Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 8.13 ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES
8.13.020 Nuisances unlawful—Defined.
It is unlawful for any person to maintain or permit any nuisance within
the city as defined, without limitation, as follows:
A. Filth,
excrement, lumber, rocks, dirt, cans, paper, trash, metal or any other offensive
or disagreeable thing or substance thrown or left or deposited upon any street,
avenue, alley, sidewalk, park, public or private enclosure or lot, whether
vacant or occupied;
B. All dead animals not removed within twenty-four
(24) hours after death;
C. Any place or structure or substance which
emits or causes any offensive, disagreeable or nauseous odors;
D. All
stagnant ponds or pools of water;
E. All grass or weeds or other
unsightly vegetation not usually cultivated or grown for domestic use or to be
marketed or for ornamental purposes;
F. Abandoned iceboxes or
refrigerators kept on the premises under the control of any person, or deposited
on the sanitary landfill, or any icebox or refrigerator not in actual use unless
the door, opening or lid thereof is unhinged, or unfastened and removed
therefrom;
G. All articles or things whatsoever caused, kept, maintained
or permitted by any person to the injury, annoyance or inconvenience of the
public or of any neighborhood;
H. Any fence, structure, thing or
substance placed upon or being placed upon any street, sidewalk, alley or public
ground so as to obstruct the same, except as permitted by the laws of the city.
(Ord. G-979 § 1 (part), 2006)
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