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It is hereby declared to be a nuisance:
(A) To paste, post, stick, paint, print or nail or otherwise attach or fasten any handbill, poster, advertisement or placard of any description upon any public or private house, store or building or upon any fence, wall, door or gate, without the permission of the owner or person in possession of such property.
(B) To throw or deposit or cause or suffer to be deposited any filth, dirt, ashes or offensive animal or vegetable matter in any street, lane, alley or avenue in said city and on any of the sidewalks therein.
(C) To place or suffer to be placed upon any sidewalk or pavement in any of the streets, lanes or alleys in the city any thing whatever that in any way obstructs the free public use of such sidewalk or pavement except in cases where it is necessary so to do in removing goods, merchandise, boxes and similar things into or out of any building abutting upon such sidewalk or pavement, or to or from any lot contiguous to such sidewalk or pavement.
(D) To obstruct or encroach upon any public street, lane, alley, avenue or public ground in the city without lawful permission.
(E) To permit any awning, sign, cornice or structure over any street or sidewalk of the city or immediately contiguous thereto, to be out of repair so as to be insecure or in any way in an unsafe or dangerous condition.
(F) To fly any flag, banner or sign across any street, lane or alley within the city without first obtaining permission from the Mayor so to do.
(G) To allow any tree, shrubbery or other vegetative matter to grow or any sign, placard or other similar object to exist in a manner which would obstruct the vision of a driver of any vehicle approaching any street intersection.
(H) To keep or suffer to be kept upon any lot, land, building or premises in the city any manure, garbage, offal, filth, or refuse matter, which has a tendency to or does injure or affect the health or welfare of the inhabitants of the city.
(I) To maintain any compost pile in violation of the terms and conditions set forth in § 50.05 of this code or to otherwise maintain a compost pile in such a manner as to injure or affect the health, welfare or safety of the inhabitants of the city.
(J) To allow cockroaches, body lice, bedbugs, mice or other vermin or rodents to exist in a public overnight lodging or bed and breakfast establishment.
(K) To knowingly, purposefully or intentionally disburse food on the ground, at any feeding station, in a feeding device, or in a container of any kind, or provide a salt or mineral lick, or by any other means provide food to deer on any public or private property. A person shall be deemed to have knowingly, purposely or intentionally fed deer, cause deer to be fed or provided food to deer, if the person places, or allows to be placed, wheat, pellets, livestock feed, corn in any form, fruit, vegetables, hay or alfalfa, human food scraps, any form of wildlife seed, birdseed or livestock feed, or any other edible matter that deer will consume on the ground or within the reach of deer. “Within the reach of deer” shall be defined as having been located less than five feet above the ground unless such items are screened or protected in a manner that prevents deer from feeding on them. This prohibition shall include allowing residue that deer will consume to remain underneath a birdfeeder. This prohibition shall not include live vegetation such as ornamental landscaping, flowers, trees, vines, vegetable gardens, edible matter located either in an enclosed building or stored in a securely sealed package, or unmodified commercially purchased bird feeders or their equivalent when placed out of the reach of the deer.
('69 Code, § 13-41) (Ord. O-71-28, passed 12-14-71; Am. Ord. O-82-2, passed 3-8-82; Am. Ord. O-89-29, passed 9-11-89; Am. Ord. O-95-04, passed 1-23-95; Am. Ord. O-98-03, passed 2-23-98; Am. Ord. O-17-01, passed 1-9-17) Penalty, see § 95.99
Any person having been found guilty of causing, creating, keeping or maintaining any nuisance, who shall neglect to abate and remove the same within 24 hours next after his conviction therefor shall, for each 24 hours thereafter during which such nuisance is continued, be subject to a like penalty as that originally incurred for causing, creating, keeping or maintaining the same.
('69 Code, § 13-43) Penalty, see § 95.99
(A) Permitting weeds upon premises deemed a nuisance. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any lot, tract, parcel of land or premises to suffer or to permit weeds to grow on said premises and the permitting of weeds to be grown on any premises in the city, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall be punishable by fine as prescribed in § 10.99.
('69 Code, § 9-1)
(B) Abatement; authority of city. The Mayor is hereby given power to abate any such nuisance that may be found in such city in the following manner:
(1) Notice to owner. The Mayor shall give the owner of said premises on which weeds are found to be growing five days notice to destroy the weeds growing on his premises and in case said owner fails or neglects to destroy said weeds, then the Mayor or city employees are hereby empowered to go on said premises for the purpose of destroying the weeds and abating the nuisance.
(2) Owner liable for costs. The owner of the premises is hereby made liable for the costs of the destruction of said weeds; the Mayor shall submit to the owner of said premises a statement of the costs incurred in destroying the weeds growing upon said owner's premises.
(3) Suit to collect costs. In case said owner fails or neglects to pay the said costs, suit shall be instituted against said owner in the name of the city and against the owner in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the costs of the destruction of said weeds, together with costs of suit.
('69 Code, § 9-2)
(C) Nonresident owner; procedure. In case the owner of the premises is not a resident of the city, so that personal service cannot be had upon him, then the Mayor is hereby directed to give said nonresident owner ten days' notice by certified mail of the existence of said nuisance and order the owner to abate the nuisance within ten days from the date of the notice, and in case the nonresident owner fails to destroy the weeds and abate the nuisance within the period of ten days then the Mayor is hereby authorized to proceed in the same manner as in case of resident owners.
('69 Code, § 9-3)
(Ord. passed 5-7-40) Penalty, see § 95.99
Statutory reference:
Provisions concerning nuisances, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 11-60-2
Weeds, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, §§ 11-20-6, 11-20-7
(Am. Ord. O-17-01, passed 1-9-17)