(a)
Whatever is dangerous to human health or welfare, whatever renders the ground, water, air or food a hazard or injury to human health, and the following specific acts, conditions and things, are, each and all of them, declared to constitute public nuisances:
(1)
The disposal or accumulation of any garbage, trash, foul, decaying or putrescent substances or other offensive material dangerous to public health or welfare, in or upon any lot, street or highway, or the escape of any gases to such an extent that the same or any of them shall by reason of offensive odors become a source of discomfort to persons living or passing in the vicinity.
(2)
The maintenance or use of any privy, except for temporary use during construction, such a privy to be subject to approval of the city inspector.
(3)
The presence of polluted water in a well, cistern, spring or any accumulation of water in which mosquito larvae breed.
(4)
The overflowing of septic tanks.
(5)
Unapproved cesspools or disposal pits.
(6)
Failure to remove stable and animal refuse.
(7)
Any act that would be reasonably calculated to be or become offensive to adjacent neighbors or to the public.
(8)
The drainage or permitting of drainage of any manmade water storage tanks or cisterns, swimming pools, etc. on adjoining property either public or private.
(9)
The harboring of dead trees, dead vegetation, dead brush piles, and other flammable dead organic material on their property by any property owner, occupant, or tenant, except for contained compost piles and stacked and stored firewood.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or occupying a lot or tract of land in the city limits to permit, suffer or allow a nuisance, as described in this section, to remain on the lot or tract in violation of this code. In the event that the owner, tenant or occupant fails to remedy the nuisance within 10 days from the date the city issues a notice of violation to the owner, tenant or occupant, the city shall have the power to remedy any nuisance described herein by removing the materials, waste or other matter creating the nuisance at the expense of the owner and to cause the expense thereof to be assessed against the real property upon which the nuisance was located. The landowner, tenant or occupant shall have 10 days from the date that the city presents its request for reimbursement, to reimburse the city for the costs it incurred in remedying the nuisance. Failure of the owner, tenant or occupant to reimburse the city within the 10-day time period will authorize the city thereafter to file a lien on the real estate, tract or lot upon which such expense was incurred. This remedy is in addition to any other remedy provided herein, or state law, or any other ordinance of the city and is cumulative thereof.
(1996 Code, sec. 34-31; Ordinance 2023-006 adopted 8/23/2023)