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The maintaining, using, placing, depositing, leaving or permitting to be or remain on any public or private property of the following items, conditions or actions are hereby declared to be and constitute a nuisance; provided, however, this enumeration shall not be deemed or construed to be conclusive, limiting or restrictive in any way:

(1) Weeds or rank vegetation exceeding a height of 13 inches or construction debris which constitutes an environmental public hazard;

(2) A condition which causes property to become a health or safety hazard, unless specifically authorized under existing laws and regulations;

(3) Accumulation of rubbish, trash, refuse, junk and other abandoned materials, metals, lumber or other things;

(4) Any condition which provides harborage for rats, mice, snakes and other vermin;

(5) Any building or other structure which is in such a dilapidated condition that it is unfit for human habitation, kept in such an unsanitary condition that it is a menace to the health of people residing in the vicinity thereof, or presents a more than ordinarily dangerous fire hazard in the vicinity where it is located;

(6) All unnecessary and unreasonable noise;

(7) All disagreeable or obnoxious odors and stenches, as well as the conditions, substances or other causes which give rise to the emission or generation of such odors and stenches;

(8) The carcasses of animals or fowl not disposed of within a reasonable time after death;

(9) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal or body of water by sewage, industrial wastes or other substances;

(10) Any building, structure or other place or location where any activity which is in violation of any town ordinance or state or federal law is conducted, performed or maintained;

(11) Any accumulation of stagnant water permitted or maintained on any lot or piece of ground;

(12) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas, soot or cinders, in unreasonable quantities;

(13) The unauthorized obstruction of any public street, road or sidewalk;

(14) Any abandoned vehicle;

(15) Those offenses which are known in common law and state statutes as public nuisances. [Added during 2020 recodification.]