§ 93.01 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   NUISANCE. Any condition or thing existing or allowed to exist that:

      (1)   Injures or endangers the comfort, health or safety of others;

      (2)   Offends the decency of any person or the community;

      (3)   Is offensive to the senses;

      (4)   Unlawfully interferes with, obstructs or tends to destruct or renders dangerous for passage any public or private street, highway, sidewalk, alley, stream, ditch or swale;

      (5)   Essentially interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life and/or property, or tends to depreciate the value of other’s property.

   The Office of the Plan Commission shall have the authority to determine violations under this chapter. The Board of Public Works and Safety shall be empowered to order the abatement of a nuisance, and to issue orders and fines as designated.

(`81 Code, § 93.01) (Ord. 98-2319, passed 12-21-98)