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April 14, 2010 <br /> 878 WBW, LLC <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br /> Sec. 58-1. Maintenance of private property. <br /> (a) It is the duty of the owner of every vacant property and the owner and occupant of every occupied <br /> property to maintain the property in a neat, clean and presentable manner free of any junk, debris, refuse, litter, <br /> dead trees, or noxious weeds, and to remove all other public health or safety hazards from the property. <br /> (c) Any violation of this section is declared to be a nuisance and a public safety and welfare hazard, <br /> and upon seven days' written notice to the owner, as shown by the records of the office of the county auditor, of <br /> private premises on which such material is found or any conditions in violation of this code section exist, the city <br /> may remove such matter or correct any conditions in violation, and certify the cost of such removals or corrections <br /> as any other special assessment. <br /> (Code 1984, § 9.55; Ord. No. 191 2nd series, § 1, 6-14-1999) <br /> Sec. 78-1577. Exterior storage in R districts. <br /> In all R districts, it is the responsibility of the owner of any property, improved or unimproved, to maintain the <br /> outdoor areas; including courtyards and the like, of the property and adjacent rights-of-way in a manner that <br /> complies with the following requirements. All recreational vehicles, mobile homes, camping trailers, motor homes, <br /> pickup coaches, travel trailers, special mobile equipment, and utility trailers shall meet the requirements of this <br /> Code. Additionally, all exterior storage must comply with subdivision (6) of this section. <br /> (1) Definitions: <br /> a. Blight means a deteriorated condition, something that impairs or destroys. <br /> b. Junk means any cast-off, damaged, discarded,junked, obsolete, salvage, scrapped, <br /> unusable, worn-out or wrecked object, thing or material composed in whole or in part of <br /> asphalt, brick, carbon, cement, plastic, or other synthetic substance, fiber, glass, metal, <br /> paper, plaster, plaster of paris, rubber, terra cotta, wool, cotton, cloth, canvas, organic <br /> matter or other substance, regardless of perceived market value or requiring <br /> reconditioning in order to be used for its original purpose. <br /> c. Recreational vehicle. Mobile home and recreational vehicle shall mean and include the <br /> following definitions, and shall not include any manufactured housing unit bearing a State <br /> of Minnesota manufactured housing seal or certificate, for uses including but not limited <br /> to those listed below: <br /> 1. Camping trailer means a folding structure, mounted on wheels and designed for <br /> travel, recreation and vacation uses, also called a pop-up camper. <br /> 2. Motor home means a portable, temporary dwelling to be used for travel, <br /> recreation and vacation, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled <br /> vehicle. <br /> 3. Pickup camper means a structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for <br /> use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation and vacation. <br /> 4. Travel trailer means a vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to <br /> be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, <br /> permanently identified as a travel trailer by the manufacturer of the trailer. <br /> d. Special mobile equipment means every vehicle not designed or used primarily for the <br /> transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved over a <br /> highway, including but not limited to: ditch digging equipment, moving dollies, pump <br /> hoists and other well-drilling equipment, street sweeping vehicles, and other machinery <br /> such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck- <br /> tractors, ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, <br /> scarifiers, earth-moving equipment. The term does not include travel trailers, dump <br /> trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, truck-mounted feed grinders, or other motor <br /> vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery has <br /> been attached. <br />