Buildings which remain vacant and unoccupied for any appreciable period of time become an attractive nuisance to children, a harborage for rodents, an invitation to derelicts, vagrants, and criminals as a temporary abode, and an increased fire hazard, and the unkept grounds surrounding such property invite the dumping of garbage and rubbish thereon. The use and maintenance of property in such condition and manner endangers the public health and safety and constitutes unreasonable use and condition to the annoyance, discomfort, and repose of a considerable number of the public, is detrimental to the public good and common welfare and renders a considerable number of the public insecure in the use and enjoyment of their property, and thus constitutes a nuisance condition.
(Ord. 23-2014, passed 4-29-2014)