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A. Dead Animals1: It is the responsibility of the owner or other person responsible for any domestic animal which dies to bury or otherwise dispose of it within two (2) days after death. If the person shall fail to do so within the time herein provided, such omission shall be deemed a nuisance. If the owner or other person responsible for such an animal cannot be found, it is the duty of the animal control officer to bury the dead animal. In such event, the city shall be entitled to reimbursement from the owner of the dead animal.

B. Refuse In Public Streets: It shall be unlawful for any person intentionally or carelessly to throw, cast, put into, drop or leave in any street, gutter, sidewalk or public place any stones, gravel, sand, dirt, debris, garbage, leaves, lawn or tree clippings, paper material, handbills, ashes, rubbish of any kind, or any other item, material or substance which shall either constitute a nuisance, as designated herein, shall interfere with the free and unobstructed use and movement of either traffic or water on a public street or right-of-way, in the opinion of the chief of police, or shall constitute a fire hazard in the opinion of the fire chief.

C. Offensive Condition Or Refuse On Private Property: Whenever there shall be found on or about any lot or parcel of property, whether vacant or occupied, any garbage, refuse, junk, used materials and merchandise, effluvia, kitchen waste, trash, inoperable motor vehicles, broken machinery, rank and noxious weeds, or other unsightly or deleterious objects or conditions that are offensive to the order and economy of the city, as designated in section 4-2-1 of this chapter, they shall be deemed a nuisance.

D. Slaughterhouses: If the owner of any slaughterhouse or other place wherein any swine, cattle, sheep or other animals are slaughtered, shall permit the same to remain unclean to the unnecessary annoyance of the citizens of the city, or in any state or condition detrimental to the public health, the same shall be deemed a nuisance.

E. Water Pollution: Any pollution of the waters of this city, as defined in Utah Code Annotated section 19-5-102, shall constitute a nuisance within the meaning of this chapter.

F. Breeding Places For Flies: It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain a condition within the city which unreasonably promotes or encourages the breeding of flies, mosquitoes, rats or other form of animal life which may be disease carriers or which otherwise constitutes a nuisance, as designated in section 4-2-1 of this chapter.

G. Barking Dogs: It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any dog which by barking, howling or yelping, or by any other action, constitutes a nuisance within the designation of section 4-2-1 of this chapter.

H. Noises: It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause to be made or continued, any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise, or any noise which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others, within the limits of the city. The following acts when prolonged, unusual and unnatural in their time, place and use, may be a detriment to the public health, comfort, convenience, safety, welfare and prosperity: horns, radios, stereos, loudspeakers, yelling or shouting, exhausts, motor vehicles, drums or musical instruments, construction equipment, airplanes or blasting. (Ord. 3-19-1981)

I. Garbage; Improper Placement: Placement of garbage at curbside or in other than a protected area shall be considered a nuisance within the meaning of this chapter, except during the period of twenty-four (24) hours preceding scheduled collection of such garbage. On garbage collection days, garbage and waste placed at curbside must be contained within bags, cans or other receptacles, unless the trash material is of such size and nature that it would not be practical to fully enclose it. (Ord. 11-21-1985, 11-21-1985)

J. All Terrain And Recreational Vehicles In Specified Areas:

1. Consistent with those definitions and provisions of Utah Code Annotated section 41-22-1 et seq., the operation by any person of an all terrain or recreational vehicle within six hundred feet (600') of an inhabited dwelling is determined to be harmful to the environment because of excessive mechanical noise and dust pollution, unless it is on an improved public or private roadway designated for vehicular traffic. Each instance of such operation shall be unlawful and shall constitute an infraction and, upon conviction, subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code. (Ord. 4-3-1986; amd. 2003 Code)

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motorized all terrain or recreational vehicle within the boundaries of the Washington County desert tortoise habitat conservation plan reserve, unless it is on a public or private roadway designated for vehicular traffic. Each instance of such operation shall constitute an infraction and, upon conviction, subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code. (Ord. 8-6-1996, 8-15-1996; amd. 2003 Code)

1See also subsection 5-2-7I of this code for provisions on carcass disposal.