A. 
No owner or person in charge of property shall permit thereon:
1. 
Unguarded machinery, equipment or other devices which are attractive, dangerous and accessible to children.
2. 
Lumber, logs or piling placed or stored in a manner so as to be attractive, dangerous and accessible to children.
3. 
An open pit, quarry, cistern or other excavation without safeguards or barriers to prevent such places from being used by children.
B. 
This section shall not apply to authorized construction projects with reasonable safeguards to prevent injury or death to playing children.
(Ord. 582A § 3, 1990)
No owner or person in charge of property, improved or unimproved, abutting on a public sidewalk shall permit:
A. 
Snow to remain on the sidewalk for a period of longer than the first two hours of daylight after the snow has fallen.
B. 
Ice to remain on the sidewalk for more than two hours of daylight after the ice has formed, unless the ice is covered with sand, ashes or other suitable material to assure safe travel.
(Ord. 582A § 4, 1990)
No owner or person in charge of property shall permit weeds or other noxious vegetation to grow upon their property nor on the public rights-of-way of any street or alley which abuts their property. It shall be the duty of an owner or person in charge of property to:
A. 
Not allow the height of grass or weeds to exceed 12 inches;
B. 
To destroy weeds or other noxious vegetation as often as needed to prevent them from maturing and going to seed; and
C. 
To prevent grass, shrubbery, brush, bushes, and other vegetation from becoming a fire hazard.
(Ord. 582A § 5, 1990; Ord. 655, 1996)
No owner or person in charge of property shall deposit upon public rights-of-way yard debris that interferes with sidewalk or street traffic, to include but not be limited to leaves, tree branches and grass clippings. Exceptions will be permitted for leaf collection subject to the following conditions:
A. 
Leaves may be piled on the street seven days prior to scheduled leaf pickup days. Leaf piles shall not be more than four feet high and four feet wide and may extend along the entire length of a property's street frontage. The leaf pile shall maintain a minimum of six inches of clearance from the curb, if present, and shall not contain any other types of yard debris or materials other than leaves; and
B. 
A minimum of 15 feet from a leaf pile to mailboxes, storm drain catch basin openings, fire hydrants and parked vehicles shall be maintained at all times.
(Ord. 776 § 1, 2011)
No person shall deposit upon public or private property any kind of rubbish, trash, debris, refuse or any other substance that would mar the appearance, threaten the environment, create a stench or fire hazard, detract from the cleanliness or safety of the property, or would be likely to injure a person, animal or vehicle traveling upon a public way.
(Ord. 582A § 6, 1990)
A. 
No owner or person in charge of property that abuts upon a street or public sidewalk shall permit trees or bushes on their property to interfere with street or sidewalk traffic. It shall be the duty of an owner or person in charge of property that abuts upon a street or public sidewalk to keep all trees and bushes on the premises, including the adjoining parking strip, trimmed to a height of not less than eight feet above the sidewalk and not less than 10 feet above the roadway. Mandatory minimum heights higher than specified level may be required at the discretion of the public works director or his/her designee.
B. 
No owner or person in charge of property shall allow to stand a dead or decaying tree that is a hazard to the public or to persons or property on or near the property.
C. 
It shall be a violation of this chapter if an owner or person in charge does not provide a clear vision area on the corner of all property at the intersection of two streets, a street and a railroad, a street and an alley, and driveways of parking lots open to the public.
1. 
A clear vision area is a triangular area, two sides of which are:
a. 
Twenty feet along the lot lines, measured from the intersection of two streets or a street and a railroad, and the third side of which is a line across the corner of the lot, joining the other two lines. Where a lot has a rounded corner, the lot lines shall be extended in a straight line to a point of intersection and measured from that point.
b. 
Ten feet along the lot lines, measured from the intersection of a street and an alley, and the third side of which is a line across the corner of the lot, joining the other two lines. Where a lot has a rounded corner, the lot lines shall be extended in a straight line to a point of intersection and measured from that point. The 10-foot vision clearance area shall not be required in any commercial district as defined in PMC Title 18.
2. 
A clear vision area shall contain no planting, fences, walls, structures or temporary or permanent obstruction exceeding two and one-half feet in height, measured from the top of the curb, or, where no curb exists, from the established street centerline grade. Trees exceeding this height may be located in this area; provided, all branches or foliage are removed to a height of eight feet above grade.
(Ord. 582A § 7, 1990; Ord. 781 § 1, 2012)
A. 
No owner or person in charge of property shall construct or maintain a barbed-wire fence thereon or permit barbed wire to remain as part of a fence along a sidewalk or public way; except such wire may be placed above the top of other fencing not less than six feet, six inches high.
B. 
No owner or person in charge of property shall construct, maintain or operate an electric fence along a sidewalk or public way or along the adjoining property line of another person.
C. 
Any electric fence permitted by this section must be equipped with a commercially manufactured controller in good operating condition with a pulsating output not to exceed 2.4 joules and a quick-blow fuse rated at 1/16 AMP or less.
(Ord. 582A § 8, 1990)
A. 
No owner or person in charge of a building or structure shall suffer or permit rainwater, ice or snow to fall from the building or structure onto a street or public sidewalk or to flow across the sidewalk.
B. 
The owner or person in charge of property shall install and maintain in a proper state of repair adequate drainpipes or a drainage system, so that any overflow water accumulating on the roof or about the building is not carried across or upon the sidewalk.
(Ord. 582A § 9, 1990)