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THE PUN~SH~NT ~D ~A~~ OF PUBLIC
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THE C~ COUNCIL OF THE C~TY OF PORT TO.SEND, ~N ~G~AR~;SESS~ON
~SE~LED~ ~ O~A~N AS FOL~WS:
Section ~. Every ac~ ~a~fu~y done and every omission ~o
perfo~ a duty, which act or omission
(1) Shall ~noy, injure or endanger ~e saftey, heal~, or
repose of any considerable nu~er of persons~ or,
(2) Shall offend p~lic ~ecency~ or,
(3) Shall ~lawfully in~rfere wi~, befoul, ~t~ct, or mender
dangerous for passage, a lake, pon~, bay or basin, or a p~lic par~,
square, street, alley or highway~ or,
(4) Shall in any way render a considerable n~er of ~rsons
insec~e in life or the use of property~
Shall be a p~lic nu~eance, an~ shall be p~ishable as a
mi sde~anor.
Section 2. ~ act which affects a considerable n~ber of
persons in ~y of the ways specified in Section 1 hereof is not
less a public nuisance because ~e extent of da~ge is ~ne~al.
Secti~ 3. Every pers~ ~o shall co,it or ~intain a public
~uisance, for.which no special 9~iSh~nt is prescri~ or who ~all
w~~yomit or refuse to perform ~y legal ~uty relating to the
removal of such nuisance~ .an~ every person ~o shall let, or ~rmit
to be use~, ~y ~l~ing or b~t, or portion thereof, kn~ing ~at
it is in~nded to be, or is being used, for ~itting or maintaining
any such nuisance, shall be quilty of a ~sdemeanor.
Section 4. ~y court or ~gistrate ~fore whom ~ere ~y be
pending any proceeding for ~e violation of any of ~e provisions
'~O~~ t~ ~°~inance, in a~dition to any fine or o~e~ punis~nt which
it ~y impose for such violation~A0rder such ~uisance abated.
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Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage approval
and publication in the form and manner required by la~.
Read for the first time April 18, 1978. Read for the second and third
times, passed by the Council and approved by the ~ayor on ~ay 2, 1978.
City Clerk ~ City Attorney