Dublin Municipal Code Art. II Nuisances

It is unlawful for any person owning, leasing, renting, occupying or having charge or possession of any residential property in the city to maintain or to allow to be maintained such property in such manner that any of the following conditions are found to exist thereon for an unreasonable period of time and which are visible from a public street, except as may be allowed by any other provision of law, including provisions of city ordinances:

A. The accumulation of dirt, litter or debris;

B. Clotheslines or clothes hanging in front yards;

C. Boxes, bins, containers, firewood, lumber, junk, trash, recyclables, salvage materials, building materials, landscaping materials, or other similar materials;

D. Attractive nuisances dangerous to children including abandoned, broken, or neglected equipment, machinery, tools, refrigerators and freezers, hazardous pools, ponds, and excavations;

E. Broken or discarded furniture, household equipment, electronic equipment and furnishings or shopping carts;

F. Overgrown vegetation likely to harbor rats, vermin and other nuisances dangerous to public health, safety, and welfare, or obstructing a necessary view of drivers on public streets or private driveways;

G. Weeds, dead, decayed, diseased or hazardous trees, fallen leaves and other vegetation constituting an unsightly appearance or a danger to public health, safety and welfare;

H. Graffiti on the exterior of any building, fence, wall, automobile or other structure;

I. Vehicle parts or other articles of personal property which are abandoned or left in a state of partial construction or repair;

J. Mobile homes, recreational vehicles, utility trailers, unmounted campertops, boats, cars, trucks, or other vehicles that are parked or stored in violation of the zoning provisions;

K. Fences and walls which have become dilapidated or are in a state of disrepair;

L. Automobiles parked or stored on property other than on a driveway or other impervious surface;

M. Buildings which are abandoned, boarded up, partially destroyed, or left in a state of partial construction; and/or

N. Structures which are unpainted or where the paint on the building exterior is chipping, peeling, cracked or mostly worn off.

(Ord. 13-88 § 2.1; Ord. 31-08 § 1 (part); Ord. 2-09 § 1 (part))

It is unlawful for any person owning, leasing, renting, occupying or having charge or possession of any nonresidential property in the city to maintain or to allow to be maintained such property in such manner that any of the following conditions are found to exist thereon for an unreasonable period of time and are visible from a public street, except as may be allowed by any other provision of law including provisions of city ordinances:

A. The accumulation of dirt, litter, or debris;

B. Boxes, bins, containers, firewood, lumber, junk, trash, recyclables, salvage materials, building materials, landscaping materials or other similar materials;

C. Attractive nuisances dangerous to children including abandoned, broken, or neglected equipment, machinery, tools, refrigerators and freezers, hazardous pools, ponds, and excavations;

D. Broken or discarded furniture, household equipment, electronic equipment, and furnishings or shopping carts;

E. Overgrown vegetation likely to har borrats, vermin and other nuisances dangerous to public health, safety, and welfare, or obstructing a necessary view of drivers on public streets or private driveways;

F. Weeds, dead, decayed, diseased or hazardous trees, fallen leaves and other vegetation constituting an unsightly appearance or dangerous to public health, safety and welfare;

G. Vehicle parts or other articles of personal property which are abandoned or left in a state of partial construction or repair;

H. Mobile homes, recreational vehicles, utility trailers, unmounted campertops, boats, cars, trucks, or other vehicles that are parked or stored in violation of the zoning provisions;

I. Graffiti on the exterior of any building, fence, wall, automobile, or other structure;

J. Fences and walls which have become dilapidated or are in a state of disrepair;

K. Buildings which are abandoned, boarded up, partially destroyed, or left in a state of partial construction; and

L. Structures which are unpainted or where the paint on the building exterior is chipping, peeling, cracked or mostly worn off.

(Ord. 13-88 § 2.2; Ord. 31-08 § 1 (part); Ord. 2-09 § 1 (part))

Any property found to be maintained in violation of Section 5.64.040 or 5.64.050 is declared to be a public nuisance and shall be abated by rehabilitation, removal, demolition, or repair pursuant to the procedures set forth herein. The procedures for abatement set forth herein shall not be exclusive and shall not in any manner limit or restrict the city from enforcing other city ordinances or abating public nuisances in any other manner provided by law.

(Ord. 13-88 § 2.3; Ord. 31-08 § 1 (part); Ord. 2-09 § 1 (part))