§ 130-2. Maintenance and inspection of property.

(a)

Required. Every person owning or occupying public or private property in the city shall maintain the property free of any condition that may render the premises or property to be unhealthy, unsanitary, unsightly or unaesthetic to the occupants thereof, the neighborhood or the community at large.

(b)

Conditions in violation. Because they are deemed to be conducive to breeding or harboring of harmful germs or to the breeding or harboring of insects, snakes, rodents, lizards or similar or undesirable living pests and carriers of harmful germs or poisons or to the harboring of undesirable persons or illicit activities and are in violation of the general public health, safety, welfare and well-being, the existence of any one of the following conditions on property within the city shall be in violation of this section and this Code:

(1)

Uncontainerized garbage or uncovered garbage containers of all kinds and types.

(2)

Trapped litter or any other improperly containerized solid waste.

(3)

Exterior storage of solid waste or other unsightly materials.

(4)

The existence of weeds and vegetative overgrowth.

(5)

The existence, storage or accumulation of garbage, hazardous, putrescible solid waste or rubbish.

(c)

Inspect    ion of premises. The commissioner of public works or any duly authorized agent of the department of public works or other city departments may enter on and inspect any and all public and private property in the city to determine by inspection that those properties are or are not free of any condition which may be in violation of this section or chapter. For the purpose of this duty, the sanitation code enforcement officer, including code enforcement officers, route supervisors, assistant sanitary area supervisors, sanitary area supervisors or subsequent classification titles performing the same duties, are eligible to apply for status as code enforcement agents under section 98-1. In order to enforce code provisions and issue citations, these employees must apply for and receive status as a code enforcement agent.

(d)

Notice of unsanitary conditions. Upon the determination through inspection by the commissioner of public works or any duly authorized agent of the department of public works or any other duly authorized agent of the city that any property within the city is in violation of this section, the commissioner shall give written notice to the owner or agent of the owner of the property of the condition found.

(1)

Such notice shall set forth the condition of the property, the specific violation of this section and the Code and the remedial action to be taken.

(2)

The notice to the owner or agent shall include a time certain in which the nuisance is to be abated, but not more than ten days from date of receipt of the notice by the owner or agent. All notices shall be sent by personal service or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address as listed in the official tax register of the county or records of the secretary of state. The nuisance shall be processed and abated in accordance with section 74-161.

(Ord. No. 2004-06, § 1, 1-12-04; Ord. No. 2006-76, § 1, 10-11-06; Ord. No. 2016-24(16-O-1382) , § 1, 7-27-16)