Blythe Municipal Code Ch. 8.32 Airborne Particles

The maintenance of any real or personal property, whether improved or unimproved, in such a manner that dust, sand, soil or any other foreign material is caused to be blown or otherwise placed into the air or atmosphere, or spread or drift upon property or premises of the city or any other person, firm or corporation, in such a manner as to cause perceptible injury to property, or to so pollute the air or atmosphere as to sensibly impair enjoyment thereof, or to be a detriment to the public health or safety or the property of such others shall constitute a nuisance.

(Ord. 442 § 1, 1973)

Parking vehicles on property in the city which is zoned C-1, C-2, M-1 and M-2 on bare, unimproved, untreated or nonsurfaced ground, in such a manner as to cause the nuisances defined in Section 8.32.010, shall constitute a nuisance.

(Ord. 442 § 2, 1973)

The building inspector of the city is authorized to issue permits, without charge, defining requirements, in individual cases to qualify any area of ground, as defined in Section 8.32.020, as qualified in compliance with this chapter.

(Ord. 442 § 3, 1973)

The building inspector of the city is delegated and shall have the authority to determine whether such areas of ground referred to in Section 8.32.020 require leveling, or other grading, to a gradient that will minimize the possibility of any nuisance as defined in this chapter. The building inspector of the city shall have the authority to require that any area of ground, as defined in this chapter, shall be gravelled or oil-impregnated, or surfaced with oil-impregnated road material, hard-surface asphalt or concrete, so that the placement thereof upon such areas shall prevent nuisances as defined in this chapter.

(Ord. 442 § 4, 1973)

In lieu of the compliance with the provisions of this chapter relating to nuisance abatement, the owner of any such areas as defined in Section 8.32.020 shall have the right to barricade any such area by obtaining a permit, without charge, from the building inspector of the city, specifying in detail the area, and using barricades of a type approved by the building inspector to prevent nuisances as proscribed herein.

(Ord. 442 § 5, 1973)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, whether acting for himself, or as the agent or servant of any person, firm, or corporation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars. Each day that any act continues in violation of any provisions of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. 442 § 7, 1973)