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(a) Disorderly Houses. All disorderly houses, houses of prostitution or houses or premises kept or resorted to for the purposes of prostitution or lewdness, and all houses, premises, rooms, booths or other structures used as places where people are employed for the purpose of prostitution, or in which people solicit, practice or carry on the business of prostitution, or in which the illegal solicitation of drinks of intoxicating liquors or reputed intoxicants by patrons or employees for their own consumption is regularly and customarily permitted, or in which any drugs are being illegally kept, illegally sold, or illegally consumed are declared to be nuisances.

(b) Places Where Disturbances of the Peace Occur. Any premises, place or business establishment where drunkenness, fighting or breaches of the peace are carried on or permitted or tolerated, or where loud noises are carried on or permitted in such a way as to disturb the peace and tranquility of the neighborhood is declared a nuisance.

(c) Place Where Liquor Used Illegally. Any building, room or rooms, place or places in the city kept or maintained in which intoxicating liquors are sold or given away contrary to law, or in which such liquors are kept or harbored for the evident purpose of selling or giving away the same contrary to law, or where persons are permitted to resort for the purpose of drinking intoxicating liquors, or where intoxicating liquors are kept for the purpose of inducing people to resort to buy or receive intoxicating liquors in violation of law is declared to be a nuisance.

(d) Storage or Parking of Motor Vehicles – Residential Areas. All motor vehicles parked or stored at residential single-family dwellings and duplexes must be in a garage, in a carport, or on a driveway designed and used for the parking of motor vehicles. Driveways designed and used for the parking for motor vehicles are driveways that are separate and apart from yards, driveways consisting of an improved surface (i.e., asphalt, or paving) and driveways having direct access to a public roadway. Motor vehicles parked or stored in violation of this provision are a nuisance.

(e) Parking of Motor Vehicles for Sale. No property owner may park or allow to be parked on his or her property more than one motor vehicle with signage indicating that the motor vehicle is for sale. Private or public parking of more than one motor vehicle with signage indicating that the motor vehicle is for sale is considered to be a land use consistent with the operation of a car sales lot and is a nuisance unless such land use complies fully with the requirements of the city's zoning code and the city's business licensing provisions. (Ord. 2205, § 1 (Exh. A), 2023.)