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City of Gem Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota <br />Nuisance <br />Ordinance No. 96 <br />AN ORDINANCE DEFINING NUSIANCES, PROHIBITING THEIR CREATION OR MAINTENANCE AND <br />PROVIDING FOR ABATEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEM LAKE ORDAINS: <br />Section 1. Public Nuisance Defined. A public nuisance is a thing, act, or use of property which shall: <br />I. Annoy, injure, or endanger the health, safety, comfort, or repose of the public; <br />2. Offend public decency; <br />3. Unlawfully interfere with the use of or obstruct, or tend to obstruct of render dangerous for passage, a public water, <br />park, square, street, alley, or highway; <br />4. Depreciate the value of the property ofthe inhabitants ofthe City of Gem Lake or of a considerable number thereof: or <br />& In any way render the inhabitants ofthe City of Gem lake, or a considerable number thereof, insecure in life or in use <br />of pmperty. <br />Section 2. Definittons. <br />I. "City" as used herein means the City of Gem Lake. <br />2. <br />-CounciI' as used herein means the City Council of The City of Gem Lake. <br />3. <br />'Person" as used herein includes any person, firm, or corporation; and the singular shall include the plural, <br />4. <br />"Portable Storage 1 Disposal Container Unit' shall mean any enclosed or open container constn cted ofany material <br />j <br />used for temporary or tong -term storage ofpersosTal property or any container used to dispose ofsolid waste, <br />construction debris, or any other refuse. <br />5. <br />Where references are made herein to particular officers, councils, boards, or agencies, such officers, councils, boards, <br />or agencies are those ofthe City of Gem Lake. <br />Section <br />3. Public Nuisances. The following are hereby declared to be public nuisances, affeceing health, safety, comfort, or <br />p [{ .melted [EPM}]; Commissioners should reAewwhat <br />repose: <br />does and does not need to remain in this list, or If <br />1. <br />Dumpsfers and garbage cents which are not fly -tight; <br />something should be added. <br />2. <br />Dumping the coments of any cesspool, privy vauh, or garbage can, except at places authorized by law; <br />3. <br />All noxious weeds that have grown to a height of six (6) inches or greater and other rank growth; <br />Commented [EPlN2]: This is currently in section 9, can <br />4. <br />An accumulation of rubbish, manure, tin cans, bottles, or trash or debris ofany nature or description: and the throwing, <br />discuss if changes are necessary <br />dumping, or deposifing ofany dead animals, manure, garbage, waste, decaying matter, ground, junk, junk vehicles or <br />machinery, sand, stones, ashes rubbish, tin cans, or other materials ofany kind on private property; <br />5. <br />Exterior Storage not adhering to City Ordinances; <br />6. Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas, and soot ov cinders in unreasonable quantities <br />7, Trades, businesses, or Home Occupations not adhering to City Ordinances; Commented [EPM3]: A comment was made in May <br />g, Offensive trades and businesses, as defined statute or ordinance, not licensed as regarding parking of commercial vehicles for home <br />by provided bylaw; occupations, home occupations are not allowed to park <br />9. The distribution ofsamples of medicines or drugs unless such samples arc placed in the hands of an adult person by business vehicles on streets <br />someone properly lionised; and <br />Nuisance Ordinance No 96 1 <br />