A. Defined:
1. A "public nuisance" is a crime against the public order and economy of the city, and consists in unlawfully doing any act or omitting to perform any duty, which act or omission, either:
a. Annoys, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health or safety of three (3) or more persons;
b. Offends public decency;
c. Unlawfully interferes with, obstructs, or tends to obstruct, or renders dangerous for passage, any lake, stream, canal, or basin, or any public park, square, street, or highway; or
d. In any way renders three (3) or more persons insecure in life or the use of property.
2. An act which affects three (3) or more persons in any of the ways specified in this subsection is still a nuisance regardless of whether the extent of annoyance or damage inflicted on individuals is unequal. (1991 Code § 8.28.210, as amended)
B. Classification Of Offense: Every person who maintains or commits any public nuisance, the punishment for which is not otherwise prescribed, or who wilfully omits to perform any legal duty relating to the removal of a public nuisance, is guilty of a class C misdemeanor, and subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code. (1991 Code § 8.28.220, as amended; amd. 2009 Code)
C. Abatement: The city attorney is empowered to institute an action in the name of the city to abate a public nuisance. (1991 Code § 8.28.250, as amended)