(1) Everything done or being done within the limits of the city of Stanwood, which is declared by law or by ordinance to be a nuisance shall be a nuisance and shall be so considered in all action and proceedings.

All remedies given by law for the provision and abatement of nuisances shall apply thereto.

(2) The public nuisance is a crime against the order and economy of the city. Every act unlawfully done and every omission to perform a duty, which act or omission (a) shall annoy, injure, or endanger the safety, health, comfort and repose of any considerable number of persons; or (b) shall offend public decency; or (c) shall unlawfully interfere with, befoul, obstruct, or tend to obstruct or render dangerous for passage a lake, navigable river, bay, stream, canal, or in or public park, square, street, alley, highway or sidewalk; or (d) shall in any way render a considerable number of persons insecure in life or use of property shall be a public nuisance.

Any building or structure erected, constructed, altered, or maintained or any use of property contrary to the provisions of this chapter is unlawful and is a public nuisance. Any failure, refusal or neglect to obtain a permit as required by city ordinance shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that a nuisance has been committed in connection with the erection, construction, alteration or maintenance of any building, or structure erected, constructed, altered, or maintained or used contrary to the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 863 § 3, 1993).