Any dwelling or part thereof which, by reason of its unsanitary condition or of its being infected with disease, is unfit for human habitation or which from any other cause is a source of sickness among the inhabitants of the village or which otherwise endangers the public health is hereby deemed a public nuisance. This section, and the following provisions, pertain specifically to dwellings leased or rented within the village whether or not registered with the village as required by ordinance:
(A) No person owning, occupying or in control of any building or premises shall use or permit the use of the same for the existence or performance of any thing or act dangerous or prejudicial to the public health.
(B) No owner, agent, lessee or person in possession, charge or control of any building, or any part thereof, shall lease or let the same, or any portion thereof, or allow the same to be occupied by any person as a dwelling unless such premises are in a clean, wholesome and sanitary condition and fully comply with all provisions of the minimum housing regulations of this code.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person occupying any dwelling or premises, or portion thereof, not to remove or cause to be removed therefrom, before vacating the same, all garbage, ashes, rubbish, refuse or miscellaneous waste, or to leave such building or premises in any condition detrimental or dangerous to health.
(D) No owner, lessee or keeper of any apartment house, rooming house, boarding house, or dormitory shall cause or allow the same to be overcrowded or so great a number of persons to dwell, remain or sleep in any such house, or any portion thereof, as to cause any danger or detriment to health.
(E) The village building inspector or his designee is hereby authorized and empowered to cause a sanitary inspection to be made of any and all dwellings within the village at any reasonable hour.
(F) It shall be the duty of the village building inspector to cause an examination to be made of any building or premises alleged to be a public nuisance. If the village building inspector or his designee finds that a public nuisance exists, as defined in this code, he shall serve written notice upon the owner or person in control of the building or premises, or his agent, or the occupant, directing such person to abate such nuisance and within forty eight (48) hours to place such building or premises in a condition which shall not endanger the public health.
(G) Upon failure of an owner or person in control to place any building or premises in a sanitary condition within forty eight (48) hours of the notice required by the preceding subsection, the village building inspector or his designee shall proceed to abate such nuisance, and is authorized in addition thereto, to post notice on the building or premises that such is unsafe for habitation, and to enforce the provisions of this code including title 4, chapter 5 of this code. Such inspector or designee shall keep an account of the costs and expenses of placing such premises in a sanitary condition, and upon completion of the same shall certify such costs to the village clerk. The clerk shall bill the owner or the person in control of the premises for such costs and expenses incurred by the village. (Ord. 634A, 12-11-2013)