(A) Whoever by his or her act or failure to perform a legal duty intentionally does any of the following is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, which is a misdemeanor:
(1) Maintains or permits a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures or endangers the safety, health, morals, comfort or repose of any considerable number of members of the public;
(2) Interferes with, obstructs or renders dangerous for passage any public highway or right-of-way, or waters used by the public; or
(3) Is guilty of any other act or omission declared by law or this chapter to be a public nuisance.
(B) Any person, organization or entity that makes or causes any public nuisance, as defined above, to exist shall be deemed to be the author of the nuisance. Moreover, any person who has possession or control of any private property or premises, whether he or she is the owner of the property or not, where any nuisance exists or is found, shall be deemed the author of the nuisance. Moreover, any person who is the owner of the private property or premises, or an agent for the owner of private property or premises, who, having received prior notice of the existence of such nuisance, shall fail to remove the thing or things or abate the condition described in such notice, shall be deemed the author of the nuisance. Each and every day during which a nuisance continues shall be deemed a separate offense and shall be prosecutable and punishable as a separate offense.
(Ord. 878, passed 6-14-99)