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6, DD7 Nuisances -~ Prahi bi ti on and Responsi bi 1 i ty to Abate . <br />o person response e s a cause ar permit a nuisance on <br />public or private property, <br />~~} The person responsible shall be liable far injury, damage or <br />1 oss to person or property caused by the negligent fai 1 ure to abate any nui s- <br />ance described in this code. <br />~ 3 } The city shat 1 not be 1 i abl a for injury, damage or 1 oss to any <br />person ar property caused i n whole or i n part by the fai 1 ure of the person <br />responsible to comply with subsection ~ 1 } of this section, or by the fai 1 ure <br />of the city as a person responsible to abate a nui sance. <br />~ 4 } Neither the duty of the person responsible to keep property <br />free of nuisances nor hislher failure to da so is dependent upon notice from <br />the city to abate the nui sance, <br />~5} The person responsible shall defend and hold harmless the <br />city from all claims for loss or damage arising from the fai 1 ure to compl y <br />with subsection ~ 1 } of this section. <br />G,41D Nuisances Affecting the Public. The following are nuisances which <br />may a abate as provided ~n this code: <br />~ a } Ani mat carcasses, etc, The deposi ti an of an ani mat <br />carcass or part t ereo , or any excrement or sewage, or industrial <br />waste, or any putrid, nauseous, decaying, deleterious, offensive, <br />or dangerous substance in a stream, well, spring, brook, ditch, <br />pond, river, or other inland waters within the city, or the <br />placing of such substances i n such position that high water or <br />natural seepage will carry the same into such waters. <br />fib} Attractive nuisances. No owner or person in charge <br />of property sha11 perrni t thereon: <br />1. Unguarded machinery, equipment, or other devices <br />which are attractive, dangerous, and accessible to children. <br />~. Lumber, logs, or pilings placed or stared in a <br />manner so as to be attractive, dangerous, and accessible to <br />children, <br />3. An open pit, quarry, cistern, or other excavation <br />without safeguards or barriers to prevent such places from <br />being used by children. <br />4. An open, vacant structure which is attractive, dan- <br />gerous and accessible to children or which is used for habi~- <br />tati on by trespassers, <br />This section shat 1 not apply to authorized construction <br />projects with reasonable safeguards to prevent injury or death to <br />playing children, <br />~c} Debris, An accumulation of decomposed animal or vege-~ <br />table matter, garbage, rubbish, manure, offal, ashes, discarded <br />containers, waste, paper, debris, trash, May, grass, straw, weeds, <br />litter, rags, or other refuse matter or substance which by itself <br />or i n conjunction with other substances i s deleterious to publ i c <br />health or comfort, or i s unsi ghtly, or creates an offensive odor. <br />~d} Fences, <br />1. A fence, barrier, partition or abstructi an el ectri - <br />cally charged or connected with any electric source in such a <br />manner as to transmit an e1 ectri cal shock or charge to any <br />person, ani mat or thing which might come i n contact therewith. <br />Drdinance - 3 <br />