Whatever annoys, injures or endangers the safety, health, comfort or repose of the public, interferes with or destroys or renders dangerous any street, highway or navigable stream, allows accumulation of junk or obnoxious matters on private property or in any way renders the public insecure in life or property is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Public nuisances shall include, but shall not be limited to, whatever is forbidden by any provision of this chapter and the common and statute law of the state.
No person shall maintain any structure which is unsafe or which is a menace to the health, morals or safety of the public.
No person shall, within the limits of the city, by himself or herself or another, throw, place, deposit or leave in any street, lane, alley or other public place any animal or vegetable substance, dead animal, fish, shavings, dirt, rubbish, excrement, filth, unclean or nauseous water or liquor, hay, straw, soot, offal, garbage or swill or any other article or substance whatever which may cause any offensive, unwholesome or nauseous odor or endanger the health of the public.
No person shall, by himself or herself or by another, throw, place, deposit or leave in any street, highway, lane, alley or other public place, or in any private place or premises, any glass, broken or unbroken, or any metal, stone, earthenware, tacks, cinders or other substances of a nature likely to cause injury to travelers or pedestrians, automobiles, bicycles or vehicles or to injure any horse or other animal or which might injure, cut or puncture any pneumatic tire.
If any lands, excavations, cellar, vault, sewer, drain, place or premises within the city shall be damp, unwholesome, offensive or filthy or shall be covered during any portion of the year with stagnant or impure water or shall be in such condition as to produce offensive exhalations, the Health Officer or City Council may require the same to be drained, filled up, cleansed or purified by the owner, occupant or person in charge of such lot, premises or place.
[Amended 6-25-1991 by Ord. No. 1018]
A. When any officer of the city shall determine that there exists a nuisance within the meaning of this chapter and Code, such officer shall order such person or persons responsible for such nuisance to immediately cease the activity causing such nuisance or to abate the nuisance in accordance with the officer's requirements, or such officer shall cause a notice to be served on the owner or occupant of the premises on which said nuisance exists, requiring such person to abate said nuisance within the time specified in the notice. Service of the notice shall be made:
(1) By delivering the notice to the owner or occupant personally or by leaving the same at his or her residence, office or business with some person of suitable age and discretion.
(2) By mailing said notice by registered mail to such owner or occupant at his or her last known address.
(3) If the owner or occupant is unknown, by posting said notice in some conspicuous place on the premises for five days.
B. Whenever such person fails to immediately cease the activity causing the nuisance or to abate the nuisance in accordance with any verbal order or written notice, the city may do so, and the costs thereof shall be charged against the owner or occupant as a special assessment.
Any person convicted of a violation of this chapter shall, in addition to the remedies herein prescribed, be punished as provided in Chapter
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I. Each act of violation and every day upon which this violation shall occur, after notice to abate the nuisance has been given, shall constitute a separate offense.