(A) A nuisance is unlawfully doing an act or omitted to perform a duty or is anything 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 defined, municipal powers to abate, see 50 O.S. §§ 1 et seq.