§ 8.04.005. Purpose and findings.

A.

The purpose of this chapter is to educate the public and to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the public by requiring a level of maintenance of private property which will protect the livability, appearance and social and economic stability of the town and which also will protect the public from health and safety hazards and the impairment of property values which results from the neglect and deterioration of property. It is not the purpose of this chapter to regulate cultural or religious expression.

B.

Public nuisances cause the following:

1.

A reduction in property values;

2.

An obstruction to or interference with the comfortable enjoyment of adjacent and/or surrounding properties;

3.

Adverse impacts on the aesthetic quality of property, giving the appearance of blighted conditions and a deteriorated environment; and

4.

Conditions which are injurious to the public health, safety and general welfare, including, but not limited to, a harborage for rodents and insects, a dangerous attraction for children and the potential for fire and health hazards.

(Ord. No. 555, § 1, 3-10-2015)