Code Enforcement Division works to eliminate public nuisances including unclean premises. Section 2.01 of the Nuisance Chapter states the following:

"Any property, public or private, any yards, lots, alleys, stables, pens, cellars, vaults, drains, pools, wells, cisterns, privies, sewers, grounds,  premises, or buildings of any character, containing accumulations of litter, refuse, garbage, rubbish, junk, dead carcasses, decaying flesh, fish, fowls, vegetables, stagnant water, or other stagnant fluids, flammable liquids, slops, trash, or other deposits or substances of any and every character, which are like to or do become unwholesome, filthy, unsightly, offensive, or unsanitary or likely to create or engender disease."

Individuals who fail to maintain a clean property can pay up to a $2000 fine in municipal court per citation. Citations can be issued daily. In certain situations, the city may abate the nuisance and bill the property owner for the cleanup of the property.

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