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The following are deemed to be a public nuisance:

A. Any place where people congregate, which encourages the disturbance of the peace, or where the conduct of persons in or about that place is such as to annoy or disturb the peace of the occupants of or persons attending such place, or the residents in the vicinity, or the passersby on the public streets or highways; or

B. Any public or private place or premises which encourages professional gambling, unlawful use of drugs, unlawful sale or distribution of drugs, furnishing or selling intoxicating liquor to minors, furnishing or selling fermented malt beverages to persons under the age of twenty-one (21), solicitation for prostitution, or trafficking in stolen property; or

C. Any bawdy and disorderly house or house of ill fame or assignation within the Town or within three (3) miles beyond, except where the boundaries of another municipality adjoin the outer Town boundaries; or

D. Any building, fence, structure, or land within the Town, the condition of which presents a substantial danger or hazard to public health or safety, including any deteriorated or dilapidated buildings or building that has become so out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, insanitary, or otherwise unfit for human habitation or occupancy, as provided in the International Existing Building Code, International Building Code, or such other code as may be adopted by reference by the Town; or

E. Any dilapidated building of whatever kind which is unused by the owner, or uninhabited because of deterioration or decay, which condition constitutes a fire hazard or subjects adjoining property to danger of damage by storm, soil erosion, or rodent infestation, or which becomes a place frequented by trespassers and transients seeking a temporary hideout or shelter; or

F. Any unlawful pollution or contamination of any surface or subsurface waters in this Town or of the air, or any water, substance or material intended for human consumption, but no action shall be brought under this subsection if the State Department of Public Health and Environment or any other agency of the State of Colorado charged by and acting pursuant to statute or duly adopted regulation has assumed jurisdiction by the institution of proceedings on that pollution or contamination; or

G. Any cellar, vault, sewer, drain, place, property, or premises within the Town which is damp, unwholesome, nauseous, offensive, or filthy, or which is covered for any portion of the year with stagnant or impure water, or which is in such condition so as to produce unwholesome or offensive odors, or which is injurious to the public health; or

H. Permitting any garbage container to remain on a premises when it has become unclean, offensive, or which is injurious to the public health; or

I. Allowing vegetable or animal waste, garbage, litter, filth or refuse of any nature to accumulate within or upon any private alley, yard, or area except when it is temporarily deposited for immediate removal; or

J. Permitting the accumulation of manure in any stable, stall, corral, feed yard, yard or in any other building or area in which any animals are kept; or

K. Permitting any slaughterhouse, market, meat shop, stable, feed yard, or other place or building, wherein any animals are slaughtered, kept, fed, or sold, to remain unclean or in any state or condition detrimental to health or creating a nuisance because of odors, or in which flies or rodents breed; or

L. Discharging or placing any offensive water, liquid waste, or refuse of any kind into any street, alley, sidewalk, gutter, stream, wash, natural watercourse, ditch, canal, or any vacant lot or which as the result of continued discharge will render the place of discharge offensive or likely to become so; or

M. Keeping or collecting any stale or putrid grease or other offensive matter; or

N. Having or permitting upon any premises any fly- or mosquito-producing condition; or

O. Keeping any drinking vessel for public use without providing a method of decontamination between uses; or

P. Any toilet or sanitary sewer facilities not constructed and maintained in accordance with the ordinances of the Town; or

Q. Neglecting or refusing to discontinue use of, clean out, disinfect, and fill up all privy vaults, septic tanks and cesspools or other individual wastewater disposal systems within twenty (20) days after notice from any enforcement officer or official of the Town; or

R. Obstructing or tending to obstruct or interfere with or render dangerous for passage any street or sidewalk, lake, stream, drainage canal or basin, public park, or any public property without first obtaining the written permission of the Town; or

S. The maintenance of any drainage system, canal, ditch, conduit or other water course of any kind or nature, natural or artificial, in a manner so as to become so obstructed so as to cause the water to back up and overflow therefrom, or to become unsanitary; or

T. Any use of premises or of building exteriors which are deleterious or injurious, noxious or unsightly, which includes, but is not limited to, keeping or depositing on, accumulation of, or scattering over the premises lumber, junk, trash, debris, or abandoned, discarded or unused objects or equipment such as furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, cans or containers; or

U. Unsheltered storage of old, unused, stripped and junked machinery, implements, or personal property of any kind which is no longer safely usable for the purposes for which it was manufactured, for a period of thirty (30) days or more (except in licensed junkyards) within the Town; or

V. Use of any land, premises, or property for the dumping or disposal of any garbage, trash, litter, rubbish, offal, filth, excrement, discarded building materials, or combustible materials of any kind; or

W. To park, store or deposit or permit to be parked, stored or deposited thereon an inoperable vehicle unless such vehicle is enclosed in a garage or other building. This subsection shall not apply to any person with one (1) vehicle inoperable for a period of less than thirty (30) consecutive days, or to any person who is conducting a business enterprise relating to inoperable vehicles in compliance with existing zoning regulations; or

X. Any building, land, premises, or business, occupation or activity, operation, or condition which, after being ordered abated, corrected, or discontinued by lawful order of the Town or any officer thereof, continues to be conducted or continues to exist in violation of:

1. Any ordinance of this Town;

2. Any regulation enacted pursuant to the authority of an ordinance of this Town; or

Y. Those offenses which are known to the common law of the land and the statutes of Colorado as nuisances when the same exist within the Town limits or within a mile thereof. (Ord. 200 §1, 1982; Amended Ord. 472 §9, 2003; Amended Ord. 763 §2 (Exh. A), 2019)