[Adopted as Ch. 7, Art. I, of the 1974 Code]
It shall be unlawful for any person, directly
or indirectly, to deposit or leave upon any street, sidewalk or vacant
lot or upon or within any premises, public or private, any garage,
filth, litter, junk (which includes but is not limited to disabled
motor vehicles and vehicle tires) or other waste matter or other refuse
unless such items are stored inside a building or otherwise concealed
from common observation and unless they do not constitute a hazard
to the health or safety of any person or create a nuisance, provided
that all occupants of premises may place such refuse in approved receptacles
and quantities along the streets and public alleys adjacent to their
premises, on the days and hours designated by the City Manager, to
be removed and disposed of by the Garbage Collection Department.
[Amended 7-10-2000; 11-14-2022]
Owners, occupants and persons in charge of premises
shall, at such time or times as the City Manager or the Code Enforcement
Official may prescribe, remove therefrom any and all trash, garbage,
refuse, litter and other substances which might endanger the health
or safety of other residents of the City. The City Manager or the
Code Enforcement Official, whenever he deems it necessary, after reasonable
notice of no more than 30 days given to owners, occupants or persons
in charge of premises, may have such trash, garbage, refuse, litter
and other like substances which might endanger the health of other
residents of the City removed by agents, employees or contractors,
in which event the cost or expenses thereof shall be chargeable to
and paid by the owners of such premises and may be collected by the
City as taxes, levies or charges are collected, and the payment of
any such charge to the City, agent or contractor by any person failing
to comply with such notice shall not bar prosecution for the offense
of having failed to comply with such notice. In the rare case that
someone cannot physically or logistically remove all cited debris
within 30 days after initial notice, and that person contacts the
City Manager or Code Enforcement Official prior to the thirty-day
deadline ending, the City Manager or Code Enforcement Official has
discretion to extend that deadline by no more than 30 additional days.
[Amended 7-10-2000; 11-14-2022]
A.
All persons shall keep their premises, including vacant
lots or commercial buildings, whether owned, leased, occupied or in
their charge, clear of weeds, brush and unsightly growth at all times.
Grass or weeds shall be considered in violation and shall be required
to be cut if the grass or weeds meet the following height requirements:
B.
If after written notice from the City Manager or the
Code Enforcement Official, the weeds, brush or unsightly growth are
not cleared away within a period of 15 days from such notice, the
City Manager or Code Enforcement Official may cause such weeds, brush
or unsightly growth to be cut and removed where necessary, and the
cost thereof shall thereupon be chargeable to and collected from the
owner of such premises or the person leasing, occupying or having
such premises in their charge as other taxes, levies or charges are
collected, and the payment of any such charge to the City, agent or
contractor by any person failing to comply with such notice shall
not bar prosecution for the offense of failing to comply with this
section.
