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The following acts, omissions, places, conditions and things are hereby declared to be public nuisances affecting peace and safety, but such enumeration shall not be construed to exclude other nuisances affecting public peace or safety coming within the provisions of § 91.02:
(A) All buildings erected, repaired, or altered within the fire limits of the city in violation of the provisions of the ordinances of the city relating to materials and manner of construction of buildings and structures within that district.
(B) All unauthorized signs, signals, markings or devices which purport to be or may be mistaken as official traffic-controls devices placed or maintained upon or in view of any public highway or railway crossing.
(C) All trees, hedges, billboards or other obstructions which prevent persons driving vehicles on public streets, alleys or highways from obtaining a clear view of traffic when approaching an intersection or pedestrian crosswalk.
(D) All limbs of trees which project over a public sidewalk less than eight feet above the surface thereof or less than ten feet above the surface of a public street.
(E) Any use or display of fireworks except as provided by the laws of the state and ordinances of the city.
(F) All buildings or structures so old, dilapidated or out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, insanitary or otherwise unfit for human use.
(G) All wires over streets, alleys or public grounds which are strung less than 15 feet above the surface of the street or ground.
(H) All loud and discordant noises or vibrations of any kind.
(I) All obstructions of streets, alleys, sidewalks or crosswalks and all excavations in or under the same, except as permitted by the ordinances of the city or which, although made in accordance with such ordinances, are kept or maintained for unreasonable length of time after the purpose thereof has been accomplished.
(J) All open and unguarded pits, wells, excavations or unused basements freely accessible from any public street, alley or sidewalk.
(K) All abandoned refrigerators or iceboxes from which the doors and other covers have not been removed or which are not equipped with a device for opening from the inside by pushing with the strength of a small child.
(L) Any structure, material or condition which constitutes a fire hazard or will impair extinguishing a fire.
(M) Any unauthorized or unlawful use of property abutting on a public street, alley, or sidewalk or of a public street, alley or sidewalk which causes large crowds of people to gather, obstructing traffic and free use of the streets or sidewalks.
(N) Any nuisance described in the state statutes.
(Ord. 533, passed 4-20-87) Penalty, see § 91.99
(A) No person shall cause or allow opening burning of any combustible material except landscape waste, including vegetable or plant refuse, tree branches, brush, leaves and similar material, conduct any salvage operation by open burning, or cause or allow the open burning of any combustible material in any chamber not specifically designed for the purpose and approved of by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, pursuant to regulations adopted by the Illinois Pollution Control Board, except that it shall be lawful for any person to set fire to, ignite or burn any combustible material in any outdoor fireplace, grill, or barbeque pit if:
(1) That fire is used for the purpose of cooking food;
(2) That fire is kept under competent and continuous supervision;
(3) All flammable and combustible material is removed a sufficient distance from the fireplace, grill, or barbeque pit so as not constitute a fire hazard;
(4) All such burning is a sufficient distance from other residents and properties so as not to be a nuisance, constitute a fire hazard or impair the breathing of free air to adjacent persons or property owners; and
(5) All fires and coals in the fireplace grill, or barbeque pit have thoroughly extinguished after the use thereof has been completed.
(B) OPEN BURNING is defined as the combustion of any matter in the open or in an open dump.
(C) This section shall incorporate, and not be in conflict with, the relevant provisions of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (ILCS Ch. 415, Act 5). Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to supersede any applicable provision of state law.
(D) The open burning of landscape shall be allowed upon the premises where it is produced between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the months of January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October, November and December, provided that:
(1) Such burning is kept under competent and continuous supervision;
(2) Such burning is a sufficient distance from the other residents and properties so as not to be a nuisance, constitute a fire hazard or impair the breathing of free air to adjacent persons or property owners;
(3) Such burning is not allowed on paved city streets or alley; and
(4) Such fires are thoroughly extinguished after the use thereof has been completed.
(E) Upon approval by the City Manager, employees of the city may cause or allow the open burning of landscape waste on city owned or controlled property, including material produced off the premises, on days when burning of such material would otherwise be prohibited under this section.
(F) When special circumstances exist, the City Council may, by resolution and for a specified and limited amount of time, allow for the open burning of such material would otherwise be allowed under this section.
(Ord. 978, passed 4-17-17)
No person shall permit rubbish, trash, garbage, or other debris to remain on their property when, by so doing, same becomes a nuisance, or hazard to the enjoyment of other citizens of this city of their property or their life. No person shall deposit any garbage or other debris on the property of others, nor shall it be burned in the city.
(Ord. 533, passed 4-20-87) Penalty, see § 91.99
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