The following acts when committed, or conditions when existing, within the Town are hereby defined and declared to be nuisances: (Passed 6-3-21.)
(a) An act done or committed or aided or assisted to be done or committed by any person, or any substance, being or thing kept, maintained, placed or found in or upon any public or private place, which is injurious or dangerous to the public health or safety.
(b) All buildings, bridges or other structures of whatever character kept or maintained or which are permitted by any person owning or having control thereof to be kept or maintained in a condition unsafe, dangerous, unhealthy, injurious or annoying to the public.
(c) All trees and other appendages of or to realty kept or maintained or which are permitted by any person owning or having control thereof to be kept or maintained in a condition unsafe, dangerous, unhealthy, injurious or annoying to the public.
(d) All ponds or pools of stagnant water, and all foul or dirty water or liquid when discharged through any drain, pipe or spout, or thrown into or upon any street, public place or lot to the injury or annoyance of the public.
(e) All obstructions caused or permitted on any street or sidewalk to the danger or annoyance of the public, and all stones, rubbish, dirt, filth, slops, vegetable matter or other article thrown or placed by any person on or in any street, sidewalk or other public place, which in any way may cause injury or annoyance to the public.
(f) All sidewalks, gutters or curbstones permitted to remain in an unsafe condition or out of repair. (1973 Code §16-3)
(g) All fences, hedges with wire passing through, structures or partitions, separating or enclosing pieces of land, which can or may transmit electrical current.
(Passed 10-2-80.)
(h) All stables, cattle yards, hog, sheep or cow pens, or yards for poultry, permitted by the owner thereof or the person responsible therefor to be in such a condition as to become offensive, annoying or injurious to the public.
(i) All houses, or buildings used for special storage of powder, dynamite or other explosive substances, except those maintained pursuant to a permit issued by competent authority.
(1973 Code §16-3)
(j) The parking of abandoned motor vehicles as defined in West Virginia Code 17-24a on private property within sight from any public street or highway.
(Passed 8-2-90.)
The nuisances described in this section shall not be construed as exclusive, and any act of commission or omission and any condition which constitutes a nuisance by statute or common law of the State is, when committed, omitted or existing within the Town or within the area surrounding the Town and within one mile of the Town limits is hereby declared to titute a nuisance. (1973 Code §16-3)