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ORDINANCE NO. STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CODE RELATED TO FIREWOOD STORAGE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON ORDAINS that the New Brighton Code of Ordinance is amended by amending City Code Chapter 17-2 Sec. 17-2. Health Nuisances. The maintaining, using, placing, depositing, leaving or permitting to be or remain on any public or private property of any of the listed items, conditions, or actions are hereby declared to be and constitute a public nuisance affecting the health, safety, comfort, or repose. This enumeration. shall not be deemed or construed to be conclusive, limiting, or restrictive. (1) Garbage and Trash. Accumulations of rubbish, junk, garbage, tree branches, cut trees, grass clippings, tin cans, bottles or trash or debris of any nature or description except in fly -tight containers, and the throwing, dumping, or depositing of any dead animals, manure, garbage, waste, decaying matter, ground sand, stones, ashes, rubbish or tin cans on private property. (2) Dumping. Dumping the contents of any cesspool, privy vault, or garbage can except at places authorized by law. (3) Animal Carcass. Carcasses of animals not burned or destroyed within 24 hours after death except in connection with the lawful operation of a licensed rendering plant. (4) Weeds. All noxious weeds and other rank growths. (5) Smoke and Fumes. Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas, soot, or flying cinders in unreasonable quantities. (6) Land Fill. The dumping of or use as land fill of any materials except clean sand, gravel, soil and dirt without a special permit from the City. (7) Firewood Storage. The outside storage of cut firewood shall be stored in the side or rear yard and stacked in order to be stable. Combined firewood stacks shall not exceed 512 cubic feet. (8)(7� Other Acts. All other acts, omissions of acts, occupations, and uses of property which are deemed by the Health Officer to be a menace to the health of the inhabitants of the City or a considerable number thereof. (Code 1966; Ord. No. 257, 9-23-69; Code of 1988; Code of 2001) Adopted this 13a' day of January, 2009. Underline indicates new language; S#il eugh indicates deleted language]