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The following conditions, acts, omissions and activities are declared to be harmful to the health, safety, peace, comfort or welfare of the citizens of the city and to constitute public nuisances:

A. The operation of a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle or other vehicle in such a manner or in such location either as a single unit or in conjunction with the operation of other motorcycles or motor-driven cycles and/or other vehicles so as to create a safety hazard for young children or an unreasonable disruption of the peace and comfort of the occupants of residential dwellings;

B. All unoccupied buildings which have not been securely closed against entry by those having no interest in the property and all buildings or structures which by reason of abandonment, decay, dilapidation or damage by fire, the elements or any other cause have become harmful to the health, safety, peace, comfort or welfare of the public, or unsafe for the purpose or purposes for which the buildings or structures are being used;

C. The accumulation of garbage and refuse not disposed of in accordance with Chapter 8.04 LMC, or the accumulation of a motor vehicle or motor vehicles incapable of being operated or unlicensed for the current year, parts, glass, old appliances or parts thereof, old iron or other metal, paper, cardboard, old lumber or wood, old mattresses or other furniture, and all other waste or discarded material or other junk which is not completely fenced off or enclosed from public view and public access;

D. The existence of hazardous vegetation, such as poison oak, poison ivy, deadly nightshade, tansy, ragwort or any similar noxious or toxic weed or plant which is allowed to grow on any property;

E. Loud noise emanating from any source on residentially zoned property which causes disruption of the peace and comfort of the occupants of residential dwellings;

F. The existence of dry grass, weeds, shrubs, trees or other vegetation on property which because of its height or density constitutes a fire hazard or which overhangs any sidewalk, street, or abutting property in such a manner to obstruct or impair the free and full passage along said sidewalk or street or the use of said abutting property;

G. The existence of “graffiti,” as defined in LMC 14.40.020, on any surface which is visible from a public or quasi-public place. (Ord. 1421 §2, 2013; Ord. 826 §1, 1988; Ord. 772 §1, 1986; Ord. 502 §1, 1978; Ord. 498 §1, 1978; Ord. 360 §1, 1974; Ord. 344 (part), 1974).