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City of San Mateo Municipal Code.

7.30.010 INTENT AND PURPOSE.

The intent and purpose of the provisions of this chapter are to protect the inhabitants of the City against all forms of nuisances, public or private, not specifically prohibited by State laws, growing out of any action, activity, condition, circumstance, or situation existing or permitted to exist within the City and caused or produced by any person, animal, or mechanical or other contrivance, and which are injurious to health, or detrimental to the public safety, morals, or general welfare, or indecent, or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property to such an extent as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by the entire community or neighborhood, or by any considerable number of persons.