(a) No person shall erect, continue to use, or maintain a building, structure, or place for the exercise of a trade, employment, or business or for keeping or feeding an animal which, by occasioning noxious exhalations or noisome or offensive smells, becomes injurious to the health, comfort, or property of individuals or of the public.
(b) No person shall cause or allow offal, filth, or noisome substances to be collected or remain in any place to the damage or prejudice of others or of the public.
(c) No person or business operating as a proprietorship, partnership, unincorporated association or corporation shall compost materials for commercial purposes which either cause offensive odors which are discernible to adjacent property owners, or create a health hazard, or are capable of attracting or providing food for potential disease carriers such as rodents, flies or other vectors.
(d) No person or business operating as a proprietorship, partnership, unincorporated association or corporation as owner or occupier of any lot of land within corporate limits of the Village or of any building, house or other structure on any such lot of land shall create a nuisance by the conduct of any business thereon or therein which by reason of noxious odors generated thereby, or of smoke, dust and dirt being cast therefrom endangers or is harmful to the public health, welfare of safety, or materially interferes with the peaceful and lawful use, comfort and enjoyment of owners or occupants of a proximate or adjacent lot of land or structure thereon
(e) No person shall unlawfully obstruct or impede the passage of a navigable river, harbor, or collection of water, or corrupt or render unwholesome or impure a watercourse, stream of water, or unlawfully divert such watercourse from its natural course or state to the injury or prejudice of others.
(f) Persons who are engaged in agriculture-related activities, as agriculture is defined in Ohio R.C. 519.01, and who are conducting those activities outside the Municipality, in accordance with generally accepted agricultural practices, and in such a manner so as not to have a substantial, adverse effect on the public health, safety, or welfare, are exempt from divisions (a) and (b) above and from any ordinances, resolutions, rules, or other enactments of the Municipality that prohibit excessive noise.
(g) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs.
(Ord. 4-2013. Passed 2-5-13.)