Each of the following conditions, unless otherwise permitted by law, is declared to constitute a public nuisance, and whenever the enforcement officer determines that any of these conditions exist upon any premises, whether residential, commercial or industrial, or in any lake, river, stream, drainage way or wetlands, the officer may require or provide for the abatement thereof pursuant to this chapter:
A. The existence of any weeds, trash, dirt, filth, the carcass of any animal, waste, shrubs, accumulation of lawn or yard trimmings or other offensive matter.
B. The existence of any dead, diseased, infested or dying tree that may constitute a danger to street trees, streets or portions thereof.
C. The existence of any tree, shrub or foliage, unless by consent of the city, which is apt to destroy, impair, interfere or restrict:
1. Streets, sidewalks, sewers, utilities or other public improvements; and
2. Visibility on or free use of or access to such improvements.
D. The planting, setting, placing or installation of any shrub, bush or tree in any public parking strip or other public place except on approval of the city supervisor. The following trees are prohibited in any public parking strip: poplar, willow, cottonwood, fruit woods (except ornamental type), nut trees, ailanthus, mountain ash and Oregon or big leaf maple.
E. The existence of any vines or climbing plants growing into or over any street tree, or any public hydrant, pole or transformer, or the existence of any shrub, vine or plant growing on, around or in front of any hydrant, standpipe, sprinkler system connection or any other appliance or facility provided for fire protection purposes in such a way as to obscure the view thereof or impair the access thereto.
F. The existence of any accumulation of materials or objects in a location when the same endangers property, safety or constitutes a fire hazard.
G. The existence of a sidewalk or portion of a sidewalk adjacent to any premises which is out of repair, and in a condition to endanger persons or property, or in a condition to interfere with the public convenience in the use of such sidewalk.
H. The burning or disposal of refuse, sawdust or any other material without a permit.
I. The existence of any obstruction to a street, alley, crossing or sidewalk, and any excavation in or under any street, alley, crossing or sidewalk, which is by ordinance prohibited, or which is made without lawful permission, or which, having been made by lawful permission, is kept and maintained after the purpose thereof has been accomplished, and for an unreasonable length of time.
J. The erecting, maintaining, using, placing, depositing, leaving or permitting to be or remain in or upon any private lot, building, structure or premises, or in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, park, parkway or other public or private place in the city, any one or more of the following disorderly, disturbing, unsanitary, fly-producing, rat-harboring, disease-causing places, conditions or things:
1. Any putrid, unhealthy or unwholesome bones, meat, hides, skins, the whole or any part of any dead animal, fish or fowl, or waste parts of fish, vegetable or animal matter in any quantity; but nothing in this chapter shall prevent the temporary retention of waste in approved covered receptacles;
2. Any privies, vaults, cesspools, sumps, pits or like places which are not securely protected from flies and rats, or which are foul or malodorous;
3. Any filthy, littered or trash-covered dwellings, cellars, house yards, barnyards, stable yards, factory yards, vacant areas in the rear of stores, vacant lots, houses, buildings or premises;
4. Any animal manure in any quantity which is not securely protected from flies or weather conditions, or which is kept or handled in violation of any ordinance of the city;
5. Any poison oak or poison ivy, Russian thistle or other noxious weeds, whether growing or otherwise; but nothing in this chapter shall prevent the temporary retention of such weeds in approved covered receptacles;
6. Any bottles, cans, glass, ashes, small pieces of scrap iron, wire, metal articles, bric-a-brac, broken stone or cement, broken crockery, broken glass, broken plaster and all such trash, or abandoned material, unless it is kept in approved covered bins or galvanized iron receptacles;
7. Any trash, litter, rags, accumulations of empty barrels, boxes, crates, packing cases, mattresses, bedding, excelsior, packing hay, straw or other packing materials, lumber not neatly piled, scrap iron, tin or other metal not neatly piled, or anything whatsoever in which flies or rats may breed or multiply or which may be a fire hazard;
8. Any litter, refuse, rubbish or garbage.
K. The depositing or burning or causing to be deposited or burned in any street, alley, sidewalk, park, parkway or other public place which is open to travel, of any hay, straw, paper, wood, boards, boxes, leaves, manure or other rubbish or material.
L. The storage or keeping on any premises for more than 30 days of any used or unused building materials as defined in BMC §
8.12.010, whose retail cost new would exceed $100.00, without a special permit from the building official; provided, that nothing herein shall:
1. Prohibit such storage without a permit when done in conjunction with a construction project for which a building permit has been issued and which is being prosecuted diligently to completion;
2. Prohibit such storage without a permit upon the premises of a bona fide lumber yard, dealer in building materials or other commercial enterprise when the same is permitted under the zoning ordinance and other applicable laws; and
3. Make lawful any such storage or keeping when it is prohibited by other ordinances or laws.
M. The existence of any fence or other structure or thing on private property abutting or fronting upon any public street, sidewalk or place which is in a sagging, leaning, fallen, decayed or other dilapidated or unsafe condition.
N. The existence or maintenance on any premises of a storage area, junkyard or dumping ground for the wrecking or disassembling of automobiles, trucks, trailers, house trailers, boats, tractors or other vehicle or machinery of any kind, or for the storing or leaving of worn out, wrecked, inoperative or abandoned automobiles, trucks, trailers, house trailers, boats, tractors or other vehicle or machinery or any major parts thereof.
O. The existence on any premises of any abandoned or unused well, cistern or storage tank without first demolishing or removing from the city such storage tank or securely closing and barring any entrance or trapdoor thereto or without filling any well or cistern or capping the same with sufficient security to prevent access thereto by children.
P. The existence on any premises, in a place accessible to children, of any unattended and/or discarded icebox, refrigerator or other large appliance.
Q. The existence of any drainage onto or over any sidewalk or public pedestrian way.
R. The existence or maintenance of graffiti, and other defacement of public and private property, including walls, rocks, bridges, buildings, fences, gates, vehicles, signs, road surfaces and other structures, trees, and all other real and personal property within the city.
S. The existence of any strong or offensive odor at the property line, including but not limited to rotting or decaying fish or other dead animals, rotting garbage, animal manure, strong chemical smells, and other strong or offensive odors.
T. Any other activity which has been declared a public nuisance by ordinances of the city as they currently exist or may hereafter be amended.
(Ord. 1852 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018)