(A) Nuisance defined. Whatever annoys, injures or endangers the safety, health, comfort or repose of the public, offends public decency, interferes with, obstructs, or renders dangerous any street, highway, navigable lake or stream, or in any way renders the public insecure in life or property, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Public nuisances shall include but not be limited to whatever is forbidden by any provision of this section. No person shall commit, create or maintain any nuisance within the village limits.
(B) Nuisances per se. The following acts, services, apparatus and/or structures are hereby declared to be public nuisances per se:
(1) The throwing, placing, depositing or leaving in any street, highway, lane, alley, public place, square or sidewalk, or in any private place or premises where such throwing, placing, depositing, or leaving is in the opinion of the Village Council dangerous or detrimental to public health, or likely to cause sickness or attract flies, insects, rodents and/or vermin, by any person of any animal or vegetable substance, dead animals, fish, shell, tin cans, bottles, glass, or other rubbish, dirt, excrement, filth, unclean or nauseous water, or fluids, hay, straw, soot, garbage, swill, animal bones, hides or horns, rotten soap, grease or tallow, offal or any other offensive article or substance whatsoever.
(2) Any vehicle used for any illegal purpose.
(3) All obscene pictures, books, pamphlets, magazines and newspapers.
(4) Betting, bookmaking and all apparatus used in such occupations.
(5) All gambling devices.
(6) All houses kept for the purpose of prostitution, gambling houses, houses of ill fame and bawdy houses.
(7) All explosives, inflammable liquids and other dangerous substances stored in any manner or in any amount contrary to the provisions of this section or statute of the state.
(8) Any use of public streets and/or sidewalks which causes large crowds to gather, obstructing the free use of the streets and/or sidewalks.
(9) All buildings, walls and other structures which have been damaged by fire, decay, or otherwise and all excavations remaining unfilled or uncovered for a period of 90 days or longer, and which are so situated so as to endanger the safety of the public.
(10) All dangerous, unguarded excavations or machinery in any public place, or so situated, left or operated on private property as to attract the public.
(11) The owning, driving or moving upon any public streets and alleys of trucks or other motor vehicles which are constructed or loaded so as to permit any part of their load contents to blow, fall, or be deposited upon any street, alley, sidewalk or other public or private place, or which deposits from its wheels, tires or other parts onto the street, alley, sidewalk or other public or private place, dirt, grease, sticky substances or foreign matter of any kind. Provided however, that under circumstances determined by the Supervisor of the Department of Public Works to be in the public interest, he or she may grant persons temporary exemption from the provisions of this divisions (B)(12) conditioned upon cleaning and correcting the violating condition at least once daily and execution of an agreement by such person to reimburse the village for any extraordinary maintenance expenses incurred by the village in connection with such violation.
(C) Excessive noise declared nuisance. All loud or unusual noises or sounds, and annoying vibrations which offend the peace and quiet of persons of ordinary sensibilities, are hereby declared to be public nuisances.
(Ord. 24, passed 9-14-81) Penalty, see § 10.99