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It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or create the following declared nuisances within the townsite service area:

A. To bury a person except within an established cemetery.

B. To annoy, injure or endanger the safety, health, comfort, or repose of the public.

C. To interfere with, obstruct, or render dangerous any street, highway, sidewalk, right-of-way, navigable lake, or stream.

D. To make any loud or unreasonable noise that annoys, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, or health of a person, except as may be necessary in the operation of properly maintained equipment or other apparatus which cannot be operated otherwise.

E. To operate a machine, device or apparatus that causes reasonably preventable electric interference in the operation of any radio or television receiving set.

F. To maintain a building in a state of disrepair or deterioration, in a manner creating or permitting the existence of a hazardous or unsafe condition, or in a manner constituting an attractive nuisance.

G. To maintain a building in a state of disrepair or deterioration so as to reduce the surrounding property values or cause other unreasonable economic detriment to surrounding property owners, including, but not limited to, allowing on the premises: lumber, refuse, junk, debris, or abandoned, discarded, and unused objects, such as automobiles, fixtures, furniture, appliances, and other objects which are not kept for immediate use and have been allowed on the premises for more than 30 days.

H. To cause the accumulation of stagnant water or discharge of wastewater on the ground surface or into any surface watercourse as a result of the failure of an on-site wastewater disposal system.

I. To create, permit, or allow to exist, or to fail to take reasonable and precautionary measures to restrict access to, a condition on property in one’s control or possession constituting an attractive nuisance or safety hazard to children, including, but not limited to: abandoned or broken equipment or tools, excavations, water pools, or objects in which children can be confined, such as refrigerators or other enclosures.

J. To cause the emission of noxious fumes.

K. To cause the public exposure of a person having a contagious disease in violation of a public safety order/advisement.

L. To cause one’s cellar, pool, sewer, water closet, or private drain to become noxious, foul, offensive, or to otherwise pose an unreasonable risk to the public health and safety. (Ord. 20-01-554 § 5)