Health And Safety
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
AUTHOR: The record land owner(s) shall be deemed to be the author(s) of and shall be liable and responsible for any nuisance present on or arising out of the use of the property.
NUISANCE: Whatever is dangerous to human life or health, deleterious, injurious, noxious, unsightly and whatever renders soil, air, water or food impure or unwholesome, which includes but is not limited to conditions described in this chapter.
UNSHELTERED: not contained within a building or structure, including the primary building or an accessory building.
PUBLIC VIEW: can be seen from up to six feet above the surface of public property, which may include a road, sidewalk, trail, park or other public space. Any obstruction of public view must be of solid, opaque permanent material, such as an opaque concrete, wood or vinyl fence or a permitted building.
DRIVEWAY: a surface of concrete, asphalt, gravel or other hard material, free of weeds and any other vegetation, which is used to park a vehicle or for vehicular access to a garage or parking area.
STRUCTURE: Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground, or attachment to something having location on the ground.
FRONT YARD: An open space on the same lot with a building between the front line of the building (exclusive of steps) and the front lot line and extending across the full width of the lot. On a corner lot, the front yard may be applied to either street.
BUILDING: Any structure built or erected for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattel or property of any kind.
All restrooms or sewer facilities shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with Utah law and city ordinances. All such facilities that do not comply with such provisions are hereby declared to be a nuisance and are subject to abatement as herein prescribed. All restrooms or sewer facilities shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with Utah law and city ordinances. All such facilities that do not comply with such provisions are hereby declared to be a nuisance and are subject to abatement as herein prescribed.
The City Manager, or designee, may enforce the provisions of this chapter, including the issuance of administrative citation, according to the proceedings of NCC 1.08.040.
"Weeds" shall include any vegetation commonly referred to as a weed or which shall have been designated a noxious weed by the Utah commissioner of agriculture.
It shall be an infraction and subject to penalty as provided in NCC 1.08.010 for any person owning or occupying real property to allow weeds to grow higher on such property than is permitted by this chapter or not to remove from such property any cuttings of such weeds or any refuse, unsightly or deleterious objects after having been given notice.
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
BIN: means a watertight metal or heavy plastic receptacle with a hinged plastic lid and a capacity of between one (1) and eight (8) cubic yards, designed or intended to be mechanically dumped into a packer type truck and provided to the City by the City Collector.
CART: means a watertight heavy plastic receptacle with a rated capacity of approximately sixty-four (64) or ninety-six (96) gallons, having a hinged, tight-fitting lid, and two (2) wheels and provided to the City by the City Collector.
CITY COLLECTOR: means the provider currently established by resolution of the City Council.
COMMERCIAL PREMISE: means (i) Multi-Family Complexes, and (ii) Premises at which business or governmental activity is conducted, including, but not limited to, retail sales, services, medical facilities, wholesale operations, manufacturing and industrial operations, governmental operations, and schools.
COMMERCIAL GARBAGE: Refers to garbage produced in commercial establishments, public or quasi-public institutions or establishments, including restaurants, hotels, motels and similar establishments.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS: All garbage resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition, including remnants of new construction materials, roofing materials, carpeting, scrap metal, building materials, packaging, and green waste from landscaping.
CONTAINER OR REGULATION CONTAINER: A Bin, Cart, or Roll Off type of garbage or trash container of galvanized metal or other approved material and having a tightfitting lid or properly and sufficiently treated weather resistant paper bag manufactured specifically for use in garbage and refuse collection.
DWELLING UNIT: means any individual living unit that includes a kitchen, and a room or suite of rooms, and is designed or occupied as separate living quarters for an individual or group of individuals. However, Dwelling Unit does not include a hotel or motel unit.
GARBAGE: All putrescible and non-putrescible wastes that are not prohibited waste.
GREEN WASTE: Lawn cuttings, clippings from bushes and shrubs, leaves and trees and tree branches, and other vegetative matter from normal yard and landscaping maintenance.
MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEX: means any Premises with four (4) or more Dwelling Units, where such Dwelling Units receive centralized Collection Services (and not individualized Cart-based Collection Services).
MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING: means a Dwelling Unit in a Multi-Family Complex.
OVERAGE: is defined as (i) Refuse, Recyclables or Green Waste exceeding its Container’s intended capacity such that the lid is lifted by at least ten inches (or would be lifted by at least ten inches if lowered) or (ii) Refuse, Recyclables or Green Waste placed on top of or in the immediate vicinity of the Container, in bags or otherwise.
PREMISES: means any parcel of real property in the City where Solid Waste is generated or accumulated.
RECYCLING BIN: Any receptacle made available to the public by a governmental entity or private business for the collection of any source separated item for recycling purposes.
REFUSE: All waste matter, except garbage, attendant or resulting from the occupancy of residences, apartments, hotels or other places of dwelling and from the operation of a business. Refuse shall not be deemed to include industrial waste or waste matter resulting from the construction, demolition or repair of a building or other structure.
RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE: Garbage produced in places of private residence and dining halls not open to the public.
RESIDENTIAL PREMISES: means a Single-Family Premises.
It shall be unlawful for any person who does not possess an unrevoked permit from the Cache County service area no. 1, in addition to any business license required by the city, to engage in the business of refuse collection or refuse disposal for compensation in the city. The Cache County service area no. 1 shall issue permits for such applicants; provided, that such permits shall be limited to persons having proper equipment and personnel to collect and dispose of refuse in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and that no permit shall be required of any agency acting under contract with the city.
The city council from time to time may provide for the collection and disposal of community waste through community clean-up or bulk waste collection services as the city may decide to collect and haul in connection with its regular garbage, waste collection and disposal service.
Any authorized employee or agent of Cache County service area no. 1, after identifying himself, shall have the power to enter at reasonable times upon private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and where necessary, shall obtain a search warrant from a court having jurisdiction.
Violations of this chapter may be enforced by any means available to the city, including by abatement, administrative citation, or criminal prosecution. Violations shall constitute infractions, and each day that the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
GARBAGE: Waste from the preparation, cooking or consumption of food, condemned food products and all refuse and waste from the handling, storage, preparation and sale of produce. Garbage originates primarily in kitchens, stores, markets, restaurants, hotels and other places where food is handled, stored, sold, cooked and consumed.
LITTER: "Garbage", "refuse" and "rubbish", as defined herein, and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety, welfare or appearance of the city.
NEWSPAPER: Any newspaper of general or local circulation or any periodical or current magazine regularly published with not less than four (4) issues per year and sold to the public.
NONCOMMERCIAL HANDBILL: Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature not included in the aforesaid definitions of a "commercial handbill" or "newspaper".
PARK: A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or any other public area in the city, owned or used by the city.
REFUSE: Putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH: Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste, such as paper, wrapping, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
VEHICLE: Every device in, on or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
No person or business shall or cause the same to be done by any person, any notice, placard, bill, card, poster, advertisement or other paper or device calculated to attract the attention of the public upon any or part of any way or public or any lamppost, electric or railway structure, hydrant, shade or tree box, or upon the columns, trusses, girders, railings, gates or other parts of any bridge or other public structure or building, or upon any pole, box or fixture of the fire alarm or police telegraph system, except such as may be authorized or required by the laws of the United States or state, and the ordinances of the city.
It is a class B misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, subject to penalty as provided in NCC 1.08.010 for any person to sell or offer for sale any unwholesome food or beverage which has been condemned by any government food inspector.
The health director shall have power to require the prompt repair of all leaks or other defects in plumbing throughout the city. He shall have power to condemn and abate all plumbing which is deficient under the plumbing ordinances. When, in the opinion of the health director, a change in occupants, type of business or other cause requires changes in plumbing, he shall have the power to compel the installation of an increased number of plumbing fixtures and a change in their type or capacity, and to make such other alterations or increases as may be necessary for the health and safety of the occupants of the building and of the public generally.
The following ordinance which shall be effective as provided herein shall govern the time, place and manner of holding certain special events on City roads or on City property, when an event's impact upon City services exceeds those regularly provided. The regulations provided herein are enacted in order to promote the health, safety and welfare of all the persons in the City, residents and visitors by ensuring that special events do not create disturbances, become nuisances, menace or threaten life, health, and property, disrupt traffic or threaten or damage private or public property. It is not the intent of this ordinance to regulate in any manner the content of speech or infringe upon the right to assemble, except for the time, place and manner of speech and assembly, and this Chapter should not be interpreted, nor construed otherwise.
This chapter imposes regulatory requirements on certain activities which are held on City streets and City property which are defined as “special events”. The requirements imposed by this chapter do not alter, supersede or nullify any requirements contained in other statutes, ordinances or regulations which may also regulate these same activities. These requirements shall be applied in a content-neutral manner and without discrimination as to race, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation or other unlawful discriminatory classification. This chapter shall not apply to the following events:
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:
It is unlawful for any person, corporation, partnership, association or other entity, public or private, to promote, advertise or hold a special event without first obtaining a special event permit and paying the fees as required in this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be applied to regulate the use of traditional public forums as alternative channels of communication by the public, provided such use is for the free exercise of constitutionally protected activities and does not disrupt or interfere with traffic on public streets or the use of public places by other members of the public.
Special Event Permit application forms may be obtained from the Nibley City Planner, 455 W. 3200 S. Nibley, UT 84321
Any permit applicant desiring to appeal an administrative decision concerning the denial of a special event permit may petition the City Council. All appeals shall be in writing, shall state the specific grounds for the appeal, and shall be filed at City Hall within seven (7) calendar days after the date the applicant received notice of the administrative denial. An applicant aggrieved by the decision of the City Council may seek judicial review of such decision pursuant to any other applicable ordinance, statute or rule providing for such review.
A violation of this ordinance shall be a Class B misdemeanor. The Cache County Sheriffs Office, in its discretion, may stop an event which has been issued a permit and/or may issue citations where event staff or participants violate other state statutes or City ordinances, terms or conditions specified in the application, and including but not limited to traffic rules and regulations, disturbing the peace, public nuisance, failure to disperse, trespass, or other health and safety regulations.
This chapter is designed and enacted for the purpose of promoting the safety and health of the citizens and youth of the city and for the removal of graffiti from structures within the city in a way that will enhance the appearance of property and reduce communication between criminal elements.
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
ENFORCEMENT AGENT: Any person or department designated by the city to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
GRAFFITI: The unauthorized spraying of paint or markings of ink, chalk, dye or other similar substances on public and private structures. For the purposes of Utah Code § 10-11-1 et seq., graffiti is deleterious and unsightly.
OBLITERATE: To conceal from view any condition which is considered a violation of this chapter which is visible from the street or from any other public property, or which is visible from private property whose owner thereof has requested the removal of the condition which is considered a violation of this chapter.
OWNER: Any person, who alone or jointly or severally with others:
PERSON: Any individual, public or private corporation and its officers, partnership, association, firm, trustee, executor of an estate, the state or its departments, institution, bureau, agency, municipal corporation, county, city, political subdivision, or any legal entity recognized by law.
PROPERTY: Any form of real property, including a habitable structure or any structure that is appurtenant thereto, object, or anything that is visible or tangible, specifically including, but not limited to, hedges, automobiles, trucks, fences, walls, water and storage tanks, or any other object that can be defaced with graffiti.
All maintenance, removal and control of graffiti in this chapter shall be subject to the direction and control of the enforcement agent.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or occupying property within the city, after receiving written notice from the city's enforcement agent, to fail to remove or obliterate any graffiti from or on any structure located upon any property within the city, when the graffiti is visible from the street or other public property, or which is visible from private property whose owner thereof has requested the removal of the condition which is considered a violation of this chapter.
The enforcement agent designated by the city shall be authorized to make examinations and investigations of all real property located within the city, to determine whether owners of such property are complying with this chapter, and to enforce their provisions. The enforcement agent is authorized to obtain an administrative warrant to allow entry onto private property for the purposes of enforcement of this chapter or for carrying out the duties of the enforcement agent pursuant to this chapter.
Within ten (10) calendar days after the enforcement agent has given a notice of violation, any person aggrieved by the notice may request, in writing, a hearing before a hearing officer designated by the city. The hearing shall take place within ten (10) calendar days after the request. A written notice of the hearing officer's final determination shall be given within ten (10) calendar days after adjournment of the hearing.
Health And Safety
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
AUTHOR: The record land owner(s) shall be deemed to be the author(s) of and shall be liable and responsible for any nuisance present on or arising out of the use of the property.
NUISANCE: Whatever is dangerous to human life or health, deleterious, injurious, noxious, unsightly and whatever renders soil, air, water or food impure or unwholesome, which includes but is not limited to conditions described in this chapter.
UNSHELTERED: not contained within a building or structure, including the primary building or an accessory building.
PUBLIC VIEW: can be seen from up to six feet above the surface of public property, which may include a road, sidewalk, trail, park or other public space. Any obstruction of public view must be of solid, opaque permanent material, such as an opaque concrete, wood or vinyl fence or a permitted building.
DRIVEWAY: a surface of concrete, asphalt, gravel or other hard material, free of weeds and any other vegetation, which is used to park a vehicle or for vehicular access to a garage or parking area.
STRUCTURE: Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground, or attachment to something having location on the ground.
FRONT YARD: An open space on the same lot with a building between the front line of the building (exclusive of steps) and the front lot line and extending across the full width of the lot. On a corner lot, the front yard may be applied to either street.
BUILDING: Any structure built or erected for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattel or property of any kind.
All restrooms or sewer facilities shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with Utah law and city ordinances. All such facilities that do not comply with such provisions are hereby declared to be a nuisance and are subject to abatement as herein prescribed. All restrooms or sewer facilities shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with Utah law and city ordinances. All such facilities that do not comply with such provisions are hereby declared to be a nuisance and are subject to abatement as herein prescribed.
The City Manager, or designee, may enforce the provisions of this chapter, including the issuance of administrative citation, according to the proceedings of NCC 1.08.040.
"Weeds" shall include any vegetation commonly referred to as a weed or which shall have been designated a noxious weed by the Utah commissioner of agriculture.
It shall be an infraction and subject to penalty as provided in NCC 1.08.010 for any person owning or occupying real property to allow weeds to grow higher on such property than is permitted by this chapter or not to remove from such property any cuttings of such weeds or any refuse, unsightly or deleterious objects after having been given notice.
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
BIN: means a watertight metal or heavy plastic receptacle with a hinged plastic lid and a capacity of between one (1) and eight (8) cubic yards, designed or intended to be mechanically dumped into a packer type truck and provided to the City by the City Collector.
CART: means a watertight heavy plastic receptacle with a rated capacity of approximately sixty-four (64) or ninety-six (96) gallons, having a hinged, tight-fitting lid, and two (2) wheels and provided to the City by the City Collector.
CITY COLLECTOR: means the provider currently established by resolution of the City Council.
COMMERCIAL PREMISE: means (i) Multi-Family Complexes, and (ii) Premises at which business or governmental activity is conducted, including, but not limited to, retail sales, services, medical facilities, wholesale operations, manufacturing and industrial operations, governmental operations, and schools.
COMMERCIAL GARBAGE: Refers to garbage produced in commercial establishments, public or quasi-public institutions or establishments, including restaurants, hotels, motels and similar establishments.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS: All garbage resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition, including remnants of new construction materials, roofing materials, carpeting, scrap metal, building materials, packaging, and green waste from landscaping.
CONTAINER OR REGULATION CONTAINER: A Bin, Cart, or Roll Off type of garbage or trash container of galvanized metal or other approved material and having a tightfitting lid or properly and sufficiently treated weather resistant paper bag manufactured specifically for use in garbage and refuse collection.
DWELLING UNIT: means any individual living unit that includes a kitchen, and a room or suite of rooms, and is designed or occupied as separate living quarters for an individual or group of individuals. However, Dwelling Unit does not include a hotel or motel unit.
GARBAGE: All putrescible and non-putrescible wastes that are not prohibited waste.
GREEN WASTE: Lawn cuttings, clippings from bushes and shrubs, leaves and trees and tree branches, and other vegetative matter from normal yard and landscaping maintenance.
MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEX: means any Premises with four (4) or more Dwelling Units, where such Dwelling Units receive centralized Collection Services (and not individualized Cart-based Collection Services).
MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING: means a Dwelling Unit in a Multi-Family Complex.
OVERAGE: is defined as (i) Refuse, Recyclables or Green Waste exceeding its Container’s intended capacity such that the lid is lifted by at least ten inches (or would be lifted by at least ten inches if lowered) or (ii) Refuse, Recyclables or Green Waste placed on top of or in the immediate vicinity of the Container, in bags or otherwise.
PREMISES: means any parcel of real property in the City where Solid Waste is generated or accumulated.
RECYCLING BIN: Any receptacle made available to the public by a governmental entity or private business for the collection of any source separated item for recycling purposes.
REFUSE: All waste matter, except garbage, attendant or resulting from the occupancy of residences, apartments, hotels or other places of dwelling and from the operation of a business. Refuse shall not be deemed to include industrial waste or waste matter resulting from the construction, demolition or repair of a building or other structure.
RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE: Garbage produced in places of private residence and dining halls not open to the public.
RESIDENTIAL PREMISES: means a Single-Family Premises.
It shall be unlawful for any person who does not possess an unrevoked permit from the Cache County service area no. 1, in addition to any business license required by the city, to engage in the business of refuse collection or refuse disposal for compensation in the city. The Cache County service area no. 1 shall issue permits for such applicants; provided, that such permits shall be limited to persons having proper equipment and personnel to collect and dispose of refuse in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and that no permit shall be required of any agency acting under contract with the city.
The city council from time to time may provide for the collection and disposal of community waste through community clean-up or bulk waste collection services as the city may decide to collect and haul in connection with its regular garbage, waste collection and disposal service.
Any authorized employee or agent of Cache County service area no. 1, after identifying himself, shall have the power to enter at reasonable times upon private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and where necessary, shall obtain a search warrant from a court having jurisdiction.
Violations of this chapter may be enforced by any means available to the city, including by abatement, administrative citation, or criminal prosecution. Violations shall constitute infractions, and each day that the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
GARBAGE: Waste from the preparation, cooking or consumption of food, condemned food products and all refuse and waste from the handling, storage, preparation and sale of produce. Garbage originates primarily in kitchens, stores, markets, restaurants, hotels and other places where food is handled, stored, sold, cooked and consumed.
LITTER: "Garbage", "refuse" and "rubbish", as defined herein, and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety, welfare or appearance of the city.
NEWSPAPER: Any newspaper of general or local circulation or any periodical or current magazine regularly published with not less than four (4) issues per year and sold to the public.
NONCOMMERCIAL HANDBILL: Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature not included in the aforesaid definitions of a "commercial handbill" or "newspaper".
PARK: A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or any other public area in the city, owned or used by the city.
REFUSE: Putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH: Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste, such as paper, wrapping, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
VEHICLE: Every device in, on or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
No person or business shall or cause the same to be done by any person, any notice, placard, bill, card, poster, advertisement or other paper or device calculated to attract the attention of the public upon any or part of any way or public or any lamppost, electric or railway structure, hydrant, shade or tree box, or upon the columns, trusses, girders, railings, gates or other parts of any bridge or other public structure or building, or upon any pole, box or fixture of the fire alarm or police telegraph system, except such as may be authorized or required by the laws of the United States or state, and the ordinances of the city.
It is a class B misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, subject to penalty as provided in NCC 1.08.010 for any person to sell or offer for sale any unwholesome food or beverage which has been condemned by any government food inspector.
The health director shall have power to require the prompt repair of all leaks or other defects in plumbing throughout the city. He shall have power to condemn and abate all plumbing which is deficient under the plumbing ordinances. When, in the opinion of the health director, a change in occupants, type of business or other cause requires changes in plumbing, he shall have the power to compel the installation of an increased number of plumbing fixtures and a change in their type or capacity, and to make such other alterations or increases as may be necessary for the health and safety of the occupants of the building and of the public generally.
The following ordinance which shall be effective as provided herein shall govern the time, place and manner of holding certain special events on City roads or on City property, when an event's impact upon City services exceeds those regularly provided. The regulations provided herein are enacted in order to promote the health, safety and welfare of all the persons in the City, residents and visitors by ensuring that special events do not create disturbances, become nuisances, menace or threaten life, health, and property, disrupt traffic or threaten or damage private or public property. It is not the intent of this ordinance to regulate in any manner the content of speech or infringe upon the right to assemble, except for the time, place and manner of speech and assembly, and this Chapter should not be interpreted, nor construed otherwise.
This chapter imposes regulatory requirements on certain activities which are held on City streets and City property which are defined as “special events”. The requirements imposed by this chapter do not alter, supersede or nullify any requirements contained in other statutes, ordinances or regulations which may also regulate these same activities. These requirements shall be applied in a content-neutral manner and without discrimination as to race, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation or other unlawful discriminatory classification. This chapter shall not apply to the following events:
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:
It is unlawful for any person, corporation, partnership, association or other entity, public or private, to promote, advertise or hold a special event without first obtaining a special event permit and paying the fees as required in this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be applied to regulate the use of traditional public forums as alternative channels of communication by the public, provided such use is for the free exercise of constitutionally protected activities and does not disrupt or interfere with traffic on public streets or the use of public places by other members of the public.
Special Event Permit application forms may be obtained from the Nibley City Planner, 455 W. 3200 S. Nibley, UT 84321
Any permit applicant desiring to appeal an administrative decision concerning the denial of a special event permit may petition the City Council. All appeals shall be in writing, shall state the specific grounds for the appeal, and shall be filed at City Hall within seven (7) calendar days after the date the applicant received notice of the administrative denial. An applicant aggrieved by the decision of the City Council may seek judicial review of such decision pursuant to any other applicable ordinance, statute or rule providing for such review.
A violation of this ordinance shall be a Class B misdemeanor. The Cache County Sheriffs Office, in its discretion, may stop an event which has been issued a permit and/or may issue citations where event staff or participants violate other state statutes or City ordinances, terms or conditions specified in the application, and including but not limited to traffic rules and regulations, disturbing the peace, public nuisance, failure to disperse, trespass, or other health and safety regulations.
This chapter is designed and enacted for the purpose of promoting the safety and health of the citizens and youth of the city and for the removal of graffiti from structures within the city in a way that will enhance the appearance of property and reduce communication between criminal elements.
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
ENFORCEMENT AGENT: Any person or department designated by the city to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
GRAFFITI: The unauthorized spraying of paint or markings of ink, chalk, dye or other similar substances on public and private structures. For the purposes of Utah Code § 10-11-1 et seq., graffiti is deleterious and unsightly.
OBLITERATE: To conceal from view any condition which is considered a violation of this chapter which is visible from the street or from any other public property, or which is visible from private property whose owner thereof has requested the removal of the condition which is considered a violation of this chapter.
OWNER: Any person, who alone or jointly or severally with others:
PERSON: Any individual, public or private corporation and its officers, partnership, association, firm, trustee, executor of an estate, the state or its departments, institution, bureau, agency, municipal corporation, county, city, political subdivision, or any legal entity recognized by law.
PROPERTY: Any form of real property, including a habitable structure or any structure that is appurtenant thereto, object, or anything that is visible or tangible, specifically including, but not limited to, hedges, automobiles, trucks, fences, walls, water and storage tanks, or any other object that can be defaced with graffiti.
All maintenance, removal and control of graffiti in this chapter shall be subject to the direction and control of the enforcement agent.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or occupying property within the city, after receiving written notice from the city's enforcement agent, to fail to remove or obliterate any graffiti from or on any structure located upon any property within the city, when the graffiti is visible from the street or other public property, or which is visible from private property whose owner thereof has requested the removal of the condition which is considered a violation of this chapter.
The enforcement agent designated by the city shall be authorized to make examinations and investigations of all real property located within the city, to determine whether owners of such property are complying with this chapter, and to enforce their provisions. The enforcement agent is authorized to obtain an administrative warrant to allow entry onto private property for the purposes of enforcement of this chapter or for carrying out the duties of the enforcement agent pursuant to this chapter.
Within ten (10) calendar days after the enforcement agent has given a notice of violation, any person aggrieved by the notice may request, in writing, a hearing before a hearing officer designated by the city. The hearing shall take place within ten (10) calendar days after the request. A written notice of the hearing officer's final determination shall be given within ten (10) calendar days after adjournment of the hearing.