(A) Pollution of water. It is hereby declared to be a nuisance to pollute, taint, corrupt or defile any stream, watercourse or standing or running water; or to have, keep or suffer to permit, lie or be, or to place, throw or deposit anywhere in the village any animal or vegetable matter, decayed or decomposed, in whole or in part, containing elements, or capable of giving off elements that may injuriously affect human beings, or which may injuriously affect ordinary comfort physically or the lawful enjoyment of life.
(B) Offensive or unsafe matter. It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant or the agent of any owner or occupant of lots, parcels or areas within the village to permit the premises to become unsanitary or a fire menace by allowing an offensive or unsafe matter to grow, accumulate or otherwise occupy and remain upon the premises.
(C) Accumulation of junk and debris. It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant or the agent of any owner or occupant of lots, parcels or areas within the village in a residential area to allow abandoned, discarded or unused objects such as junk, disabled cars and trucks, trash, waste, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, cans, containers, debris and old lumber to accumulate and remain upon the premises and become stagnant and foul or be a possible harborage for rats, snakes and other vermin.
(D) Keeping bees. It shall be a nuisance and unlawful for any person to keep or house bees within the village or within 500 feet of any residence or dwelling house, except his or her own, or within 200 feet of any adjoining property owned by the owner and keeper of the bees, or within 200 feet of any street or alley.
(E) Obstructing sewer and the like. No person shall stop or obstruct the passage or interrupt the flow of the contents of any gutter, watercourse, public sewer, culvert, water pipe, conduit, hydrant, stream or the flow or passage of any water, unless otherwise lawfully authorized to do so.
(F) Weeds, prohibited on premises. It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee, occupant or any agent, servant, representative or employee of any such owner, lessee or occupant having control of any lot or ground or any part of a lot or ground situated in the village, and within 100 feet of any building occupied as a residence by any such resident of the village, to allow or maintain on any such lot any growth of weeds to a height of over ten inches, or any burdocks, thistles, weeds or uncultivated shrubbery to mature or go to seed. It shall be the duty of every owner, manager, lessee or occupant of any property abutting upon any street in the village to keep the weeds cut down on the property and to prevent the growth of any burdocks, thistles, weeds or uncultivated shrubbery to mature or go to seed. Any such person who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this section within five days after being notified to do so by the Superintendent of Public Works of the village, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine as set forth in § 91.99. Any such fine not paid within the time permitted by law shall, upon proper recording thereof, become a lien upon the premises.
(G) Offensive trades. Whenever any trade, manufactory or work kept, carried on or performed within the village, or any matter or thing of any kind has been declared or shall hereafter be declared to be a nuisance by the Village Board of Trustees on account of endangering the public health, the Health Officer shall at once serve or cause to be served written notice on the person carrying on the business or maintaining the matter or thing, requiring the person to discontinue the nuisance; the person so failing to, shall be subject to a fine as set forth in § 91.99.
(H) Compost piles. It shall be unlawful to permit, allow or keep any compost pile which is of such a nature as to spread or harbor disease, emit unpleasant odors or harmful gas, or attract rodents, vermin or other disease-carrying pests, animals or insects, provided that the presence of earthworms in a compost pile shall not constitute a nuisance.
(I) Donation drop boxes. It shall be unlawful to cause, permit, allow or keep any outdoor, unattended donation drop box for clothes and/or other personal items in the village, unless the donation drop box:
(1) Is maintained in clean and good-working condition;
(2) Is emptied weekly and does not allow donated items or other debris to accumulate outside the donation drop box;
(3) Lists the donation drop box owner’s name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address where the owner may be contacted regarding the condition of the box;
(4) Complies with all yard and bulk requirements and other restrictions for accessory uses set forth in § 154.019;
(6) Is located on property owned by the village, in the village’s sole discretion, subject to a license agreement between the village and donation drop box owner setting forth the terms of the license, including among other provisions, the duration of the licensed use, restrictions on the location and size of the donation box, and the donation drop box owner’s operational and maintenance obligations.
(1983 Code, § 4-1-2) (Ord. 88-2, passed - -; Ord. 11-04, passed 5-2-2011; Ord. 15-05, passed 7-6-2015) Penalty, see § 91.99