14 - INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE

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"Upon failure of the owner or agent having charge of a property to cut and destroy weeds after service of a notice of violation, they shall be subject to prosecution in accordance with Section 106.3 and as prescribed by the authority having jurisdiction. Upon failure to comply with the notice of violation, any duly authorized employee of the jurisdiction or contractor hired by the jurisdiction shall be authorized to enter upon the property in violation and cut and destroy the weeds growing thereon, and the costs of such removal shall be paid by the owner or agent responsible for the property. "Section 302.10, Vehicles and /or machinery parts, is added to read as follows: "302.10 Vehicles and /or machinery parts. Except where permitted and licensed as a wrecking yard, all premises within the city shall be maintained free of the existence and maintenance of a storage area, junkyard or dumping ground for the wrecking or dismantling of automobiles, trucks, trailers, house trailers, boats, tractors or other vehicles or machinery of any kind, or for the storing or leaving of worn out, wrecked, inoperative or abandoned automobiles, trucks, trailers, house trailers, boats, tractors or other vehicles or machinery of any kind or of any major parts thereof. "Section 302.11, Vehicle and equipment repair on residential premises, is added to read as follows: "302.11 Vehicle and equipment repair on residential premises. Servicing, repairing, assembling, modifying, restoring, or otherwise working on any vehicle on any residential premises shall be subject to the following: "302.11.1 Work shall be limited to the repair and maintenance of vehicles, equipment, or other conveyance currently registered to the occupant or a member of the occupant's family. "302.11.2 Work is limited to the approved parking surface or garage or approved accessory structure; at no time can repairs be made on the lawn, sidewalk, planting strip or the street. "302.11.3 Only minor repairs such as an oil change, tire repair, small parts change, or minor routine maintenance may be performed outside of a garage or approved accessory structure and only then on an approved parking surface. The associated vehicle(s) in which such minor repairs exceed seven (7) days shall be moved inside of a building that meets applicable code and zoning requirements or be properly "screened" from public view and parked on an approved surface outside of property setbacks. "302.11.4 Work which creates a nuisance shall not be permitted. "Section 302.12, Dangerous fences and structures, is added to read as follows: