A. Within the territorial jurisdiction of the Village it is hereby declared a nuisance for any person:
1. Nuisances At Common Law: To cause any of those acts or omissions that are declared to be nuisances by the State and such as are known as nuisances to the common law of the land, not hereinafter specially enumerated.
2. Premises To Be Kept Clean: To keep or suffer to be kept within the Village limits in a foul, offensive, nauseous, or filthy condition any building, lot, yard, premises or junkyard.
3. Junk: To keep or suffer to be kept within the Village limits in a foul, offensive, nauseous, filthy, dilapidated or unsafe condition any vehicle, machinery, appliance or household item.
4. Furniture: For the owner or keeper of any lot or premises to suffer to remain thereon, to the annoyance and detriment of other persons outside the buildings located on the premises, any furniture not designed for outdoor use.
5. Garbage And Rubbish Storage And Pick Up Areas: It shall be the responsibility of the owner of record to keep the garbage and rubbish storage and pick up areas on public rights-of-way free from garbage and rubbish on the ground.
6. Refuse Disposal: For the owner and/or tenant of any lot or premises to place or allow to be placed any refuse container, yard waste or brush at the street, curb or alley on the public right-of-way pick up site earlier than twelve o'clock (12:00) noon the day before pick up or to allow any refuse containers to remain at the pick up site no later than twelve o'clock (12:00) noon the day after pick up.
7. Brush: For the owner and/or tenant of any lot or premises to allow brush or brush in piles to remain on the property longer than thirty (30) days of breaking or cutting.
8. Animals: For the owner or keeper of any lot or premises to allow animal wastes to accumulate to a point where odors are present at the property line or the presence of insects creates a health hazard for surrounding properties. Animal wastes shall be handled as garbage.
9. Unburied Animals: For the owner or possessor of an animal which may die within the Village limits to leave the same unburied less than twenty four inches (24") below ground or properly dispose of the carcass therein for more than eight (8) hours after its death, or for any person to bring and leave the carcass of any such animal within the Village limits. In case the animal is not removed within the eight (8) hour period after notification, the Inspection Division/Chief of Police shall cause the removal of said animal and certify the cost of such removal as a lien against the property. Notification shall consist of a posting on the premises.
10. Slaughter Of Animals: To kill or slaughter any animals within the Village limits, to the injury, discomfort or annoyance of any inhabitants of the neighborhood.
11. Animal And Vermin Harborage: For the owner and/or tenant of any residential lot or premises to allow any material such as lumber, boxes, barrels, scrap iron, construction material or any other materials which would provide harborage for rats, mice, snakes or other vermin. Firewood must be neatly stacked and elevated a minimum of four inches (4") above the ground.
12. Vector Control: For the owner and/or tenant of any lot or residence to permit water to stand in containers of any kind unless mosquito controls have been taken or allow animal or vermin harborages under any garage, shed, porch, residential structure or other buildings on the premises without taking necessary measures to destroy or capture the animals or vermin. Poisons may not be used unless placed in areas not readily accessible to persons or domesticated animals. For single user nonowner occupied lots or premises, the owner and/or occupant shall be responsible for the extermination of any rodents, vermin or other pests of public health significance therein on the premises. In multi-tenant lots or premises, the owner and/or tenant is responsible for extermination of such pests. (Ord. 380, 5-8-2018)