§ 2004. Property maintenance

A.

It is hereby declared to be a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge or possession of any property within the city to maintain such premises in such manner that any of the following conditions are found to exist thereon:

1.

Building or structures which violate the city's building code by creating a fire hazard, danger to human life, or hazards to public health, safety and general welfare, including dilapidation, broken equipment, hazardous pools, excavations, neglected machinery, indiscriminate outdoor storage of household goods or equipment, the keeping and outdoor storage of vehicles incapable of moving under their own power, and other similar attractive nuisances.

2.

Premises unmaintained so as to constitute a fire hazard by reason of weeds, grasses, rank overgrowth or accumulation of debris, or which could harbor rats or other vermin, create unsightly appearance, or create conditions which are detrimental to neighboring properties.

3.

Broken windows or other structural defects which create hazardous conditions and invite trespassing and malicious mischief, including unsafe structural supports, boarded doorways and windows, dry rot, termites and similar hazards.

4.

Clothes lines within front yard areas.

5.

Garbage cans and garbage receptacles permanently stored within front yards which are visible from the public street and neighboring properties.

6.

Failure to maintain any wall, fence or hedge as to constitute a hazard to persons or property or to cause depreciation in the value of adjacent property.

B.

Whenever the building official determines that any building or premises is in violation of the provisions of this section, he or she shall give written notice thereof to the owner of record as shown on the last assessment roll, and shall post said written notice on the premises.

C.

If the owner, duly noticed under paragraph B of this section, fails to comply with directives requiring abatement of violations of this section, the building official shall file the official complaint with the city council, with a copy of said complaint being sent to the affected property owner by certified mail. Said complaint, or notice of complaint, shall be made the subject of a public hearing before the city council in the manner prescribed for the conduct of public hearings provided in sections 1004 and 1905 of this code.

D.

The city council shall hear the matter, review all pertinent testimony and information, and determine whether a public nuisance does in fact exist, and further determine the method by which abatement of the nuisance shall be accomplished by the affected property owner. A copy of the city council's decision shall be served by certified mail upon the affected property owner.

E.

Failure on the part of an affected property owner to abate a public nuisance determined by the city council to exist under the provisions of this section shall constitute an infraction, and shall be abated under the proceedings prescribed under section 2003.

(Ord. No. 2015-01, § 1, 4-8-2015)