LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
City of Los Angeles Municipal Code - 03/31/99
CHAPTER IV - PUBLIC WELFARE
ARTICLE 7 - MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 47.50. NARCOTICS AND GANG-RELATED CRIME EVICTION PROGRAM
(Added by Ord. No. 171,443, Eff. 1/19/97.)
  1. DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this section, the definitions in Section 12.03 of this Code and the following definitions shall apply:
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. A drug, substance, or immediate precursor, as listed in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Health and Safety Code Section 11000 et seq.
DRUG-RELATED NUISANCE. Any activity related to the possession, sale, use or manufacturing of a controlled substance that creates an unreasonable interference with the comfortable enjoyment of life, property and safety of other residents of the premises or within a 1000 foot radius from the boundary line of the premises. Such activity includes, but is not limited to, any activity commonly associated with illegal drug dealing, such as noise, steady traffic day and night to a particular unit, barricaded units, sighting of weapons, drug loitering as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 11532, or other drug-related circumstances.
GANG-RELATED CRIME. Any crime in which the perpetrator is a known member of a gang, or any crime motivated by gang membership in which the victim or the intended victim of the crime is a known member of a gang
ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY. A violation of any of the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11350) or Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 11400) of the Health and Safety Code.
LANDLORD. An owner, lessor, or sublessor, (including any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other entity) who receives or is entitled to receive rent for the use of any rental unit, or the agent, representative or successor of any of the foregoing.

City of Los Angeles Municipal Code - 03/31/99
CHAPTER IX - Building Regulations
ARTICLE 1 - Buildings [Building Code] (Article I, Chapter IX, Amended by Ordinance No. 170,953, Eff. 3/17/96, Oper. 1/1/96, incorporating by reference portions of the 1994 Edition of the Uniform Building Code and the 1995 Edition of the California Building Code.)
SEC. 91.8904. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR VACANT PROPERTY GRAFFITI REMOVAL
  1. 8904.2.1 (Amended by Ord. No. 172,413, Eff. 2/20/99.)
Any vacant buildings open to unauthorized entry, which become fire damaged or used repeatedly by vagrants and gang members or for other illegal purposes without the owner's permission, constitute a public nuisance. The expeditious repair or demolition of such vacant buildings and attached or detached appurtenances is essential in order to eliminate fire hazards, and public nuisance conditions which adversely affect the public safety and have a blighting effect on the neighborhood. It is the purpose of this section to establish a fair and expeditious procedure which may be used in connection with those buildings and attached or detached appurtenances.
  1. 8904.2.2. Procedures
The Department may declare a vacant building to be a public nuisance building under the following circumstances:
  1. The vacant building has been secured pursuant to Section 91.8904.1; and
  2. It has subsequently become open to unauthorized entry; and
  3. It has become fire damaged or is used repeatedly without the owner's permission by vagrants, criminals, or gangs or for other illegal purposes.
If the Department determines that a vacant building is a public nuisance building as defined in this section, then the Department may proceed to abate the public nuisance building utilizing the procedures set forth in Sections 91.8907.2, 91.8907.3 and 91.8907.4 of this Code. The cost of any work done by the City or its contractor to abate the nuisance may be assessed against the property in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 91.8906.
A copy of any order issued pursuant to this section shall be provided to the Fire Department and Police Department.
City of Los Angeles Municipal Code - 03/31/99
CHAPTER XV - RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE (Added by Ord. No. 152,120, Eff. 4/21/79, Oper. 5/1/79.)
ARTICLE I
SEC. 151.09. EVICTIONS
The term "nuisance" as used in this subdivision includes, but is not limited to, any gang-related crime, any documented activity commonly associated with illegal drug dealing, such as complaints of noise, steady traffic day and night to a particular unit, barricaded units, sighting of weapons, drug loitering as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 11532, or other drug related circumstances brought to the attention of the landlord by other tenants, persons within the community, law enforcement agencies or prosecution agencies. For purposes of this subdivision, gang-related crime is any crime in which the perpetrator is a known member of a gang, or any crime motivated by gang membership in which the victim or intended victim of the crime is a known member of a gang. (Amended by Ord. No. 171,442, Eff. 1/19/97.) The tenant is using, or permitting a rental unit, the common areas of the rental complex containing the rental unit, or an area within a 1,000 foot radius from the boundary line of the rental complex to be used for any illegal purpose.
The term "illegal purpose" as used in this subdivision includes, but is not limited to, violations of any of the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11350) or Chapter 6.5 (commencing with section 11400) of the Health and Safety Code.
  1. The tenant, who had a written lease or rental agreement which terminated on or after the effective date of this chapter, has refused, after written request or demand by the landlord to execute a written extension or renewal thereof for a further term of like duration with similar provisions and in such terms as are not inconsistent with or violative of any provision of this chapter or any other provision of law.
  2. The tenant has refused the landlord reasonable access to the unit for the purpose of making repairs or improvements, or for the purpose of inspection as permitted or required by the lease or by law, or for the purpose of showing the rental unit to any prospective purchaser or mortgagee.
  3. The person in possession of the rental unit at the end of a lease term is a subtenant not approved by the landlord.
  4. (Amended by Ord. No. 166,130, Eff. 9/16/90.) The landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession of the rental unit for use and occupancy by:
  5. The landlord, or the landlord's spouse, children, or parents, provided the landlord is a natural person. However, a landlord may use this ground to recover possession for use and occupancy by the landlord, landlord's spouse, child or parent only once for that person in each rental complex of the landlord; or

DENVER, COLORADO
REVISED MUNICIPAL CODE City and County of DENVER, COLORADO Codified through Ordinance No. 104-99, adopted February 8, 1999.
TITLE II REVISED MUNICIPAL CODE
Chapter 37 NUISANCES
ARTICLE II. PUBLIC NUISANCE OFFENSES*
Sec. 37-50. Definitions
(a) Gang related criminal activity: means any criminal violation of federal law, state law, or City Code committed by two (2) or more persons, acting jointly, through a conspiracy, or in complicity, where those persons are members of the same association or organization which has as one (1) of its purposes the commission of crime.
(b) Parcel: means any lot or other unit of real property or any combination of contiguous lots or units owned by the same person or entity;
(c) Public nuisance, Class one (1): any parcel of real property, personal property, or vehicle on or in which any of the following illegal activities occurs, or which is used to commit, conduct, promote, facilitate, or aid the commission of or flight from any of the following activities. For purposes of this section, the illegal activity shall have the same definition as that contained in the section of the Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.), as amended, or the section of the Denver Revised Municipal Code, as amended, listed after the illegal activity:
  1. Prostitution, 18-7-201, C.R.S.; soliciting for prostitution, 18-7-202, C.R.S.; pandering, 18-7-203, C.R.S.; keeping a place of prostitution, 18-7-204, C.R.S.; or pimping, 18-7-206, C.R.S.; or
  2. Professional gambling, 18-10-102(8), C.R.S.; maintaining a gambling premises, 18-10-102(5), C.R.S.; or keeping of a gambling device or record, 18-10-102(7), C.R.S.; or
  3. Unlawful manufacture, cultivation, growth, production, processing, sale, distribution, storage, use, transportation, or possession of any controlled substance, Sections 18-18-102, 18-18-104, 18-18-404, 18-18-405, 18-18-406, C.R.S.; any imitation controlled substance, Sections 18-18-420(3) and 18-18-421, 18-18-422, C.R.S.; or any counterfeit controlled substance, Section 18-18-423, except for simple possession of less than eight (8) ounces of marijuana; or
  4. Felony or misdemeanor theft by receiving, 18-4-410, C.R.S.; or
  5. Unlawful manufacture, sale, advertisement, or distribution of drug paraphernalia, Sections 18-18-426, 18-18-427, 18-18-429, 18-18-430, C.R.S.; or
  6. Prostitution of a child, 18-7-401, C.R.S.; soliciting for child prostitution, 18-7-402, C.R.S.; pandering of a child, 18-7-403, C.R.S.; keeping a place of child prostitution, 18-7-404, C.R.S.; pimping of a child, 18-7-405, C.R.S.; or inducement of child prostitution, 18-7-405.5, C.R.S.; or
  7. Sexual exploitation of children, 18-6-403, C.R.S.; or
  8. Two (2) or more offenses of disturbing the peace, Denver Revised Municipal Code, section 38-89 within any one-hundred-eighty-day period; or
  9. Unlawful discharge, possession, carrying, flourishing, concealment, storage, use, or sale of firearms, knives and/or assault weapons, dangerous weapons, or defaced firearms, Denver Revised Municipal Code sections 38-117, 38-119, 38-121, 38-122, and 38-130, and C.R.S Sections 18-12-102, 18-12-103, 18-12-105, 18-12-106, 18-12-108, 18-12-108.5, or any offense relating to incendiary devices, section 38-126, Denver Revised Municipal Code and C.R.S Section 18-12-109; or
  10. Any gang-related criminal activity; or
  11. Any drive-by crime, Section 16-13-301, C.R.S.; or
  12. Four (4) or more offenses within any one-hundred-eighty-day period of selling, serving, giving away, disposing of, exchanging, delivering, or permitting the sale, serving, giving or procuring of any malt, vinous, or spirituous liquor, or fermented malt beverage, to or for any person under lawful age or to a visibly intoxicated person, as prohibited by C.R.S. Sections 12-47-901(1)(a). However, if a person who, in fact, is not of lawful age exhibits a fraudulent proof of age, the selling, serving, procuring, giving away or dispensing of beverages to that person shall not constitute a public nuisance; or
  13. The sale at retail of any malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors, or fermented malt beverages in sealed containers, or the manufacture, sale, or possession for sale of any malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors, without holding a valid license in full force and effect to do so under Title 12, Article 47, C.R.S., as prohibited by C.R.S. 12-47-901(1)(f) and (g); or
  14. The unlawful transportation or storage of any property that is the subject of a felony theft, misdemeanor theft, or theft by receiving under Title 18, C.R.S.
  15. The storage or concealment of weapons or tools used in the commission of crimes of violence, C.R.S. Section 16-11-309, drive-by offenses, C.R.S. Section 16-13-301, or any offense in paragraph (9) above; or
  16. Vehicular eluding, C.R.S. Section 18-9-116.5, or eluding or attempting to elude a police officer, C.R.S. Section 42-4-1414.
(d) Public nuisance, Class two: any parcel of real property, personal property, or vehicle, on or in which any of the following illegal activities occur, or used to commit, conduct, promote, facilitate, or aid the commission of any of the following illegal activities. For purposes of this section, the illegal activity shall have the same definition as that contained in the pertinent section of the Colorado Revised Statutes or the Denver Revised Municipal Code listed after the activity:
  1. Possession of injection devices, section 38-173, Denver Revised Municipal Code;
  2. Two (2) or more offenses within any one-hundred-eighty-day period of prohibited noises, section 38-101, Denver Revised Municipal Code.
(e) Other definitions. The definitions provided in section 37-71 shall also apply to this article II of chapter 37
(Ord. No. 481-98, § 1, 7-13-98)
Sec. 37-51. Public nuisances prohibited
It shall be unlawful for any owner, manager, tenant, lessee, occupant, or other person having any legal or equitable interest or right of possession in any real property, vehicle, or personal property, to intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or negligently commit, conduct, promote, facilitate, permit, fail to prevent, or otherwise let happen, any Class one or Class two public nuisance in, on, or using any property in which they hold any legal or equitable interest or right of possession. Every day on which a violation exists shall constitute a separate violation and offense.
(Ord. No. 481-98, § 1, 7-13-98)

DADE COUNTY (MIAMI), FLORIDA
CODE of METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA Codified through Ord. No. 99-43, enacted July 27, 1999. (Supplement No. 25)
PART III CODE OF ORDINANCES
Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION*
ARTICLE XIIIA. NUISANCE ABATEMENT*
Sec. 2-98.4. Legislative findings and intent.
This article [Ordinance No. 92-42] is enacted pursuant to the provisions of the Miami-Dade County Home Rule Charter and Florida Statute, Section 893.138, as it may be renumbered or amended from time to time, and shall be known and may be cited as the "Miami-Dade County Public Nuisance Abatement Ordinance."
The Board of County Commissioners of Miami-Dade County, hereby finds and declares that any places or premises which are used as the site of the unlawful sale or delivery of controlled substances, prostitution, youth and street gang activity, gambling, illegal sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages, or lewd or lascivious behavior, may be a public nuisance that adversely affects the public health, safety, morals, and welfare. This Board also finds that abating the public nuisance which results from said criminal activity is necessary to improve the quality of life of the residents of Miami-Dade County and that said abatement will safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare.
This article is hereby declared to be remedial and essential to the public interest and it is intended that this article be liberally construed to effect the purposes as stated above. The provisions of this article and the standards set forth herein shall be applicable only to the unincorporated areas of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
The provisions of this article shall be cumulative and supplemental to and not in derogation of any provision of the Florida Statutes, the Code of Miami-Dade County, or any other applicable law.
(Ord. No. 92-42, § 1, 5-19-92)
Sec. 2-98.5. Definitions
For the purpose of this article the following definitions shall apply:
Public nuisance: Any place or premise which has been used on more than two (2) occasions within a twelve-month period:
(1) As the site of the unlawful sale or delivery of controlled substances, or
(2) By a youth and street gang for the purpose of conducting a pattern of youth and street gang activity, or
(3) For prostitution, or solicitation of prostitution, or
(4) For illegal gambling, or
(5) For the illegal sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages, or
(6) For lewd or lascivious behavior, or
(7) Any premise or place declared to be a nuisance by Florida Statute, Section 823.05 or Section 823.10 as they may be renumbered or amended from time to time.
(Ord. No. 92-42, § 2, 5-19-92; Ord. No. 95-104, § 1, 6-20-95)
Sec. 2-98.6. Operating procedure
Any employee, officer or resident of Miami-Dade County may file a complaint and request for prosecution with the Miami-Dade County Public Nuisance Abatement Board regarding the existence of a public nuisance located within Miami-Dade County. Said complaint shall be filed with the Director of the Miami-Dade Police Department, or his designee. Upon the filing of more than two (2) complaints on any particular place or premises, the Director or his designee shall mail written notice of such complaints by certified mail with return receipt to the owner of the place or premises complained of at the owner's address as shown in the Miami-Dade County property tax collector's file. Said notice shall provide for the owner of the place or premises to contact the Director or his designee within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the notice. This time period shall be allowed for the purpose of allowing the owner to take such good faith measures as are appropriate to abate the nuisance. The Director or his designee may extend the fourteen (14) days to allow the owner to institute or continue actions to abate the nuisance provided the actions are reasonable. In the event the owner fails to respond to Notice of Complaint or fails to take reasonable action to abate the nuisance, the Director or his designee shall schedule a hearing on the complaint before the Miami-Dade County Public Nuisance Abatement Board, and written notice of said hearing shall be by certified mail with return receipt to the owner of the premises and the complaintant at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled hearing.
The aforesaid notice of hearing shall include:
(a) A statement of the time, place and nature of the hearing;
(b) A statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be held;
(c) A reference to the particular sections of the statutes and ordinances involved;
(d) A short and plain statement summarizing the incidents complained of.
(Ord. No. 92-42, § 3, 5-19-92)







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