The maintaining, using, placing, depositing, leaving or permitting to be or remain on any public or private property of the following items, conditions or actions are hereby declared to be and constitute a nuisance; provided, however, this enumeration shall not be deemed or construed to be conclusive, limiting or restrictive in any way:
(A) Vegetation or construction debris which constitutes an environmental public nuisance under
Chapter 98 of the code;
(B) A condition which causes property to become a health or safety hazard, unless specifically authorized under existing laws and regulations;
(C) Accumulation of rubbish, trash, refuse, junk and other abandoned materials, metals lumber or other things;
(D) Any condition which provides harborage for rats, mice, snakes and other vermin;
(E) Any building or other structure which is in such a dilapidated condition that it is unfit for human habitation, kept in such an unsanitary condition that is a menace to the health of people residing in the vicinity thereof, or presents a more that ordinarily dangerous fire hazard in the vicinity where it is located;
(F) All unnecessary or unauthorized noises and annoying vibrations, including noises;
(G) All disagreeable or obnoxious odors and stenches, as well as the conditions, substances or other causes which give rise to the emission or generation of such odors and stenches;
(H) The carcasses of animals or fowl not disposed of within a reasonable time after death;
(I) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal or body of water by sewage, industrial wastes or other substances;
(J) Any building, structure or other place or location where any activity which is in violation of any city ordinance, or state or federal law is conducted, performed or maintained;
(K) Any accumulation of stagnant water permitted or maintained on any lot or piece of ground;
(L) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas, soot or cinders, in unreasonable quantities;
(M) The unauthorized obstruction of any public street, road or sidewalk;
(N) Any abandoned vehicle;
(O) Those offenses which are known in common law and state statutes as public nuisances;
(P) Any business that requires more than ten police runs in a calendar month to respond to a report of theft for a value of less than $50. The notice provisions in §§
130.03 and
130.05 shall not apply. Upon receiving one police run in a calendar month under this section, the owner of the business and its local management shall be sent a notice, either by personal service or certified mail, advising that an investigation has commenced.
(Ord. 28, 2014, passed 3-2-15; Am. Ord. 13, 2015, passed 7-6-15) Penalty, see §
10.99
