§ 14-133. Accumulation of objects.  


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  • It is unlawful for any person to place, leave, store, dump or permit the accumulation on any open lot or other premises of any lumber, yard debris, boxes, barrels, bricks, stones, scrap metal, motor vehicle bodies or parts, or similar materials, rubbish or any articles of junk, which are not removed within 14 days and that affect the health, safety or welfare of the city. Excepted from this prohibition are construction materials for ongoing construction projects, neatly stacked firewood, and compost piles consisting of vegetable matter. The offense described in this section is an Independence Municipal Code Class A violation, per section 1-22.

(Prior Code, § 41.455; Code 2006, § 8.4.13)