Chapter 8.08
OFFENSIVE NOISES AND ODORS1
Sections:
8.08.010 Certain businesses prohibited where.
8.08.020 Unnecessary noise prohibited where.
8.08.010 Certain businesses prohibited where.
It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, whether personally or by agent, to conduct, carry on or operate any factory, mill, smelter, printing establishment, livery stable, dairy or cow stable, automobile garage, blacksmith shop, carpenter shop or any business of any nature whatsoever, which may produce or cause noises or offensive odors within 200 feet of any hospital or sanitarium within the city, or to construct, furnish or lease buildings or other property for the conduct of any such business or occupation. [Ord. 228 § 1, 1923.]
8.08.020 Unnecessary noise prohibited where.
It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, personally or by agent, to cause or permit any unnecessary noises within 200 feet of any hospital or sanitarium with the city. [Ord. 228 § 2, 1923.]
8.08.030 Abatement.
Any business, trade or occupation prohibited by LMC 8.08.010 is a nuisance and may be abated by or without notice to the persons conducting the trade or occupation, and the costs of such abatement shall be assessed against any person conducting the nuisance. [Ord. 228 § 3, 1923.]
8.08.040 Violation – Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and having been convicted, shall be fined any sum not exceeding $100.00, and for each day in which any of the businesses or occupations, prohibited by LMC 8.08.010, may be carried on or conducted, the person conducting the same, either in person, or by agent, is guilty of a separate offense. [Ord. 228 § 4, 1923.]
For statutory provisions authorizing third class cities to define nuisances and pass ordinances for the abatement and prevention thereof, see RCW 35.23.331; for statutory provisions regarding nuisances, see generally Chapters 7.48 and 9.66 RCW.