(A) A
NUISANCE is unlawfully doing an act or omitting to perform a duty or is any thing or condition which either:
(1) Annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others;
(2) Offends decency;
(3) 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
(4) In any way renders other persons insecure in life or in the use of property.
(B) A
PUBLIC NUISANCE is one which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon the individuals may be unequal.
(C) Every nuisance not included in division (B) above is a
PRIVATE NUISANCE.
(Prior Code, § 8-301)
Statutory reference:
Nuisances, see 50 O.S. §§ 1 et seq.