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The following specific acts, omissions, conditions and things in or upon any private lot, building, structure or premises, or in or upon any public right-of-way, streets, avenue, alley, park, parkway or other public or private place in the Town are hereby declared to be public nuisances, to wit:

A. Privies, vaults, cesspools, sumps, pits or like places which are not securely protected from insects or rodents, or which are foul or malodorous, or which are not securely closed and protected or, if necessary, illuminated so as to prevent persons or objects from falling therein.

B. Filthy, littered or trash-covered exterior areas, including all buildings and structures thereon and areas adjacent thereto.

C. Animal manure in any quantity which is not securely protected from insects and the elements, or which is kept or handled in violation of any ordinance of the Town or Maricopa County; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit the utilization of such animal manure on any farm, garden or ranch in such a manner and for such purposes as are compatible with customary methods of good husbandry.

D. Failing to maintain property consistent with the provisions specified in Section 10-2-15.

E. Accumulations of bottles, glass, cans, ashes, small pieces of scrap iron, wire metal articles, bric-a-brac, broken stone or cement, broken crockery, broken glass, broken plaster and all other trash and abandoned material, unless the same be kept in covered bins or metal receptacles approved by this code or any town ordinance.

F. Accumulations of trash, litter, rags, empty barrels, boxes, crates, packing cases, mattresses, bedding excelsior, packing straw, packing hay, or other packing material, lumber, scrap iron, tin, and other metal, or anything whatsoever in which insects may breed or multiply or which provides harborage for rodents or which may create a fire hazard.

G. Any unsightly and dangerous building, billboard or other structure, or any old abandoned or partially destroyed building or structure, or any building or structure commenced and abandoned.

H. All places used or maintained as junk yards or dumping grounds, or for the wrecking, dissembling, repair or rebuilding of automobiles, trucks, tractors or machinery of any kind, or for the storing or leaving of worn out, wrecked or abandoned automobiles, trucks, tractors or machinery of any kind or of any of the parts thereof, or for the storing or leaving of any machinery or equipment used by contractors or builders or by other persons, which said places are kept or maintained so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment or the quality of life or property by and of others; provided, however, that nothing contained in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit any automobile wrecking yard or other junk yard where the same is otherwise permitted by the Town zoning ordinance and amendments thereto, which is operated in conformity therewith.

I. Any putrid, unsound or unwholesome bones, meat, hides, skins, or the whole or any part of any dead animal, fish or fowl, butcher’s trimmings and offal, or any waste vegetable or animal matter in any quantity, garbage, human excreta, sewage or other offensive substances accumulated on private or public property; provided, however, nothing herein contained shall prevent the temporary retention of waste in receptacles in the manner provided by a county health officer, this code or ordinance of the Town.

J. The erection, continuance or use of any building, room or other place in said town for the exercise of any trade, employment or manufacture which, by noxious exhalations, including, but not limited to, smoke, soot, dust, fumes or other gases, offensive odors or other annoyances, which is discomforting or offensive or detrimental to the health of individuals or of the public, except for normal exhalation or smoke produced by normal heating devices.

K. Causing, allowing or permitting any artificial illumination of such intensity as to interfere substantially and unnecessarily with the use and enjoyment of public or private property by any considerable number of people, or with the lawful use of any school, public place or public street, or with any governmental or public function of the Town, or as to constitute a hazard or threat to the public health, safety and welfare of the people of the Town; provided, this subsection shall not apply where the person responsible for said artificial illumination is authorized by the Town manager, any school within the Town, this code or any ordinance of the Town.

L. Burning of refuse. No outside burning is allowed.

M. Any unguarded or abandoned excavation, pit, well or hole dangerous, injurious or harmful to life or property.

N. To leave or permit to remain outside of any dwelling, building or other structure, or within any unoccupied or abandoned building, dwelling or other structure under the control of any person and in a place accessible to children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded icebox, refrigerator or other container which has an airtight door or lid, snap lock or other locking device which may not be released from the inside, without first removing said door or lid, snap lock or other locking device from said icebox, refrigerator or container.

O. The doing of any act, or omitting to perform a duty, or suffering or permitting any condition or thing to be or exist, which act, omission, condition or other thing either:

1. Unlawfully interferes with, obstructs or tends to obstruct or renders dangerous the free passage or use, in the customary manner, of any stream, public park, parkway, square, sidewalk, street or highway in the Town and is no less a nuisance because the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted is unequal.

2. Obstructs the free use of property so as to essentially interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property by an entire community or neighborhood or by a considerable number of persons.

P. To leave or permit to remain overnight in the front yard of any private premises, construction equipment whether free standing or on one or more axles; or to store overnight in the front yard of any private premises, any building materials whether free standing or on pallets or skids, when such equipment or materials are not for use at the premises or stored pursuant to a valid and current building permit issued by the Town for work at that premises. Equipment and materials may be stored in the side yard area of any private premises so long as they are screened from public view by a wall, fence or other permitted screen.

Q. To allow any swimming or architectural pool, spa, pond, fountain or similar water feature located on real property within the Town to remain or be maintained in a condition that poses a health or safety hazard, harbors insect infestation or creates a visible deteriorated or blighted appearance including, without limitation, a stagnant or unfiltered condition.

R. To park, store or maintain a vehicle in violation of Articles 11-1 or 12-3 of this Code. (20-20, Amended, 09/15/2020; 17-02, Amended, 06/01/2017; 07-08, Amended, 08/02/2007)