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ARTICLE 8 - PENALTY Sec. 16 -52 Nuisance 8 (a) No owner, occupant, tenant or agent of any owner of any lot, place or area within the City shall permit or allow to remain on such lot, place or area, or upon the sidewalks or alleyways abutting the same, any obnoxious, unwholesome, unsanitary or odoriferous materials, trash, garbage or any other matter, object or thing which is either unsightly, unpleasant, unaesthetic or unsafe. The permitting or allowing of same shall constitute a public nuisance. (b) The following conditions shall be considered a public nuisance for the purpose of this Chapter, to wit: 1. Litter 2. Weeds over two (2) feet high but not including small trees and bushes. 3. Fallen trees, stumps, dead trees, cut brush shavings. 4. Boxes, appliances, furniture. 5. Demolition remains. 6. Plaster walls remaining on a common wall after one or two buildings have been removed. 7. Open excavations, dirt piles. 8. Junk cars which are not licensed, not kept in a garage and not movable and are kept at a location other than a correctly zoned property. 9. Structures defaced with paint or wording. Sec. 16 -53 1Qotice The Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized and empowered to give two days notice in writing to the owner, occupant, tenant or agent of any owner of any lot, place or area within the City to remove any obnoxious, unwholesome, unsanitary or odoriferous materials, trash, garbage or any other matter, object, or thing which is either unsightly, unpleasant, unaesthetic or unsafe found lying or located on any such property or upon the sidewalks or alleyways abutting the same. Such notice shall be addressed to any such person at the same address to which his water bill is sent, or, if there is no water meter on the premises, to his last and usual place of residence.