§ 12-3. Nonexclusive enumeration.

(a)

The following acts when committed, or conditions when existing, within the county are hereby defined and declared to be nuisances:

(1)

Any act done or committed or aided or assisted to be done or committed by any person, or any substance, being or thing kept, maintained, placed or found in or upon any public or private place, which is injurious or dangerous to the public health or safety.

(2)

All buildings, bridges or other structures of whatever character kept or maintained, or which are permitted by any person owning or having control thereof to be kept or maintained, in a condition unsafe, dangerous, unhealthy, injurious or annoying to the public. ^[2]

(3)

All trees and other appendages of or to realty kept or maintained, or which are permitted by any person owning or having control thereof to be kept or maintained, in a condition unsafe, dangerous, unhealthy, injurious or annoying to the public.

(4)

All ponds or pools of stagnant water, and all foul or dirty water or liquid when discharged through any drain, pipe or spout, or thrown into or upon any street, public place or lot to the injury or annoyance of the public.

(5)

All obstructions caused or permitted on any street or sidewalk to the danger or annoyance of the public, and all stones, rubbish, dirt, filth, slops, vegetable matter or other articles thrown or placed by any person on or in any street, sidewalk or other public place, which in any way may cause any injury or annoyance to the public. ^[3]

(6)

All sidewalks, gutters or curbstones permitted to remain in an unsafe condition or out of repair.

(7)

All stables, cattle yards, hog, sheep or cow pens or yards for poultry permitted by the owner thereof or the person responsible therefor to be in such a condition as to become offensive, annoying or injurious to the public. ^[4]

(8)

All houses or buildings used for special storage of powder, dynamite or other explosive substances, except those maintained pursuant to all applicable provisions of state law, this Code and other ordinances of the county.

(b)

The nuisances described in this section shall not be construed as exclusive, and any act of commission or omission and any condition which constitutes a nuisance by statute or common law of the state, when committed, omitted or existing within the county, is hereby declared to constitute a nuisance.

(Code 1974, § 12-3)

Footnotes:

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Cross reference— Removal, repair, etc., of dangerous structures, § 5-3.

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Cross reference— Vehicles or other objects obstructing highways or public grounds, § 11-96 et seq.

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Cross reference— Premise where animals and fowl kept to be maintained so as not to constitute nuisance, § 4-2.