No owner or operator of any premises shall maintain or permit to be maintained at or on the exterior property areas of such premises any condition which deteriorates or debases the appearance of the neighborhood, reduces property values in the neighborhood, adversely alters the appearance and general character of the neighborhood, creates a fire, safety or health hazard or which is a public nuisance. Such conditions include but are not limited to the following:
(a) Broken or dilapidated fences, walls or other structures;
(b) Out-of-use or nonusable appliances and automobile parts;
(c) Rugs, rags or other materials hung on lines, or in other places on the premises, which materials are not being used for general household or housekeeping purposes;
(d) Broken, dilapidated or unusable furniture, mattresses or other household furniture, broken glass, plastic materials, paints, miscellaneous coverings and/or any other materials, including those described in this section, placed at or on the premises in such a manner as to be patently unsightly, grotesque or offensive to the senses;
(e) Lawns and landscaping shall also be maintained so as not to constitute a blighting or deteriorating effect in the neighborhood.
(f) No building materials or materials, earth, sand or dirt intended for use in landscaping or gardening shall be left standing open or covered upon any premises for a period of time not to exceed six months.
(g) Brush, stump roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, rubbish, trash, refuse, debris, dead and dying trees and limbs or other natural growth, loose and overhanging objects and ground surface hazards.
(Ord. 1983-18. Passed 3-28-83.)