(A) In addition to other public nuisances declared by other sections of this code or law, the following are declared to be public nuisances:
(1) The sale or offering for sale of unwholesome food or drink or the keeping of a place where such sales or offerings are made;
(2) The sale, offering for sale, or furnishing of intoxicating liquor in violation of the state law or ordinances of the city or keeping of a place where intoxicating liquor is sold, offered for sale, or furnished in violation of the state law or ordinances of the city;
(3) The exposure, display, sale, or distribution of obscene pictures, books, pamphlets, magazines, papers, documents, or objects or the keeping of a place where such are exposed, displayed, sold, or distributed;
(4) The keeping of a place where persons gamble, whether by cards, slot machines, punchboards, or otherwise;
(5) The keeping of a place where prostitution, illicit sexual intercourse, or other immoral acts are practiced;
(6) The keeping of a place where activities in violation of state law or ordinance are practiced or carried on;
(7) The conduct or holding of public dances in violation of the ordinances of the city or the keeping of a place where such dances are held;
(8) The public exposure of a person having a contagious disease, when such public exposure puts another person or persons in immediate danger of contracting the disease;
(9) The continued making of loud or unusual noises which annoy persons of ordinary sensibilities or the keeping of an animal which makes such noises;
(10) The operation or use of any electrical apparatus or machine which materially or unduly interferes with radio or television reception by others;
(11) Any use of a street or sidewalk or a place adjacent thereto which causes crowds of people to gather so as to obstruct traffic on such street or sidewalk or which otherwise obstructs traffic thereon, except as may be authorized by law or ordinance;
(12) Permitting water or other liquid to flow or fall, or ice or snow to fall, from any building or structure upon any street or sidewalk;
(13) All wells, pools, cisterns, bodies, or containers of water in which mosquitoes breed or are likely to breed or which are so constructed, formed, conditioned, or situated as to endanger the public safety;
(14) Rank weeds or grass, carcasses, accumulations of manure, refuse, or other things which are, or are likely to be, breeding places for flies, mosquitoes, vermin, or disease germs and the premises on which such exist;
(15) Any building or structure which is dangerous to the public health or safety because of damage, decay, or other condition;
(16) Any pit, hole, or other thing which is so constructed, formed, conditioned, or situated as to endanger the public safety, public water supply, and/or the city’s vested property rights associated therewith;
(17) Any fire or explosion hazard which endangers the public safety;
(18) Any occupation or activity which endangers the public peace, health, morals, safety, or welfare;
(19) Any motor vehicle (whether in operating condition or not) or any trailer without a current vehicle plate as required by law for vehicles used on the public highways, when stored or kept in a residence district;
(20) Any stable or other place where animals are kept that may become obnoxious or annoying to any resident of this city by reason of any noise or noises made by the animal therein or by reason of lack of sanitation is declared to be a nuisance;
(21) Every building or other structure that shall become unsafe and dangerous from fire, decay, or other cause or shall become hazardous from fire by reason of age, decay, or construction, location, or other cause, or shall be detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of this city or its inhabitants from any cause is declared to be a nuisance; and
(22) (a) The withdrawal of groundwater, in whole or in part, from any portion of the Blue River subsurface watershed within one mile of a segment of the Blue River considered to be perennial in the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Hydrology Dataset and which has a base flow of 500 or more gallons per minute; within two miles of a spring that flows 500 or more gallons per minute emanating from the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer and any portion of which flow discharges to a segment of the Blue River considered to be perennial in the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Hydrology Dataset; or within 1,320 feet of a spring that flows 50 or more gallons per
minute emanating from the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer and any portion of which flow discharges to a segment of the Blue River considered to be perennial in the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Hydrology Dataset:
1. In excess of the amount that would be allowed under the applicable equal proportionate share; or
2. That otherwise interferes with, degrades, or undermines the water quality of water quantity of Blue River.
(b) Equal proportionate share as used herein shall be defined as “the portion of the maximum annual yield of water from a groundwater basin that is allocated to each acre of land overlying the basin or subbasin” unless otherwise defined by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (“OWRB”) at which time the definition established by the OWRB shall be adopted herein by reference.
(B) The above enumeration of certain public nuisances shall be cumulative and not limit other provisions of law or ordinances defining public or private nuisances either in more general or more specific terms.
(Prior Code, § 95.60) (Ord. 1848, passed 3-13-2018)