It is hereby declared a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any premises in this City to maintain such premises in such a manner that any one or more of the conditions or activities described in the following subsections are found to exist:
a.
The maintenance or tolerance of any dangerous building as the same is defined in the most recent edition of the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings which has been adopted by the City.
b.
The maintenance or tolerance of any substandard building as the same is defined in the most recent edition of the Uniform Housing Code which has been adopted by the City.
c.
The keeping, storage, depositing, or accumulation on the premises for an unreasonable period of any personal property (including but not limited to appliances, furniture, containers, packing materials, scrap metal, wood, building materials, junk, rubbish, and debris) which is within the view of persons on the public right-of-way or a private street and which constitutes visual blight or reduces the aesthetic appearance of the neighborhood or is offensive to the senses or is detrimental to nearby property or to property values; provided, however, that wood and building materials being used or to be used for a project of construction, repair, or renovation for which a building permit has been obtained may be stored on the site for such period of time as is necessary to the expeditious completion of the project.
d.
The keeping, storage, depositing, or accumulation on the premises for an unreasonable period of dirt, sand, gravel, concrete, or other similar materials, which manner of keeping, storage, depositing, or accumulation constitutes visual blight or reduces the aesthetic appearance of the neighborhood or is offensive to the senses or is detrimental to nearby property or to property values.
e.
The maintenance of the exterior of any vacant or unoccupied building, or of any fence, wall, or vegetation located on vacant or unoccupied premises or of the interior of any vacant or unoccupied building which is readily visible from any public street, private street or adjacent parcel of property in a state of unsightliness so as to constitute a blighted condition detrimental to the property values in the neighborhood or otherwise detrimental to the public welfare.
f.
Maintaining or managing land, or failing to maintain or manage land, in such a manner as to create the likelihood of harm to the property of others, whether due to an artificial or a natural condition of the land.
g.
Maintaining or managing, or failing to maintain or manage, slopes, debris, erosion, protection structures or the growth of vegetation, including trees, shrubs, weeds, and ornamental flowers and plants, in such a manner as to constrict or inhibit the flow of waters, including flood waters, in any natural stream or creek bed.
h.
Maintenance of any obstruction to visibility at an intersection in violation of Title 3, Chapter 5, Article 17 of this Code.
i.
The deposit or accumulation of sewage on the surface of property, the improper functioning of a sewer system or any other condition relating to sewage which the Contra Costa County Health Officer determines to be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare.
j.
Maintenance of any premises so as to constitute a fire hazard or a harbor for rats, vermin, or insects by reason of wood, rank overgrowth, or an accumulation of debris, whether the same be a causative or only a contributive factor, or which causes detriment to neighborhood properties or property values.
k.
Maintenance of any attractive nuisance dangerous to children and consisting of abandoned or broken motor vehicles and equipment; hazardous pools, ponds, or excavations; abandoned, neglected, unused, or unprotected machinery; or any pool or reservoir, whether or not the same contains any water or liquid, located upon premises which have not been occupied for an unreasonable period of time.
l.
The leaving of any garbage can or refuse container in a front or side yard area visible from a public street for more than 36 hours before or after the time for collection of garbage from said container.
m.
Placement or maintenance of any obstruction other than a vehicle properly using appropriate travel lanes, on any public street or public way, including sidewalks, pedestrian paths, bicycle paths, roadways, and roadway shoulders, except as may be allowed in a permit issued pursuant to Section 4-8.02 of this Code. As used in this subsection, "obstruction" includes vegetative growth as well as structures and things.
n.
The keeping, depositing, or accumulation, or the tolerance of the depositing or accumulation on the premises of any garbage, refuse, or rubbish for any unreasonable period of time or in such a manner that the public health, safety, or welfare are threatened or so as to constitute a blight upon the neighborhood or a detriment to neighboring properties or property values.
For purposes of this subsection the term "garbage" shall mean putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food; "refuse" shall mean putrescible animal and non-putrescible solid wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, accumulations of filth or decaying animal excrement, dead animals, abandoned automobiles, and solid market and industrial wastes; and "rubbish" shall mean non-putrescible solid waste consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, and similar materials.
o.
The maintenance or tolerance of weeds upon any piece or parcel of land or upon any sidewalk traversing or adjoining such land or upon that portion of any street adjoining such land from the property to the centerline of the street.
For purposes of this subparagraph, "weeds" shall mean weeds which, when mature, bear wingy or downy seeds or which will attain such growth as to become a fire menace when dry or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous or unsightly.
p.
The maintenance of street trees as the same are defined in section 7-1.403 of this Code in such a manner that the branches of the trees restrict or impede access to or public use of adjacent sidewalks or streets; obstruct official traffic control devices, including traffic signs and signals; or prevent access by city street sweepers to clean the streets.
q.
Maintenance for period of six months or longer of any on-site sign, including its supporting structure or structures, which is so disfigured or obsolete that it no longer identifies the current occupancy of the premises upon which such sign is located or otherwise fails to serve its intended purpose.
r.
Maintenance of any unsafe or insecure sign or supporting structure(s) thereof or of any sign or supporting structure which is damaged to the point of presenting a possible safety hazard.
s.
Maintenance of any noise in violation of Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 4 of the Municipal Code or of the Noise Element of the General Plan.
t.
Maintenance of any condition on real property or operation of any equipment which raises dust or otherwise pollutes the air in violation of State or local standards.
u.
Any encroachment as defined in Chapter 1 of Title 7 of this Code which is not exempted by the provisions of that chapter and for which no encroachment permit has been issued, or which is in violation of the provisions of the encroachment permit or this Code, and any fence, wall or other permanent structure which has been erected in violation of this Code and which encroaches upon any public right-of-way.
v.
Parking or storage of non-operational motor vehicles and motorcycles or of operational motor vehicles and motorcycles which have been placed on blocks or otherwise immobilized in a residential zone where such motor vehicle or motorcycle can be seen from the public street or right-of-way or a private street.
w.
Repair and/or dismantling of any vehicle or boat in a residential zone where such activity can be seen from the public street or right-of-way or a private street, except where such repair and or tools, equipment, motor oils and other fluids, rags, spills, parts, and debris, is removed within 168 hours after the repair or dismantling was begun.
x.
Every violation of the City subdivision, zoning, and design review laws, Title 10 of the Municipal Code, including, but not limited to, every use of property, grading, construction, signing, and tree removal in violation of that title or of Chapter 8 of Title 3 of this Code.
y.
Any dangerous, unsanitary, blighted, or unsightly condition which is detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of the public.
z.
Any other condition recognized in law or in equity as constituting a public nuisance.
aa.
Every other activity, use of property, or condition of property which the City Council may from time to time declare to be a nuisance pursuant to state law.
bb.
Any artificial alteration of property, excluding water, from its natural condition, resulting in it supporting the development, attraction, or harborage of vectors, with the presence of vectors in their developmental stages on property being prima facie evidence that the property is a public nuisance.
cc.
Any water that is a breeding place for vectors, with the presence of vectors in their develop- mental stages in the water being prima facie evidence that the water is a public nuisance.
dd.
Maintenance of any objectionable conditions that constitute a nuisance, including disturbance of the peace, public drunkenness, drinking in public, harassment of passersby, gambling, prostitution, loitering, public urination, lewd conduct, drug trafficking, or excessive loud noise.
(§ 1, Ord. 1690, eff. 8/19/1988; § 3, Ord. 1761, eff. 3/2/1991; § 1, Ord. 1779, eff. 1/16/1992; § 4, Ord. 1826, eff. 10/21/1993; § 2, Ord. 2013, eff. 5/1/2003; § 1, Ord. 2109, eff. 6/15/2012)