Sedona City Code §8.10.020 defines public nuisances to include abandoned/junk vehicles, junk yards, dumping grounds, and exterior areas littered with unused, inoperable, worn-out, or discarded appliances or household items.
The nuisance test is whether the condition interferes with the comfortable enjoyment or quality of life or property by others. Filthy, littered, or trash-covered exterior areas are explicit examples. The same chapter covers abandoned vehicles (§8.10.170). Code-enforcement officers may issue notices to abate; failure to comply leads to city abatement with the cost recovered as a lien on the property.
Civil infraction with administrative abatement and cost recovery as a property lien.
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