13.45.005 Nuisances Affecting the Public Health.
No person shall cause, or permit on property owned or controlled by him or her, a nuisance affecting the public health. Nuisances affecting the public health include but are not limited to:
A. An accumulation of debris, rubbish, manure and other refuse that is not removed within a reasonable time and that affects the health or livability of adjacent residents. All household or solid waste shall be managed in accordance with the following:
1. All household waste shall be stored in leakproof containers with close-fitting covers.
2. Every person who generates or produces wastes shall remove or have removed all putrescent wastes at least every seven days. More frequent removal may be required to protect the public health.
3. Subsection (A)(2) of this section does not apply to waste removed through a City-approved waste removal program that is less frequent than seven days.
B. Stagnant water that affords a breeding place for mosquitoes and other insect pests.
C. Pollution of a body of water, well, spring, stream or drainage ditch by sewage, industrial wastes or other substances placed in or near the water in a manner that will cause harmful material to pollute the water.
D. Maintaining premises or keeping animals in such a state or condition as to cause an offensive odor or that are in an unsanitary condition.
E. Drainage of liquid wastes from private premises.
F. Septic tanks that are in an unsanitary condition or that cause an offensive odor.
G. An abandoned refrigerator or other appliance with an air-tight door that has a space large enough that a child or infant may be enclosed. The City may remove any such appliance immediately.
H. A violation of this section is a Class A civil infraction. Any person found by a Judge to be in violation of subsection (A) of this section shall be required to utilize weekly trash service provided by an approved garbage service franchisee for at least one year. [Ord. NS-2205, 2013; Ord. NS-2141, 2010]