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It shall be a “public nuisance” within the city of Bothell if any responsible person or persons shall maintain or allow to be maintained on real property which they may have charge, control or occupy, except as may be permitted by any other city ordinance, whether visible or not from any public street, alley or residence, any of the following conditions:

A. Every person who makes or keeps any explosive or combustible substance in the city, or carries it through the streets thereof, in quantity or manner prohibited by Chapter 70.74 RCW, and every person who, by careless, negligent or unauthorized use or management of any such explosive or combustible substance injures or causes injury to the person or property of another, commits a public nuisance.

B. No person shall permit or allow outside of any dwelling, building or other structure or within any unoccupied or abandoned building, dwelling or other structure under the person’s control, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded icebox, refrigerator or other container which has an airtight door or lid, snap lock or other automatic locking device which may not be released from the inside without first removing said door or lid, snap lock or other locking device from said refrigerator, icebox or container. Every violation of this section is a public nuisance.

C. No person shall, without lawful authority from the appropriate public entity, attach any advertising signs, posters, or any other similar object to any public structure, sign or traffic-control device. Such violation constitutes a public nuisance.

D. No person shall attach to utility poles any of the following: advertising signs, posters, vending machines, or any similar object which presents a hazard to, or endangers the lives of, electrical workers. Any attachment to utility poles shall only be made with the permission of the utility company involved, and shall be placed not less than 12 feet above the surface of the ground. Such violations constitute a public nuisance.

E. Any and all junk, trash, litter, garbage, boxes, bottles, cans, discarded lumber, salvaged materials, or other similar materials in any front yard, side yard, rear yard or vacant lot, except for such materials being used for an immediate construction project on said premises.

F. Any attractive nuisances dangerous to children including, but not limited to, abandoned, broken or neglected buildings, equipment, machinery, refrigerators and freezers, excavations, shafts, or insufficiently supported walls or fences in any front yard, side yard, rear yard or vacant lot.

G. Broken or discarded furniture, furnishings, appliances, household equipment and other similar items, in any front yard, side yard, rear yard or vacant lot.

H. Vegetation, refuse or feces constituting a fire hazard, a health hazard, or a safety hazard.

I. Graffiti on the exterior of any building, fence, or other structure in any front yard, side yard, rear yard or vacant lot.

J. Nonoperational or abandoned vehicles or parts thereof, or other articles of personal property which are discarded or left in a state of partial construction or repair in any front yard, side yard, rear yard or vacant lot. The responsible person may have on the person’s premises, at any one time, only one nonoperational or abandoned vehicle outside an enclosed building for a period not to exceed 14 days.

K. The following conditions relating to bees:

1. Bees kept or raised by an individual or entity in trees, buildings, or any other space except in movable frame hives;

2. Abandoned bee colonies; or

3. The keeping of diseased bees by an individual or entity. (Ord. 2378 § 5, 2022; Ord. 1745 § 1 (Att. A), 1998; Ord. 1688 § 1, 1997).