It shall be unlawful for an owner, occupant, lessee or renter of any lot or parcel of ground within the city limits (herein cumulatively referred to as “owner” or “occupant”) to:
(1) 
Fail to maintain such property:
(A) 
Free of accumulations of brush, earth and construction materials, garbage, litter, junk, refuse, rubbish, solid waste, trash, weeds, unwholesome matter and any other objectionable, unsightly, or unsanitary matter of whatsoever nature;
(B) 
Free and clear from weeds and tall grass from the line of such property, including the sidewalks, to the established curb line next adjacent thereto;
(C) 
Free of drain holes and depressions in which water collects or to fail to regrade any lots, grounds or yards or any other property owned or controlled by the owner or occupant which shall be unwholesome or have stagnant water thereon, or which from any other cause is in such condition as to be liable to produce disease;
(D) 
Free from filth, carrion or other impure or unwholesome matter of any kind, on any portion of the property under the owner’s or occupant’s control, including any house, building, establishment, lot, yard or ground owned or occupied, especially any such filth, carrion or other impure or unwholesome matter that exudes any noxious, foul or offensive odor that is detectable past or beyond the boundary of the property upon which the matter is located;
(E) 
Free of discharge of sewage or hazardous wastes into the soil or subsurface soil without proper containment thereto; or
(F) 
In any manner that is inconsistent with this article;
(2) 
Suffer, allow or permit any person to bring or transport onto the property any filth, carrion, decaying animal or vegetable matter, or other impure or unwholesome matter of any kind that exudes any noxious, foul or offensive odor that is detectable past or beyond the boundary of the property that is under the ownership or control of the owner or occupant; or
(3) 
Operate or conduct any business or activity on the property in a manner that causes or results in any noxious, foul or offensive odor that originates on the property, or that emanates from any source that such owner or occupant has suffered, allowed or permitted to come onto the property, being detectable past or beyond the boundary of the property that is under the ownership or control of the owner or occupant.
(Ordinance 2015-08-10-B, art. IV, sec. 1, adopted 8/10/15)
Whenever brush, earth or construction materials, garbage, litter, junk, refuse, rubbish, solid waste, trash, weeds, unwholesome matter and any other objectionable, unsightly, or unsanitary matter of whatsoever [kind] shall exist, covering or partially covering the surface of any lot or parcel of any real estate situated within the city, or when any of said lots or parcels of real estate as aforesaid shall have the surface thereof filled or partly filled with holes or be in such condition that the same holds or is liable to hold stagnant water therein, or if from any other cause shall be in such condition as to cause disease, or produce, harbor or spread disease or germs of any nature or tend to render the surrounding atmosphere unhealthy, unwholesome or obnoxious, or shall contain unwholesome matter of any kind or description, or any other conduct prohibited hereby occurs upon any lot or parcel in the city, the same is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance, the prompt abatement of which is hereby declared to be a public necessity. Any such nuisance shall be removed from the property by the owner or other person in possession or control of such property.
(Ordinance 2015-08-10-B, art. IV, sec. 2, adopted 8/10/15)
If the owner or occupant of any lot or parcel of land within the city shall suffer, allow or permit any spoiled, rotting or decaying animal or vegetable matter to be on the property, and such spoiled, rotting or decaying animal or vegetable matter shall cause or result in a noxious, foul or offensive odor being detectable past or beyond the boundary of the property that is under the ownership or control of the owner or occupant, the same is hereby declared to be and constitute a public nuisance. Any such nuisance shall be removed from the property by the owner or other person in possession or control of such property.
(Ordinance 2015-08-10-B, art. IV, sec. 3, adopted 8/10/15)
All garbage, sewage, hazardous wastes and other unwholesome materials of any kind shall be stored in containers to prevent such materials from dispersing beyond the storage location, seepage into the ground, or permitting the escape of noxious, foul or offensive odors into the air across the boundaries of the owner’s or occupant’s property to another property.
(Ordinance 2015-08-10-B, art. IV, sec. 4, adopted 8/10/15)
It shall be unlawful for any person who shall own or occupy any lot or lots within the city limits to allow weeds and/or grass to grow on such lot or lots to a height of more than six (6) inches and to allow or permit brush to grow or to accumulate on any such lot or lots. Weeds and/or grass of a height exceeding six (6) inches on any lot or lots within the city limits is declared a nuisance. The growth or accumulation of brush on any lot or lots within the city limits in violation of this section is declared a nuisance.
(Ordinance 2015-08-10-B, art. IV, sec. 5, adopted 8/10/15; Ordinance 2015-08-10-BA, sec. 5, adopted 5/9/16; Ordinance 24102105 adopted 10/21/2024)
Any person or persons who shall allow or permit sewage or hazardous wastes to discharge into the ground or subsurface soil, which shall have the effect of causing odors or obnoxious, unhealthy and unwholesome conditions to exist, is declared to have caused a public nuisance and shall be in violation of this article.
(Ordinance 2015-08-10-B, art. IV, sec. 6, adopted 8/10/15)
In any prosecution charging a violation of this article governing the discharge of sewage and hazardous waste, proof that the particular sewage or toxic wastes described in the complaint was discharged into the ground or subsurface soil in violation of section 6.03.096, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was, at the time of such discharge, the registered owner or occupant of such lot or lots, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner or occupant of such lot or lots was the person who discharged such sewage or toxic wastes when such violation occurred.
(Ordinance 2015-08-10-B, art. IV, sec. 7, adopted 8/10/15)