For the purpose of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(A) A
NUISANCE is unlawfully doing an act, or omitting to perform a duty, or is any thing or condition which either:
(1) Annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others;
(2) Offends decency;
(3) Unlawfully interferes with, obstructs, or tends to obstruct, or renders dangerous for passage, any lake or navigable river, stream, canal, or basin, or any public park, square, street, or other public property; or
(4) In any way renders other persons insecure in life or in the use of property.
(B) A
PUBLIC NUISANCE is one which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon the individuals may be unequal.
(C) Every nuisance not included in subsection (B) above of this section is a
PRIVATE NUISANCE.
(Prior Code, § 18-168)
Statutory reference:
Power to define, abate nuisances, procedures, see 50 O.S. §§ 1 et seq.