PUBLIC NUISANCE WITH EXAMPLES A public nuisance is an act or process that interferes with a community’s enjoyment of a land, area, or region. It may include anything that disturbs the health and safety of a community of people. It can also include things that are not particularly unsafe or unhealthy, but annoy the general public and keep people from being comfortable in a community. Nuisances can be divided into two categories. One is a public nuisance and the other is a private nuisance. A private nuisance may interfere with the health or comfort of just one person or several people. A public one, on the other hand, affects everyone in a community or most of the people who live, work, or do business there. There are many different types of behavior, acts, and processes that can be considered public nuisances. For example, a person may decide to take his clothes off and bathe in a public creek within sight of his neighbors, causing a public nuisance. Another person may own a large, aggressive dog and allow him to exit the house unleashed. If he intimidates neighbors and other dogs, biting them or even just growling and acting as if he will bite, this is another example of this type of act. Sometimes a person may be accused of being a public nuisance not because of his behavior but because of the manner in which he cares for his property, allowing trash and junk items to build up on or around it. In some cases, a business may be accused of being a nuisance. For example, if a business moves into a quiet residential area and causes hours of noise, this may be considered a nuisance. The same goes for a business that exhausts noxious fumes into the air or brings entertainment many people consider unsavory to an area. A new strip club, for example, may be called a public nuisance if its neighbors believe it makes the area unsafe or interferes with the communitys general comfort. Things that illegally block free passage in an area or community count as public nuisances as well. For example, if a person places objects on a road, making it impossible for others to pass through, this act may be considered a public nuisance. A company that pollutes a river or any other body of water, making its water unsafe for humans and animals, fits this definition as well. The other critical examples that the writer may talk about are as follows:- 1. living in a neighborhood that is very quiet and full of kids who all play together. One neighbor moves out and some new folks moves in. Theyve decided to make their backyard a shooting range and go out and shoot. If this is done every other Saturday then spread to during the week as well. Theyve ruined the peace and quiet the neighborhood had and they dont care. 2. dealing with a city neighbor who has ruined a very quiet block. Where usually five or six people stand on the porch, with the door hanging wide open and using loud, intimidating voices. The language is foul and its hard to determine whether its conversations or an actual fight. 3. Living in the building were many of the residents leave dog food for the stray dogs and the building develops a flea infestation and they exterminate in order to get rid of the fleas. This has to create problems for the neighbors because many of these homes are unsanitary and contain rats and other rodents. Also because the property is in such bad condition it also significantly lowers the property value of the other homes in the community. 4 My neighbors barking dog is keeping me up all hours of the night. Ive tried to talk to him about quieting his dog and he just says Thats how dogs are. I really dont want to get the police involved but I feel sure hes violating some kind of noise ordinance. Especially when the dog is howling at the top of his lungs at 3 in the morning!
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 07:32:23 +0000
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