5-12-2: SECURING, BOARDING UP STRUCTURES:
   A.   Requirements:
      1.   Every owner or occupant of a building shall maintain all doors and windows therein with glass or such other glazing materials as are permitted by the village building code.
      2.   No owner or occupant of a building shall enclose nor permit the enclosure of any door or window by enclosing or covering any door or window with plywood, masonite, particleboard or other similar lumber product (hereinafter "boarding up").
      3.   In lieu of boarding up, effective securing of premises shall be in the form of a wire mesh, securely attached to the framework of either the doors or windows so as to restrict or prohibit access to the premises. This method shall be done in a way to create an appearance of occupancy to the premises and reduce neighborhood blight. Wire mesh shall not be less than 23-gauge with one-fourth inch (1/4") holes and shall be installed as one continuous piece.
   B.   Exemptions: Nothing in this section shall prohibit:
      1.   The boarding up of a building damaged by fire, tornado or other similar catastrophe causing the building to be uninhabitable for a period not to exceed eight (8) weeks; provided, however, the period of such permitted boarding up may be extended by the building official. The boarding up of windows and doors that have broken glass in an occupied building may be done for not more than four (4) weeks.
      2.   The boarding up of the doors and windows of a building under construction, renovation, or remodeling, by the builder thereof, until such time as construction is complete and the building is ready for occupancy.
      3.   The chief of police, fire chief, building commissioner, building official and/or code enforcement officials from causing a building to be boarded up when it is otherwise authorized by law or ordinance for such official to do so, or when the public health, safety and welfare are endangered by the condition of any such building. (Ord. 12-20, 6-19-2012; amd. 2016 Code)