The following acts, omissions, places, conditions and things are hereby specifically declared to be public health nuisances, but shall not be construed to exclude other health nuisances coming within the definition of section 4-2-3 herein.
A. Unwholesome Food Or Drink: All decayed, harmfully adulterated or unwholesome food or drink sold or offered for sale to the public.
B. Animal Carcasses: Carcasses of animals, birds or fowl not buried or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner within twenty four (24) hours after death.
C. Animal Premises: Any barn, stable or shed used for keeping animals, except as authorized by the corporate authorities.
D. Breeding Grounds For Insects And Vermin:
1. Accumulations of decayed animal or vegetable matter, trash, debris, rubbish, rotting lumber, bedding, packing material, abandoned vehicles or machinery, scrap metal or any material in which flies, mosquitoes, disease carrying insects, rats or other vermin may breed.
2. Garbage cans which are not flytight.
E. Stagnant Waters: All stagnant water in which mosquitoes, flies or other insects can multiply.
F. Water Pollution: The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal or body of water by sewage, creamery or industrial wastes or other substances.
G. Air Pollution: The escape of smoke, soot, cinders, noxious acids, fumes, gases, fly ash or industrial dust within the village limits in such quantities as to endanger the health of persons of ordinary sensibilities or to threaten or cause substantial injury to property.
H. Offensive Odors: Any use of property, substances or things, or failed septic systems within the village, emitting or causing any foul, offensive, noisome, nauseous, noxious or disagreeable odors, effluvia or stenches repulsive to the physical senses of ordinary persons or which annoy, discomfort, injure or inconvenience the health of any appreciable number of persons within the village.
I. Abandoned Wells: All abandoned wells not securely covered or secured from public use.
J. Watercourse Obstructions: Any obstruction in or across any watercourse, drainage ditch or ravine.
K. Deposits On Public Or Private Property: The deposit of garbage, rubbish or any offensive substance on any street, sidewalk or public place, or on any private property, except as may be permitted by ordinance.
L. Noxious Weeds: Any noxious weeds on private property, as defined in 505 Illinois Compiled Statutes 100/1 et seq. (noxious weed law) 1 . (Ord. 366-86, 4-8-1986)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See also chapter 3 of this title. |