§ 6.01.240. Offensive locations.

(a)

Stagnant ponds. Any cellar, vault, drain, sewer, pond of water or other place in the Town that shall be noxious or offensive to others, or injurious to public health, through an accumulation or deposition of noxious, offensive or foul water or other substances, or be conducive to the breeding of mosquitoes, is unlawful and deemed a nuisance.

(b)

Open wells, cisterns or excavations. It is declared that excavations exceeding five (5) feet in depth, cisterns and wells or an excavation used for storage of water within the Town are public nuisances unless the same are adequately covered with a locked lid, or other covering weighing at least sixty (60) pounds or are securely fenced with a solid fence to a height of at least five (5) feet; and it is unlawful for any person to permit such nuisance to remain on premises owned or occupied by him or her.

(c)

Stale matter. It is unlawful and deemed a nuisance to keep, collect, use or cause to be kept, collected or used in the Town, or permit to be kept or used, any stale, putrid or stinking fat or grease or other matter.

(d)

Sewer inlet. It is unlawful and deemed a nuisance to deposit in or throw into, or permit to be deposited in or thrown into, any sewer, sewer inlet or privy vault that shall have a sewer connection, any article whatsoever that might cause such sewer, sewer inlet or privy vault to overflow, back up or otherwise become noxious or offensive to others, or to become injurious to public health, safety or general welfare of the residents of the Town.

(Ord. 5.68 §1, 2008)