Whoever by his or her act or failure to perform a legal duty intentionally does any of the following is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, which is a misdemeanor:
(A) Maintains or permits a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures or endangers the safety, health, morals, comfort or repose of any considerable number of members of the public;
(B) Interferes with, obstructs or renders dangerous for passage any public highway or right-of-way, or waters used by the public; or
(Ord. 2005-4, passed 9-26-2005) Penalty § 10.99
The following are hereby declared to be nuisances affecting health:
(A) Exposed accumulation of decayed or unwholesome food or vegetable matter;
(B) All diseased animals running at large;
(C) Ponding, or pooling of stagnant water, caused by owners or occupant’s change in grade to land;
(D) Carcasses of animals not buried or destroyed within 24 hours after death;
(E) Accumulations of manure, excepting the accumulations created in the operation of farming, or through composting as defined in M.S. § 18C.005, Subd.6a, when the compost is at least 20 feet from all property lines and is limited in size to six feet in height and 36 square feet in surface area;
(F) Refuse or other debris;
(G) Privy vaults and garbage cans which are not rodent-free or fly-tight or which are so maintained as to constitute a health hazard or to emit foul and disagreeable odors;
(H) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream or lake, canal or body of water by sewage, industrial waste or other substances;
(I) All noxious weeds and other rank growths of vegetation upon public or private property, excepting in areas not served by city water and city sewer;
(J) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas and soot or cinders, in unreasonable quantities;
(K) All public exposure of people having a contagious disease; and
(L) Any offensive trade or business as defined by statute not operating under local license.
(Ord. 2005-4, passed 9-26-2005) Penalty § 10.99
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