Legal Documents of Baxter

Code of Baxter

Table of Contents » Title 13 Property Maintenance Regulations » Chapter 3 Property Maintenance » § 13-302 Duty to maintain property.
Print This Page
PDF
Go to
13
Title 13
13-1
Title 13, Chapter 1
13-101
§ 13-101
Baxter
Title 13 : Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 3 : Property Maintenance

13-302 : Duty to maintain property.

No person owning, leasing, renting, occupying, being in possession or having charge of any property in the city, including vacant lots, shall maintain or allow to be maintained on such property, except as may be permitted by any other city ordinance, any of the following conditions visible from any public street or alley:

  1. Junk, litter and trash;
  2. Attractive nuisances dangerous to children, including, but not limited to, abandoned, broken or neglected equipment, machinery, refrigerators and freezers, excavations, wells or shafts;
  3. Shopping carts in any front yard, side yard, rear yard or vacant lot of any property;
  4. Dead, decayed, diseased or hazardous trees, or any other vegetation a majority of which (other than vegetation located in flowerbeds, or trees or shrubbery) exceeds twelve inches (12") in height, or which is dangerous to public health, safety and welfare, located in any front yard, side yard, rear yard, or upon any vacant lot;
  5. Graffiti or signs, not in compliance with the city zoning ordinance, on the exterior of any building, fence or other structure in any front yard, side yard or rear yard or vacant lot;
  6. Vehicle parts or other articles of personal property which are discarded or left in a state of partial construction or repair in any front yard, side yard, rear yard or vacant lot;
  7. Utility trailers or unmounted campertops located in any front yard except in the driveway;
  8. Any accumulation of weeds, brambles, berry vines, or other vegetation which is overgrowing any structure or which exceeds an average height of three feet (3'), other than maintained landscaping, or any accumulation of junk, litter, trash, dead organic matter, debris, offal, rat harborages, stagnant water, combustible materials or vegetation, and similar materials or conditions constituting fire, health or safety hazard; and/or
  9. Dilapidation or state of filthiness or uncleanliness of any dwelling or other structure which endangers health or life or which permits entrance by rats, mice or other rodents. (2011 Code, § 13-302)