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In addition to other public nuisances declared by other sections of this Code, the following are hereby declared to be public nuisances:

(a) The sale or offering for sale of unwholesome food or drink or a place where such sales or offerings are made;

(b) The sale, offering for sale, or furnishing of intoxicating liquor in violation of the State law or ordinances of the City, or a place where intoxicating liquor is sold, offered for sale, or furnished in violation of the State law or ordinances of the City;

(c) The exposure, display, sale, or distribution of obscene pictures, books, pamphlets, magazines, papers, documents, or objects, or a place where such are exposed, displayed, sold, or distributed;

(d) A place where persons gamble, whether by cards, slot machines, punch boards, or otherwise;

(e) A place where prostitution, illicit sexual intercourse, or other immoral acts are practiced;

(f) A place where activities in violation of State law or ordinance are carried on;

(g) The public exposure of a person having a contagious disease;

(h) The continued making of loud or unusual noises which annoy persons of ordinary sensibilities, or the keeping of an animal which makes such noises;

(i) The operation or use of any electrical apparatus or machine which materially and unduly interferes with radio or television reception by others;

(j) Any use of a street or sidewalk or a place adjacent thereto which causes crowds of people to gather so as to obstruct traffic on such street or sidewalk or which otherwise obstructs traffic thereon, except as may be authorized by law or ordinance;

(k) All ditches, drains, wells, pools, cisterns, bodies, or containers of water in which mosquitoes other insects, vermin, or other pests breed or are likely to breed in a manner that endangers the public health or safety or are not properly constructed, fenced or barricaded and endangers public health or safety;

(l) Carcasses, accumulations of manure or sewage, refuse, or other things which are or are likely to be breeding places for flies, mosquitoes, vermin, or disease germs;

(m) Any building or structure which is dangerous to the public health or safety because of damage, decay, or other condition;

(n) Any pit, hole, or other thing which is so constructed, formed, conditioned, and/or situated as to endanger the public safety;

(o) Any fire or explosion hazard which endangers the public peace, health, safety, or welfare, including but not limited to unprotected or improperly stored concentrated quantities of gasoline, oil, or other flammable or explosive materials;

(p) Any occupation or activity which endangers the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare; and

(q) Any building or structure that is partially or wholly burned or otherwise partially destroyed by other means and that is hazardous to the safety of any person, a continuing fire hazard, or is structurally unsound to the extent that there is a likelihood of injury to any person entering the structure.

(r) Any abandoned residential or commercial structure that has not been connected to water or electrical utilities or an alternative adequate source of the same for a period in excess of 180 days or is otherwise documented by City personnel to be unoccupied for a period in excess of 180 days, and is determined to be a nuisance because it is wrecked, scrapped, disassembled, unusable, burnt, inoperable or unrepairable.

(Ord. 2916-2016)