For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PRIVATE NUISANCE. Every nuisance not included in the definition of “public nuisance” below is a PRIVATE NUISANCE.
PUBLIC NUISANCE. 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.
NUISANCE. 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.
(Prior Code, § 93.001) (Ord. 2019-560, passed 9-3-2019) Penalty, see § 93.999
Statutory reference:
Power to define and abate nuisances, see 50 0.S. § 16