8.20.020 Nuisances—Residential property and nonresidential property.
Except as authorized by subsection H of this section or as may be allowed by another city ordinance, no person owning, leasing, renting, occupying or having charge or possession of any property in the city, including vacant lots, shall maintain or allow to be maintained on the property outside of a fully enclosed structure such as a shed, dwelling, or closeable garage, any of the following conditions visible from any street, alley, or other public or private property:
A. Junk, trash, litter, boxes, discarded lumber, salvage materials or other similar materials;
B. Attractive nuisances dangerous to children, including but not limited to abandoned, broken or neglected equipment, machinery, refrigerators and freezers, excavations, well or shafts;
C. Broken or discarded furniture, household equipment and furnishings;
D. Shopping carts on any property zoned residential by the city;
E. Dead, decayed, diseased, noxious or hazardous trees or vegetation, or any vegetation (not including vegetation located in flower beds) taller than forty-two inches high or grass taller than twelve inches in height;
F. Graffiti on the exterior of any building, fence or other structure;
G. Vehicle parts or other articles of personal property which are discarded or left in a state of partial construction or repair;
H. Utility trailers or unmounted camper tops located in a front yard or a side yard abutting a public or private street unless it is located on a lawful driveway. (Ord. 3411-14 § 2, 2014; Ord. 1779-91 § 1, 1991; Ord. 1554-89 § 2, 1989.)