Debris, refuse, rubbish, trash: Accumulations of
unused boards, bricks, concrete or rocks, animal or vegetable products
or matter, appliances, ashes, barrels, bones, bottles, boxes, broken
glass, brush, cans, cartons, cinders, coal, crates, decayed fruits
or vegetables, dirt, dust, excrement, fence wire, filth, firewood
not piled or stacked neatly and systematically (must be in rear yard),
flammable materials, foliage and shrub clippings or cuttings, garbage,
gasoline, grass, household furniture, iron or other metals, junk,
kegs, leaves, logs, lumber not piled or stacked neatly and systematically
(must have nails removed and be in rear yard; untreated lumber must
be stacked), lumber scraps, manure, nails, offal, oil, old wearing
apparel, paint, paper, piled brush and fallen tree limbs or debris,
plaster, plastic (discarded containers or wrappers), plumbing fixtures,
putrid fish or meat entrails, rags, rank growth of vegetation, roof
shingles, rubber, sawdust, slag, slop, soot, straw, sweepings, tacks,
tarpaulin not in good repair, tire(s) (mounted or unmounted), toilets,
tubs, vehicle parts, weeds, wire, wood or metal shavings, any type
of solid or yard waste (bagged or unbagged), or any condition or item
that would prohibit the routine maintenance of the property.
Exemption: The term "nuisance" shall not include composting which is a controlled biological reduction
of organic waste to humus, as follows:
a. All compost piles shall be maintained using approved composting procedures
in compliance upon the following terms:
(1)
All compost shall be enclosed in a freestanding compost bin.
Each compost bin shall be no larger in volume than seventy-five (75)
cubic feet for properties ten thousand (10,000) square feet and less
in size, with an additional seventy-five (75) cubic feet permitted
for each additional ten thousand (10,000) square feet. Compost bins
shall be no higher than five (5) feet.
(2)
All compost piles shall be maintained so as to prevent the attraction
or harborage of rodents and pests. The presence of rodents or other
pests in or near a compost pile shall be cause for the City to issue
a complaint.
(3)
All compost piles shall be maintained so as to prevent unpleasant,
rotten, egg-like, putrefactive, sweet, sour or pungent odors.
(4)
All compost piles shall be located in the rear yard of the property.
No compost pile shall be located less than two (2) feet from the rear
or side property line, or within twenty (20) feet of any home, patio,
pool or similar structure, or on any adjacent property.
(5)
No compost pile shall be located where it will impede the natural
free flow of stormwater drainage.
b. No compost pile shall contain any of the following:
(2)
Fish, fowl, meat or other animal products;
(4)
Fruits, vegetables or nuts;
(5)
Items not normally composted;
c. Permitted ingredients in a compost pile may include:
(1)
Commercial compost additives;
d. Compost piles established in accordance with this Chapter shall be
for private use only and there shall be no commercial delivery or
providing of material that has been composted in a residential area.