Title 8
COMMUNITY LIVABILITY

Chapters:

8.01    PUBLIC NUISANCES

Article I. Administration

8.01.005    Definitions.

Article II. Nuisances

8.01.010    Imminent nuisance.

8.01.015    Attractive nuisances.

8.01.020    Debris, garbage, and junk.

8.01.025    Noxious vegetation, weeds, and tall grass.

8.01.030    Holes, tanks, and traps.

8.01.035    Deposit of offensive substances.

8.01.040    Drainage of surface waters.

8.01.045    Creating a hazard.

8.01.050    Injurious substances on street.

8.01.055    Ongoing sale of household items (garage sales) deemed a nuisance.

8.01.060    Abatement.

Article III. Shopping Carts

8.01.065    Requirements for shopping cart providers.

8.01.070    Retrieval and disposal of carts – Fees.

8.05    PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

Article I. Property Maintenance Code

8.05.005    Albany Property Maintenance Code.

8.05.010    Conflicting provisions.

Article II. Compliance and Enforcement

8.05.015    Order to vacate.

8.05.020    Recording notice of substandard or nonconforming condition(s).

8.05.025    Properties ordered vacated and posted.

8.05.030    Penalties.

8.05.035    Appeals.

8.09    PORTABLE BASKETBALL HOOPS

8.09.010    Definitions.

8.09.020    Permanent basketball hoop.

8.09.030    Permissible location and use.

8.09.040    Owner’s or lessee’s maintenance duties and liabilities.

8.09.050    Incompatible areas.

8.09.060    Derelict or abandoned portable basketball hoops.

8.09.070    Penalties.

8.09.080    City immunity from liability.

8.09.090    City revocation.

8.17    DERELICT STRUCTURES

8.17.010    Derelict structures prohibited.

8.17.020    Definition.

8.17.030    Order to vacate building or structures.

8.17.040    Posted properties.

8.17.050    Removal of placard prohibited.

8.17.060    Temporary safeguards.

8.17.070    Derelict structure registration.

8.17.080    Abatement.

8.21    CHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTY

8.21.010    Declaration of purpose.

8.21.020    Chronic nuisance property.

8.21.030    Definitions.

8.21.040    Police chief’s determination.

8.21.050    Determination of hearing officer.

8.21.060    Remedies.

8.21.070    Multiunit property.

8.21.080    Civil penalty.

8.21.090    Penalty and costs of review as lien.

8.21.100    Closure of property.

8.21.110    Entering closed property.

8.21.120    Liability.

8.21.130    Violation.

8.25    SPECIFIED CRIME PROPERTY

8.25.010    Definitions.

8.25.020    Specified crime property prohibited.

8.25.030    Commencement of proceedings.

8.25.040    Commencement of actions – Burdens of proof, defenses –Mitigation of civil penalty.

8.25.050    Closure during pendency of action.

8.25.060    Enforcement of closure order – Costs – Civil penalty.

8.25.070    Relief from closure order.

8.25.080    Attorneys fees.

8.25.090    Severability.

8.25.100    Violation.

8.29    HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

8.29.010    Definitions.

8.29.020    Contamination of premises with hazardous material declared a nuisance.

8.29.030    Nuisance unlawful.

8.29.040    Right to enter.

8.29.050    Declaration of public hazard.

8.29.060    Abatement.

8.33    BOARDING UP STRUCTURES

8.33.010    Definitions.

8.33.020    Unsecure real property.

8.33.030    Boarding material.

8.33.040    Real property board-up standard.

8.33.050    Alternative board-up variance.

8.33.060    Joint and several obligations.

8.33.070    Failure to comply.

8.33.080    Public nuisance – Abatement.

8.37    CITY ABATEMENT

8.37.010    Abatement.

8.37.020    Imminent nuisance abatement.

8.37.030    Notice of violation and abatement.

8.37.040    Costs to become a lien.

8.37.050    Interference with abatement personnel prohibited.

8.37.060    Obligations.