Section
General Provisions
90.01 Definitions
90.02 Certain public nuisances enumerated
90.03 Nuisance prohibited
90.04 Person responsible for continuing nuisance
90.05 Time does not legalize nuisance
90.06 Remedies against nuisances
90.07 Power to define and summarily abate nuisance
90.08 Summary abatement of nuisances
90.09 Health nuisances; abatement
90.10 Town actions not to jeopardize private action
90.11 Abatement by suit in district court
90.12 Procedure cumulative
90.13 Obstructing health or enforcement officer
90.14 Dumping or disposal of trash on property of another
90.15 Littering prohibited generally
90.16 Abandoned refrigerators
90.17 Open burning; permit
90.18 Toilet facilities required
Weeds and Trash
90.30 Definitions
90.31 Accumulation of trash or weeds
90.32 Duty of owner, occupant to maintain private property
90.33 Reports of accumulation
90.34 Cleaning and mowing; nuisance abatement
90.99 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
NUISANCE.
(1) Unlawfully doing an act, or omitting to perform a duty, or is any thing or condition which either:
(a) Annoys, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health or safety of others;
(b) Offends decency;
(c) 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
(d) In any way renders other persons insecure in life or in the use of property.
(2) Provided, however, this definition shall not apply to preexisting agricultural activities.
PRIVATE NUISANCE. Every nuisance not included in the definition of PUBLIC NUISANCE in this section.
PUBLIC NUISANCE. A nuisance which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, or three or more properties under separate ownership in the vicinity of such nuisance, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon the individuals may be unequal.
(Prior Code, § 4-1-1)
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