nature trails, greenways or wooded lots which are maintained in an undeveloped state.
(2009 Code, § 95.01) (Ord. passed 5-8-2001)