Ord 2024-012 - Municipal Code Amendments

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3-1-210 UNLAWFUL PROPERTY NUISANCE—PUBLIC PROPERTY. It shall be unlawful for any person owning, leasing, renting, occupying or having charge or possession of any private property in the City to use, maintain or allow to be maintained such property for any purposes so as to create any of the following conditions on adjacent or contiguous public property, except as may be allowed by this Code: (a) Outdoor Storage, Operations or Encroachment: (1) The tracking of mud, dirt, sand, gravel, and concrete onto the street or public right-of-way. (2) The spilling of debris, including trash, paper, wood, plant cuttings and other vegetation, onto the street or other public right-of-way. (3) Vehicles and/or other materials associated with business activity stored on the street or in the public right-of-way. (4) The unlawful placement of any object in the public right-of-way including, but not limited to portable recreation equipment; cones; abandoned, discarded or dilapidated objects; or any other object in such a manner as to obstructs the free passage or use in the customary manner of the right-of-way, including the accessibility of parking spaces. (b) Miscellaneous: (1) Any other condition or use of property which gives rise to a reasonable determination that the effect of said use or condition on adjacent public property represents some threat to the health and welfare of the public by virtue of its unsafe, dangerous or hazardous nature, or which is so out of harmony with the standards of properties in the vicinity so as to cause substantial diminution of the enjoyment, use, or property values of such properties. 3-1-215 COMMERCIAL AND MULTI-UNIT PROPERTY MAINTENANCE (a) The commercial and multi-unit property maintenance requirements of this section apply to commercial property and residential properties containing more than four units, in addition to the requirements in all other sections of this chapter. Commercial property includes any property that is used or intended to be used, for commercial business activities, including, but not limited to, stores, office buildings, industrial property, medical centers, hotels, malls, retail stores, shopping centers, warehouses, and automotive garages. (b) The City Council finds that commercial and multi-unit properties can constitute public nuisances when the maintenance of improvements is not performed in a coordinated and uniform manner. The requirements and standards specified in this section are designed to prevent such projects from becoming public nuisances due to visual blight, safety hazards and other blighting conditions. (c) Persons owning commercial and multi-unit property shall identify a person authorized and responsible for property maintenance activity. Such person may be the owner or a property management firm. Each multi-tenant commercial shopping center property and multi-unit property shall be posted with the name, address, and 24 hour contact phone number