Boonville Public nuisances generally ordinance (§ 13-2)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, maintain or permit a public nuisance.

(b) Public nuisance defined. Any fence, wall, shed, deck, house, garage, building, structure or any part of the aforesaid, or any tree, pole, smoke stack; or any excavation, hole, pit, basement, cellar, dock, wharf or landing dock; or any lot, land, yard, premises or location which in its entirety, or any part thereof by reason of its condition in which the same is found or permitted to remain, shall or may endanger the health, safety, life, limb or property or cause any hurt, harm, inconvenience, discomfort, damage or injury to any one or more individuals in the city, in any one or more of the following particulars:

(1) By reason of being a menace, threat and/or hazard to the general health and safety of the community;

(2) By reason of being a fire hazard;

(3) By reason of being unsafe for occupancy or use on, in, upon, about or around the aforesaid property;

(4) By reason of lack or sufficient or adequate maintenance of the property which depreciates the enjoyment and use of the property in the immediate vicinity to such an extent that it is harmful to the community in which such property is situated or such condition exists.

(c) The following acts in additions to any other violations of this ordinance, are determined by the city council as noisome, offensive, unwholesome, or dangerous to the public health, welfare, and/or safety and shall constitute a public nuisance.

(1) Allowing stagnant pools water to accumulate;

(2) The keeping of any horse, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, mules or other livestock or fowl within the corporate limits (unless a municipal permit has been issued);

(3) The pollution of any river or stream;

(4) Burning of any refuse or other materials in such a manner as to cause or permit the smoke, ashes, soot or gases to be sensed by any person or neighborhood;

(5) The distribution of samples of medicines or

drugs to minors;

(6) The keeping of doves or pigeons which de-

posit excrete on buildings and sidewalks. (7) Maintaining a privy or outdoor water closet

where connections to a sanitary sewer are available.

(8) Garbage trucks that are not covered and

leakproof;

(9) Dead animals not disposed of within 24 hours.

(10) Any building, house, room or other structure

or vehicle, maintained or used for purposes of lewdness, assignation or prostitution; (11) Any pit, basin, hole or other excavation which

is unguarded and dangerous to life or has been abandoned, or is no longer used for the purpose for which it was constructed, or is maintained contrary to law.

(12) All obstructions to streets, rights-of-way, or

other public ways in the city, and all excavations in or under the same which are by ordinance prohibited, or which may be made without lawful permission, or which having been made by lawful permission, or kept and maintained after the purpose thereof has been accomplished, or for an unreasonable length of time.

(13) Erecting, maintaining, using, placing, depos-

iting, leaving, or permitting to be or remain in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, park, parkway, or other public or private place in the city, any one or more of, but not limited to the following conditions or things:

a. Any bone, meat, hides, skin or the whole or parts of any dead animals or fish; b. Any chemicals or other materials commonly known to be noxious, offensive, dangerous or otherwise injurious, including, but not limited to grease, oil, antifreeze, explosives, radio active materials and poisons.

(14) All premises and vehicles whereon or wherein

intoxicating liquor is manufactured, sold, bartered, exchanged, given away, furnished, disposed of, consumed, or permitted to be consumed, in violation of the laws of the state and the ordinances of the city;

(15) All vacant, unused, or unoccupied buildings

and structures within the city which are allowed to become or remain open to entrance by unauthorized persons or the general public, because of broken, missing, or open doors, windows or other openings, so that they may be used by vagrants or other persons in a manner detrimental to the health and welfare of the inhabitants of the city; (16) Any refrigerator, ice box or deep freeze locker

having a capacity of one and one-half cubic feet or more or any other container manufactured, custom made or home made designed for storage which is stored, discarded, abandoned or left in any place accessible to children and which has not had the door or latching mechanism removed to prevent the latching or locking of the door; (17) Leaving, or permitting to be or remain in or

upon any sidewalk, steps, or other public or private walkway in the city, any one or more of, but not limited to, the following conditions or things:

a. Holes or protruding edges on public sidewalks and steps;

b. Accumulation of snow and ice not removed within 24 hours;

c. Mud, debris, garbage or other items or substance upon the surface which might cause a pedestrian to lose footing; d. Overhanging trees, shrubs or other obstructions to pedestrian travel;

(18) Electric fence or fence constructed wholly or

partly of barbed wire except in areas within the city zoned agricultural.

(19) A swimming pool or any other pool of water

that is more than 24 inches deep that is not enclosed by a fence at least 48 inches in height with a lockable gate. Said gate which is left unlocked when pool is not in use will constitute a public nuisance.

(20) Reserved.

(21) Reserved.