Sentences with phrase «public nuisance on»

Sex workers testifying at the hearing stated in Court that, «If prostitutes could work from home they would be safer and not a public nuisance on the street.»

Depending on who you ask, the electric, internet - connected scooters appearing all over California are either the future of transportation or a public nuisance on par...

Not exact matches

His office sent cease - and - desist letters to Bird, Spin, and LimeBike on Monday, saying that their «unlawful» business practices have created a «public nuisance» that must be corrected.

CSW said on 5th February 2018, six SEPC members and an elder were fined for committing public nuisance.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that his administration had made progress on its vow to remove a public nuisance from the city's housing projects: scaffolding.

The 11 different taxes on petroleum products in the country have sparked calls on the government and other stakeholders to eliminate some of them, described by a section of the motoring public as falling in the category of nuisance taxes.

I urge Erie County residents to be good neighbors and eliminate standing water on their property which is not only a nuisance, but also a public health threat,» concluded Tripi.

«We know alcohol outlets can be associated with unsafe nuisance activities in urban areas, but this study appears to be the first to suggest U.S. tobacco shops may also impact public health,» said Andrew Subica, Ph.D., an assistant professor of social medicine, population, and public health in the School of Medicine, who led the study that focused on South Los Angeles, Calif. «Our analyses show that in South Los Angeles tobacco shops as well as liquor stores were associated with high levels of violent and property crime around their locations.

«Even though tobacco shops have rarely been targeted by the police or community for intervention,» he added, «based on our data, we believe tobacco shops in urban communities of color should be regulated to improve community health in the same way as alcohol outlets and other public nuisances.»

The administration said fraud on dating sites was a «public nuisance to millions of users, especially young people».

When it worked, it improved examination results and also impacted on reducing community disorder, neighbourhood nuisance, the number of NEETS (young people Not in Education, Employment, or Training), and saved the public money that would otherwise have been spent for many years on students who were now employable and would become net contributors.

TNR Reduces Cat Numbers TNR Reduces Nuisance Behaviors and Complaints TNR Adoption and Return - to - Field Programs Reduce Shelter Intake and Euthanasia TNR's Effects on Community Cats and Disease Public Perceptions on Community Cats Community Cats and Wildlife Predation

In 2003, a study conducted by the county on the ban's effectiveness noted that «public safety is not improved as a result of [the ban],» and that «there is no transgression committed by owner or animal that is not covered by another, non-breed specific portion of the Animal Control Code (i.e., vicious animal, nuisance animal, leash laws).»

For example, the city of New York has an existing Pooper Scooper Law that requires pet owners to prevent their pets from committing any nuisance on any public area.

Castillo and Clarke, though highly critical of TNR («This method is not an effective means to control the population of unwanted cats and confirms that the establishment of cat colonies on public lands encourages illegal dumping and creates an attractive nuisance.»

There are typically already other laws on the books which cover matters that may be of concern to officials, such as public health, trespass and nuisance laws.

«Don't let those large colonies make the public not want [return - to - field],» Trebatoski advised in a 2015 Maddie's Institute webcast, adding that once return - to - field is implemented, «the number of nuisance calls also falls dramatically,» which saves the city money long - term and allows animal control officers to focus on larger issues.

This humane approach to managing community cats can decrease municipal costs, reduce public health and safety concerns, decrease nuisance complaints and reduce predation on wildlife.

On Friday, Take Two took pre-emptive measures against Thompson's recent attempt to try and block the sale of the upcoming [i] Grand Theft Auto IV [/ i] and [i] Manhunt 2 [/ i], declaring the two games public nuisances.

The court held that the City of Dana Point's public nuisance ordinance requiring locked gates and restrictive hours on beach access at the Strands main beach access trail be set aside.

California cities San Francisco and Oakland filed separate lawsuits against five oil companies on Wednesday seeking billions of dollars to protect against rising sea levels they blamed on climate change... Marin and San Mateo counties and Imperial Beach, California, in July brought similar public nuisance and failure to warn lawsuits alleging climate change impacts.

With a decision that could have far - reaching implications, a federal judge in California has ordered the first ever U.S. court hearing on climate science for a «public nuisance» lawsuit, meaning that major oil and gas companies for the first time may have to go on the record regarding what they knew about the planetary impacts of their products — and when.

McKitrick says: «OK, I see a second - rate scientist carrying on like a jackass and making a public nuisance of himself.»

NYC's lawsuit relies on the legal theories of «public nuisance» and «private nuisance.»

At the same time, no one can recover money for public nuisance unless they have suffered some «special damage» different from the impact on the general public.

Our lawyers have defended class actions and individual cases alleging personal injury and property damage from environmental contamination or exposure to chemical products based on all types of legal theories, including negligence, fraud, failure to warn, negligent misrepresentation, trespass, private and public nuisance and damage claims such as «fear of cancer» and medical monitoring.

Two dissenting Justices would have held that the law's harmful effects on sex workers are grossly disproportionate to its intended purpose of reducing public nuisance.

The lawyers at The Cochran Firm — Dothan are already engaged in complex litigations against the opioid manufacturers and distributors on behalf of local governments (cities and counties) for fraud and public nuisance.

Whether or not the First or Second Defendant is liable to any of the Claimants by reason of the emissions of any odours from vehicles carrying animals or animal parts or products to or from the Erlings Works as they use the public highway, including any emissions of odours from spillages on to the highway, whether in private or public nuisance or in negligence or otherwise

He qualified to practice English law in 2008 and has since advised both public and private sector clients on a variety of property disputes including debt - related claims, unauthorised traveler encampments and statutory nuisance claims.

UK Halal certification bodies are not accountable or supervised by any public body, and therefore consumers have little to go on beyond trusting the producers, says barrister John Pointing, of Statutory Nuisance Solutions.

But because this report's constructive criticisms seem to fall largely on deaf ears in Sacramento and in many courthouses around the state, this year's look at the West Coast's perennial Judicial Hellhole will pragmatically limit its focus to an armful of the state's civil injustices, including precedent - defying state supreme court decisions, the Private Attorneys General Act, Prop 65, food and beverage litigation, innovator liability, the California Environmental Quality Act's impact on affordable housing, courts» expansions of public nuisance law and natural disaster - chasing personal injury lawyers, among others.

As the proposed construction is on public premises, you have a responsibility to protect patrons from any risk inherent with the construction as buildings in the course of construction tend to be an «attractive nuisance».

Limitations of the smartphone, include its small screen sizes, inefficiency multitasking, being a general nuisance in public, and not to mention the small fact that they can be used to spy on us.

The tort of public nuisance focuses on an interference with the right to use and enjoy land.

Past and ongoing contributions to global warming, public nuisance and damages caused by certain defendants, acts in conspiring to suppress the awareness of the link between their emissions and global warming... Based on examples from the United States, there may be scope for litigation outside administrative review in Australia.

Provided the behavior on your property does not cause a private or a public nuisance, you have the right to rent.

The Owners cited an earlier case that had found that a reduction in property values following a town's drinking water contamination could sustain a nuisance complaint based on a public perception of widespread contamination.