(A) The City Council determines that whenever the repeated use, sale, furnishing, giving or possession of controlled substances or drug paraphernalia occurs on any property, or whenever property is repeatedly used for violation of the controlled substance or drug paraphernalia laws or for the purposes of prostitution or soliciting for prostitution, within the city, a public nuisance may result.
(B) A public nuisance results from the increased criminal activity that occurs in the neighborhood surrounding the property, increased pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic in the neighborhood surrounding the property, the fear engendered in the minds of neighbors and the peace and quiet of residents living in the neighborhood surrounding the property being disturbed.
(Ord. 506, passed 9-21-2004)