(A) It shall be unlawful and considered a nuisance for the owner, agent, custodian, lessee or occupant of a residential or commercial building, structure, or property to utilize the premises of such residential property for the open storage of any inoperable or unlicensed vehicle, including boat or trailer, appliance, glass, scrap metals, paper, waste, used bricks or cement block, or parts thereof, this shall not include more than one unlicensed vehicle that is roadworthy; parts of broken furniture, non-serviceable or discarded motor vehicles of all types and character, either in whole or in part; tin cans of all kinds and sizes; bottles of all kinds and sizes; whether made of glass or other substance, oil and grease cans and drums; broken or discarded articles of metal of all kinds; boards, lumber and boxes of all kinds, whether made of wood or other material(s); discarded appliances, building material, rubbish, trash or garbage.
(B) No swimming pool shall be maintained in a manner as to create a nuisance, a hazard, eyesore or otherwise to result in a substantial adverse effect on neighboring properties. The owner of every swimming pool shall be responsible to maintain said pool in such condition as to promote the health, safety and well-being of the community. All swimming pools on vacant property shall be drained and maintained free of water, during the period that the property is vacant, and a fence shall be erected and maintained, in proper repair and in accordance with all applicable codes and ordinances, surrounding the swimming pool at all times during the vacancy.
(C) It shall be the duty and responsibility of every such owner, agent, custodian, lessee or occupant to keep the premises of such property clean and to remove from the premises any such abandoned or stored items. As listed above, including, but not limited to weeds and or high grass exceeding 12 inches in height, dead trees, limbs, wood, etc., upon notice of code enforcement.
(D) It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter, for any person, including the officers of any corporation, to keep or store any of the previously mentioned nuisance items in the city, unless such items are kept or stored in a substantial approved building in such a manner and under such conditions that the keeping or storage of such items shall not constitute a menace to the public health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitant of the city and thereby become a nuisance.
(‘74 Code, § 15-1) (Ord. 150, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 684, passed 1-26-98; Am. Ord. 1011-08, passed 4-14-08)