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The following acts, omissions, places, conditions and things are specifically declared to be public health nuisances, but shall not be construed to exclude other health nuisances coming within the definition of MMC 6.04.020:

A. All decayed, harmfully adulterated or unwholesome food or drink sold or offered for sale to the public;

B. Carcasses of animals, birds or fowl not buried or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner within twenty-four hours after death;

C. The accumulation of material including, but not limited to, bottles, cans, glass, plastic, ashes, scrap metal, wire, broken stone or cement, broken glass, broken plaster, litter, rags, empty barrels, boxes, crates, packing cases, mattresses, bedding, packing hay, straw or other packing material or building materials on any premises which are not properly stored or neatly piled or are offensive to a reasonable person or in which flies or rats may breed or multiply, or the existence of any trash, dirt, filth, the carcass of any animal, accumulation of yard trimmings or other material which is offensive to a reasonable person; except such yard debris that is properly contained for the purpose of composting; and is being composted in a manner that does not attract flies or rodents and does not cause offensive odors;

D. All stagnant water in which mosquitoes, flies or other insects may multiply;

E. All noxious weeds, a weed being defined as any plant that grows out of place, and other rank growth of vegetation upon public or private property;

F. Tent caterpillars which construct webs on trees;

G. The escape of smoke, soot, cinders, noxious acids, fumes, gases, ash or industrial dust within the city limits in such quantities as to endanger the health of persons of ordinary sensibilities or to threaten or cause substantial injury to property;

H. The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal or body of water by sewage, creamery or industrial wastes or other substances;

I. Any use of property, substances or things emitting or causing any foul, offensive, noisome, nauseous, noxious or disagreeable odors, effluvia or stenches extremely repulsive to the physical senses of ordinary persons which annoy, discomfort, injure or inconvenience the health of any appreciable number of persons within the city;

J. All abandoned wells not securely covered or secured from public use;

K. All public exposure of persons having a contagious disease;

L. The distribution of samples of medicines or drugs unless such samples are placed in the hands of an adult person;

M. Garbage cans which are not fly-tight;

N. Placing, depositing or permitting to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the city or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste;

O. The discharge to any natural outlet within the city, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the city, any sewage or other polluted waters;

P. All other acts, omissions of acts, occupations and uses of property which are deemed by the board of health to be a menace to the health of the inhabitants of this city or any considerable number thereof. (Ord. 016/2021 § 1; Ord. 977, 1991; Ord. 526, 1970)