This article is enacted to remedy nuisance activities that repeatedly occur or exist at chronic nuisance properties by providing a process for abatement; and this remedy is not an exclusive remedy available under any state or local laws and may be used in conjunction with such other laws. Specifically, it is recognized that W. Va. Code 8-12-5(23) permits municipalities to “provide for the elimination of hazards to public health and safety and to abate or cause to be abated anything which in the opinion of a majority of the governing body is a public nuisance”. Thus, it is further recognized that the city is currently empowered to abate public nuisances without the necessity of litigation. The right to abate public nuisances through action of the governing body is expressly reserved.
(Ord. passed 10-1-2019)
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