(A) Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to cause, permit, maintain or allow the creation or maintenance of a nuisance within the Village of Calumet Park. No commercial or residential establishment, whether or not licensed, shall be so conducted or operated as to constitute a nuisance in fact; and no building, vehicle, structure, yard, lot, premises or part thereof, shall be used, kept, maintained or operated in connection with any commercial or residential establishment so as to occasion any nuisance, or so as to be dangerous to life or detrimental to health.
(B) Unsafe or unhealthful business.
(1) No building or structure, utilized, constructed or maintained in connection with any business or occupation, shall evidence an unsanitary, unsafe or dangerous condition.
(2) No substance, matter or thing of any kind whatever which shall be dangerous or detrimental to health, shall be allowed to exist in connection with any business or occupation, or be used in any work or labor performed in the municipality.
(C) Abandoned vehicles.
(1) No person operating a commercial or residential establishment, whether licensed or unlicensed, shall permit one or more dismantled, wrecked, junked or otherwise non-operating vehicle to remain on any property within the Village of Calumet Park for a period of time longer than ten days; except that this paragraph shall not apply with regard to any vehicles in an enclosed building or so located upon private premises as not to be readily visible from any public place or from any surrounding private property.
(2) This paragraph shall further not apply with regard to any vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place (other than in a residential district) and operated in a lawful manner, when the keeping or maintenance of the vehicle is necessary to the operation of the business enterprise or with regard to a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depositary maintained in a lawful place and manner by the village or any other public agency or entity.
(D) Refuse disposal.
(1) Refuse containers.
(a) The standard refuse container required by this subchapter shall be a receptacle of not less than 20-gallon capacity, constructed of impervious and sturdy material, with a tight-fitting cover, and equipped with handles properly placed to facilitate handling.
(b) All refuse which is placed for collection service outside any building or structure must be kept in standard refuse containers unless another type of container is approved by the Clerk due to the unusual; nature of the refuse produced by the business.
(2) Refuse removal. It shall be the duty of the occupant of every building, structure or premises used or maintained in connection with any business or occupation to cause to be removed at his or her own cost and expense at least once each week all refuse produced therein.
(3) Removal of refuse by some businesses or occupations. Every person owning or controlling any hotel, restaurant, café, retain food establishment or other business or occupation, where more than 32 gallons of refuse is normally produced weekly, shall cause all substances deposited in the containers to be removed as often as shall be necessary, including daily removal from his or her premises, to ensure the healthful environment surrounding the establishment. The removal shall be at his or her own expense.
(Ord. 00-746, passed 9-14-2000) Penalty, see § 90.99