The following things, actions and conditions are declared nuisances:
(a) Offensive noises - audio, musical and similar equipment. To maintain or operate or cause or permit to be operated, in any building or on any public or private premises in the village any television, radio, phonograph, tape player, amplified musical instrument, loudspeaker or any similar device capable of receiving, transmitting, amplifying or projecting sound or noise, in such manner as to be plainly audible:
(1) At a distance of 1,000 feet from such boundary at any time;
(2) At a distance of 150 feet from the boundary of the premises upon which such device is operated between 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.; provided, however, that in its discretion the board of trustees may, upon request from an eleemosynary or community service organization to conduct a specific event or activity having a civic purpose (as defined in article II, § 12, of the Village of Glencoe’s zoning ordinance), permit such audio, musical or similar equipment or devices to be operated between 11:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. upon a determination that such event or activity will be in the best interest of the village; provided further that the issuance of any such permit shall give no right or entitlement to any person or group for any renewal or re-issuance of a similar permit for any future or similar event or activity; or
(3) Within any adjacent schoolhouse, house of public worship or public office or assembly hall while such facility is in use for school, worship or public business purposes.
(Ord. No. 91-14-1855)
(b) Same - work operations.
(1) To conduct any construction operations, tree removal or trimming, or to operate or use any generator, compressor, pile driver, power shovels, pneumatic hammers, derricks, steam or electrical hoists, or other building or construction tool or apparatus (“work operations”), the use of which is attended with noise that is audible on any public or private property adjoining the premises on which such tool or apparatus is operated or such work operations are conducted, except:
A. In cases of emergencies;
B. Between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays; and
C. Between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays.
(2) No work operations, as defined in this section, shall be permitted on Sundays, New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to deem work operations performed by or on behalf of the village as a nuisance wherever conducted.
(Ord. No. 04-09-3098; Ord. No. 2011-16-3297)
(c) Same - lawn maintenance activities.
(1) To conduct any lawn maintenance activities involving the operation of any lawn maintenance equipment, including without limitation mowers, tractors, trimmers, vacuums, tillers or hedge clippers, the use of which is attended with noise that is plainly audible beyond the boundaries of the premises upon which such equipment is operated or used, except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, inclusive, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays. No such lawn maintenance activities involving the operation of any lawn maintenance equipment shall be permitted on Sundays, New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. These limitations shall not apply to the operation of lawn maintenance equipment by occupants of the property on which such equipment is in use.
(Ord. No. 91-17-1858; Ord. No. 97-7-2030; Ord. No. 07-14-3191)
(2) The use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers shall be prohibited at all times except between April 1 and April 30 and between October 1 and November 30 of each year; provided, however, that the Village Manager may, in their sole discretion, postpone or extend these limited permitted usage periods by no more than two weeks total per spring or fall season. The Village Manager will take all reasonable steps to notify all landscapers holding valid Village Landscape/ Tree/ Lawn Care Professionals Licenses of any changes to the limited permitted usage periods via contact information provided on the landscapers' license applications. During the limited permitted usage periods set forth in this section the use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers shall be subject to the day and time restrictions set forth in the preceding subsection for lawn maintenance activities involving lawn maintenance equipment.
(Ord. No. 98-2-2045; Ord. No. 2000-23-3005; Ord. No. 07-14-3191; Ord. No. 2023-09-3554)
(3) In the event of a storm or other emergency, upon determining that it is in the best interest of the safety and welfare of the village, the village manager may waive enforcement of the foregoing restrictions.
(4) Nothing in these restrictions shall be construed to deem lawn maintenance operations on golf courses or on publicly owned property as nuisances, wherever or however conducted.
(d) Same - offensive noises. To produce or project by any means at any time any noise audible beyond the boundary of the premises from which it emanates which is, by reason of loudness, pitch, intensity, frequency or time of day unreasonably offensive to the peace and quiet of the neighborhood or any person residing in the vicinity;
(e) Same - persons liable; exception. The owner of the property from which any noise declared a nuisance hereunder is being produced, the person or persons in actual control of such property and the person or persons producing, or in control of the device producing, any such noise shall be liable for violation of this section; provided, however, the village and its officers, employees and agents shall be exempt for all liability in regard to such nuisances when such noise is produced in the course of official village business or services;
(f) Keeping cattle and swine. To own, keep or use any railroad car, yard, pen, place or premises, in or upon which cattle or swine shall be confined or kept, so as to be offensive to those residing in the vicinity, or to be an annoyance to others;
(g) Noisome substances and matter - depositing, etc. To cause or suffer the carcass of any animal, or any offal, filth or noisome substance to be collected, deposited or to remain in any place, or to deposit any night soil, dead animal, or filthy, offensive or noisome substance upon any lot, street, alley, highway, park or other place;
(h) Same - importation and transportation. To bring into or transport through the village, the body or carcass of any unslaughtered dead animal, offal, blood, bones, rank stuff in a state or decomposition or any putrid or offensive animal matter;
(i) Same - spilling, etc. To permit any swill, brine, urine or other offensive animal substance, or any stinking liquid or other filthy matter of any kind, to run or fall from or out of any building, vehicle or erection into or upon any street or public place;
(j) Same - time for removal. For any person to permit any offal, filth, refuse, animal or vegetable matter, which is liable to become putrid or offensive, or injurious to health, to remain on any premises used or occupied by him or her for a longer period than four hours at any one time;
(k) Offensive smells - generally. To conduct any business or use any premises so as to create such an offensive smell as may taint the air and render it unwholesome or disagreeable to others;
(l) Same - business, etc., premises. To erect, continue or use any building or other place for the exercise of any trade, employment or manufacture which, by occasioning noxious exhalations, offensive smells or otherwise, is offensive or dangerous to the health of individuals or of the public;
(m) Watercourses, etc. - throwing offensive matter. To throw or deposit any offal or other offensive matter, or the carcass of any animal, in any watercourse, lake, pond, spring or well;
(n) Same - polluting. To corrupt, or render unwholesome or impure the water of any spring, river, stream, pond or lake, to the injury or prejudice of others;
(o) Same - obstructing navigable waters. To obstruct or impede, without legal authority, the passage of any navigable river or waters; and
(p) Unscheduled stops by intercity busses. To make an unscheduled bus stop of an intercity bus, in violation of Article II of Chapter 32 of this Code.
(Ord. No. 80-23-1623; Ord. No. 2024-03-3580)