Maintaining, using, placing, depositing, leaving, permitting, or allowing to remain on any public or private property any of the following items, conditions, or actions shall constitute a nuisance. However, this enumeration shall not be deemed nor construed to be exclusive, limiting or restricted to:
(A) Noxious weeds and other rank vegetation, including a wild growth of underbrush, undesired or uncultivated plants growing in such profusion so as to crowd out desired plants; and consistent, saturated, and uncontrolled growth of high grass which tends to disfigure a lawn;
(B) The accumulation of rubbish, trash, refuse, junk, and other abandoned metals, lumber, or materials of a similar nature;
(C) Any condition which provides harbor for rats, mice, snakes, and other vermin;
(D) Any building or other structure which is in such a dilapidated condition that it is unfit for human habitation, or kept in such an unsanitary condition that it is a menace to the health of people residing in the vicinity thereof, or present a more than ordinarily dangerous fire or safety hazard in the vicinity where it is located, or is unsightly to the degree that it negatively impacts neighboring property values;
(E) All unnecessary or unreasonably loud noises and annoying vibrations;
(F) Any building, structure, or other place or location where any activity which is in violation of local, state, or federal law is conducted, performed, or maintained;
(G) Any accumulation of stagnant water permitted or maintained on any lot or piece of ground;
(H) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas, soot, or cinders in unreasonable quantities;
(I) Permitting grass, other than ornamental or decorative grasses, to be at a height in excess of 12 inches; and/or
(J) Permitting any non-operable, wrecked, junked, or discarded vehicle(s) to remain longer than 20 days on any premises. Vehicles stored in a building or out of public or neighbors’ view are exempt from this provision.
(Ord. 2017-11, passed 11-14-2017)