CHAPTER 90: HEALTH AND SANITATION; NUISANCES
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
§ 90.01 DEFINITIONS.
   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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