§ 1021-1-P1. Public Nuisance.  


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  • "Public nuisance" means any space, building, excavation, facility or site operated for the disposal of material authorized in this chapter which in its entirety or in part thereof, by the reason of the condition in which the same is permitted to be or remain, shall or may endanger the health, life, limb, or property or cause any hurt, harm, inconvenience, damage or injury to any one or more persons within the city including, but not limited to, any one or more of the following:

    (a)

    By reason of being a menace to the general health of the community;

    (b)

    By reason of being a fire hazard;

    (c)

    By reason of being unsafe for occupancy or use on, in, about, or around the aforesaid premises;

    (d)

    By reason of being a nuisance because of a lack of reasonable or adequate maintenance of the premises, thereby depreciating the enjoyment and use of the adjacent properties in the immediate vicinity to such an extent that it is harmful to the community in which such premises, site, or facility is situated;

    (e)

    By reason of material being placed on the premises, site, or facility which may cause seepage through a dike or in any other way drain upon adjacent property or into ditches or waterways so as to cause pollution of water or soil;

    (f)

    By reason of material being placed on the premises, site, or facility being of such a nature so as to cause pollution of air;

    (g)

    By reason of encumbering the use of the right-of-way;

    (h)

    By reason of placing the right-of-way in a condition that its use is to impose a danger to the public;

    (i)

    By reason of impeding the proper maintenance/construction of the right-of-way.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 345-1995, eff. Nov. 24, 1995)