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Nuisance Code
<br />November 28, 2018, Work Session – Item 1
<br />6.010 Nuisances Affecting the Public. The following are nuisances which may
<br />be abated as provided in this code:
<br />(a) Animal carcasses, etc. The deposition of an animal carcass or part
<br />thereof, or any excrement or sewage, or industrial waste, or any putrid,
<br />nauseous, decaying, deleterious, offensive, or dangerous substance in
<br />a stream, well, spring, brook, ditch, pond, river, or other inland waters
<br />within the city, or the placing of such substances in such position that
<br />high water or natural seepage will carry the same into such waters.
<br />(b) Attractive nuisances. No owner or person in charge of property shall
<br />permit an attractive nuisance thereon[:
<br />1.Unguarded machinery, equipment, or other devices which are
<br />attractive, dangerous, and accessible to children.
<br />2.Lumber, logs, or pilings placed or stored in a manner so as to be
<br />attractive, dangerous, and accessible to children.
<br />3.An open pit, quarry, cistern, or other excavation without
<br />safeguards or barriers to prevent such places from being used by
<br />children.
<br />4.An open, vacant structure which is attractive, dangerous and
<br />accessible to children or which is used for habitation by
<br />trespassers.
<br />This section shall not apply to authorized construction projects with
<br />reasonable safeguards to prevent injury or death to playing children.]
<br />(c) Debris. An accumulation of decomposed animal or vegetable matter,
<br />garbage, rubbish, manure, offal, ashes, discarded containers, waste,
<br />paper, debris, trash, hay, grass, straw, weeds, litter, rags, or other
<br />refuse matter or substance which by itself in conjunction with other
<br />substances is deleterious to public health or comfort, or is unsightly, or
<br />creates an offensive odor.
<br />(d) Fences.
<br />1.A fence, barrier, partition or obstruction electrically charged or
<br />connected with any electric source in such a manner as to
<br />transmit an electrical shock or charge to any person, animal or
<br />thing which might come in contact therewith.
<br />2.A barbed-wire fence along a sidewalk or public way except
<br />barbed-wire placed on top of fences to prevent access o enclosed
<br />hazardous areas or facilities, or barbed-wire on fences in an AG
<br />Agricultural District.
<br />(e) Iceboxes and other containers. An abandoned, unattended or
<br />discarded icebox, refrigerator or other container accessible to children
<br />which has an airtight door, or lock which may not be released for
<br />opening from the inside. This definition does not include iceboxes,
<br />refrigerators, or other containers offered for sale by commercial
<br />establishments provided that the same are kept within enclosures from
<br />which children are excluded at all times except business hours.
<br />(f) Odors. [Premises which are in such a state or condition as to cause an
<br />offensive odor or which are in an unsanitary condition.] Causing or
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