§ 12.24.030. Rubbish accumulation and property owner maintenance obligations.

A.

Rubbish Accumulation Prohibited. No person, firm, association, partnership or corporation shall throw, deposit, place, leave, maintain, keep or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left or maintained any refuse, rubbish, garbage, abandoned or discarded objects or accumulations of any organic or inorganic matter upon any street, alley, or sidewalk area or upon any parcel of land, occupied or unoccupied so that the same might be or become a nuisance, defined as any public nuisance known at common law or in equity jurisprudence, or whatever is dangerous or detrimental to health or safety, uncleanliness or improper sanitation or whatever is offensive to the senses or may act as an asylum, feeding or breeding place for rodents, vermin or insects.

B.

Owner/Occupant Responsibility for Abutting Rights-of-way. Owners and/or legal occupants of properties fronting on, or adjacent to, any portion of a street, alley or sidewalk area shall be responsible for maintaining that property consistent with the city's Municipal Code requirements including those relating to property maintenance as found in Chapters 7.12 and 12.24. Failure to maintain the street, alley or sidewalk area for which the owner and/or legal occupant is responsible as described herein will be a violation of the Municipal Code and may be cited by the city as described in Chapter 1.16 and other provisions of the Municipal Code.

(Ord. 224 §15, 1946).

(Ord. No. 2017-1292, § 3, 9-5-2017)