§ 16-71. Defined.

The existence of any of the following conditions on any parcel of land within the corporate limits is hereby declared to be dangerous and prejudicial to the public health and to constitute public nuisance:

(1)

Any accumulation of animal or vegetable matter; (1) that is offensive by virtue of odors or vapors; (2) which is inhabited by rats, mice, snakes, or vermin of any kind; or (3) which is or may be dangerous or prejudicial to the public health.

(2)

Any accumulation of solid wastes not in compliance with this article or any other ordinance.

(3)

An open well.

(4)

An accumulation of stagnant water such as to accommodate or encourage the inhabitation thereof by mosquitoes in any stage of maturity.

(5)

Any condition actually or potentially detrimental to the public health which violates the rules and regulations of the Cleveland County Health Department.

(6)

Any animal or accumulation of animal waste or excrement that is offensive by virtue of odors or vapors which interfere with an abutting occupant's peaceful use and employment of the abutting property.

(7)

Maintaining or permitting to be maintained any premises including vacant lots or land, except within a carport or completely enclosed building, upon which grass, weeds, undergrowth, trash, garbage, offal, stagnant water, building materials, glass, wood, household appliances, tools, inoperative lawn care equipment, broken inoperative or discarded furniture or other household equipment, packing boxes, discarded clothing, junk metal, automobile parts, tires, inoperative boats, motorized equipment or machinery, building materials or other matter deleterious to good health and public sanitation which is permitted or caused to accumulate in any manner which is or may become a nuisance or cause injury to the health or welfare of residents or the public in the vicinity or causing injury to neighboring property.

a.

The words "weeds" and "rank vegetation" as used herein include poison ivy, kudzu, plants of obnoxious odors, weeds and grasses causing hay fever, those which serve as a breeding ground for mosquitoes or as a refuge for snakes and rodents or any growth that creates a fire or traffic hazard or a nuisance due to unsightliness.

b.

Nothing herein shall be applicable to such grass, weeds, undergrowth and rank vegetation less than one and one-half feet in height, nor to such grass, weeds, undergrowth and rank vegetation more than 150 feet from any building, structure, recreational area (not including the width of any intervening street) or to such grass, weeds, undergrowth and rank vegetation more than 125 feet from a street right-of-way.

(8)

Maintaining or permitting to be maintained kudzu, honeysuckle, ivy or any other woody or vine-type plant upon any premises, including vacant lot or land, when such plant grows beyond the bounds of said premises so as to be entwined in fences, buildings, trees, public utilities or onto any other property.

(Ord. No. 55-2008, att. A, 11-17-2008)