5-3-1: NUISANCE DEFINED; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE NUISANCES:
   A.   Nuisance: 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. (2008 Code § 8-301)
Provided, however, this definition shall not apply to preexisting agricultural activities. (2019 Code)
   B.   Public Nuisance: 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.   Private Nuisance: Every nuisance not included in subsection B of this section is a private nuisance. (2008 Code § 8-301)