A. Every window, glazed exterior door, exterior transom or exterior sidelight shall be provided with properly installed glass or other approved glazing material. In the event of breakage, the owner shall cause the immediate removal of broken glass from the premises and shall temporarily board up the affected openings with suitable material to provide protection from the elements and to prevent entry of insects, birds or animals and to provide security to occupants or contents of the building.
B. Adequate ventilation and artificial lighting shall be provided for all occupied dwellings, dwelling units, rooming units, hotels or motels. Whenever any exterior openings are found boarded up, it shall be the duty of the appropriate village official to notify the owner or agent of this requirement by giving him a period of not more than ten (10) working days in which to properly replace the broken glass in the dwelling unit, rooming unit, dwelling, hotel or motel, or said dwelling unit, rooming unit, dwelling, hotel or motel shall be vacated. This notice shall be given in the manner required by subsection 10-2-4B of this chapter, and it shall be unlawful for any owner or agent to fail to comply with the order of the village official contained in such notice.
C. Since the presence of boarded up buildings, particularly those where the boarding is unpainted or applied in an insecure, careless or unpresentable fashion, invites vandalism and creates a blighting influence which adversely affects the general welfare of the people of the village, it is hereby required that all boarding up of exterior openings be accomplished in a neat, workmanlike manner with not less than one-half inch (1/2") thick, weather resistant plywood, cut to fit within openings, fastened in place as securely as possible and suitably coated with an appropriate neutral color blending with or harmonizing with the exterior colors of the building as inconspicuously as possible. It shall be the duty of the appropriate village official to notify the owner or agent of any boarded up dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, hotel or motel not complying with the above requirements of the necessity of compliance by giving him a period of not more than ten (10) working days in which to replace the broken glass or in which to repair, replace or paint the boarding. This notice shall be given in the manner required in subsection 10-2-4B of this chapter, and it shall be unlawful for any owner or agent to fail to comply with the order of the village official contained in such notice. (Ord. 2009-09, 2-2-2009)