§ 90.01 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.

   NUISANCE. Unlawfully doing an act, or omitting to perform a duty, which act or omission 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 highway, or other public property; or

      (4)   In any way renders other persons insecure in life, or in the use of property, provided, this definition shall not apply to preexisting agricultural activities.

   PUBLIC NUISANCE.

      (1)   One which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance of damage inflicted upon the individuals any be unequal. (See 50 O.S. §§ 1, 2, and 3.)

      (2)   Every nuisance not included in this definition is a PRIVATE NUISANCE.

(Prior Code, § 8-401)

Statutory reference:

   Agricultural activities as nuisance, see 50 O.S. § 1.1

   Nuisance defined, see 50 O.S. § 1

   Private nuisance, see 50 O.S. § 3

   Public nuisance, see 50 O.S. § 2