Jones v. Logan City Corporation

I am at a loss to appreciate the import of Justice Tuckett’s opinion which appears to reject the ordinance because it does not provide “standards or guidelines” as to what is a public nuisance. Ordinance No. 120 authorizes the Board to determine whether any building is “a menace to public health or public safety”; and No. 123 states that any building constituting “a menace to public health or public safety” is a public nuisance. The test to be applied is whether the language is sufficiently clear and understandable that persons of ordinary intelligence and experience could understand it. See…