Every successive owner of property who neglects to abate a continuing
nuisance upon or in the use of such property, created by a former
owner, is liable therefor in the same manner as the one who first
created it.
No lapse of time can legalize a public nuisance amounting to
an actual obstruction of public right.
The remedies against a public nuisance are:
1. Prosecution on complaint before the municipal court.
2. Prosecution on information or indictment before another appropriate
court.
4. Abatement:
a. By person injured as provided in Title 50, 1991 O.S., Section 12.
b. By the city in accordance with law or ordinance.
As provided in Title 50,1991 O.S., Section 16, the city has
power to determine what is and what shall constitute a nuisance within
its corporate limits and, for the protection of the public health,
the public parks, and the public water supply, outside of its corporate
limits.
Whenever it is practical to do so, the city has power summarily
to abate any such nuisance after notice to the owner and an opportunity
for him to be heard, if this can be done.
In cases where it is deemed impractical summarily to abate a
nuisance, the city may bring suit in the District Court of the county
where the nuisance is located, as provided in Title 50, 1991 O.S.,
Section 17.
It is unlawful for any person (owner, lessee, or other) to create
or maintain a nuisance within the city, or to permit a nuisance to
remain on premises under his control within the city.