The following acts, omissions, places, conditions and things are hereby declared to be public nuisances affecting peace and safety, but such enumeration shall not be construed to exclude other nuisances affecting public peace or safety coming within the provisions of this section 4-2-1:
A. Unlawful Building Construction: All buildings erected, repaired or altered in violation of the provisions of the ordinances of the village relating to materials and manner of construction of buildings and structures.
B. Signs And Signals Imitating Traffic Signs And Signals: All unauthorized signs, signals, markings or devices which purport to be or may be mistaken as official traffic control devices placed or maintained upon or in view of any public highway or railway crossing.
C. View Obstructions At Intersections: All trees, hedges, billboards or other obstructions which prevent persons driving vehicles on public streets, alleys or highways from obtaining a clear view of traffic when approaching an intersection or pedestrian crosswalk.
D. Trees Overhanging Public Ways: All limbs of trees which project over a public sidewalk less than eight feet (8') above the surface thereof or less than ten feet (10') above the surface of a public street.
E. Fireworks: All use or display of fireworks except as provided by the laws of the state of Illinois and ordinances of the village.
F. Dangerous Buildings: All buildings or structures so old, dilapidated or out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, insanitary or otherwise unfit for human use.
G. Utility Wires Over Public Ways: All wires over streets, alleys or public grounds which are strung less than fifteen feet (15') above the surface of the street or ground.
H. Noises And Vibrations: All loud and discordant noises or vibrations of any kind.
I. Excavations And Street Obstructions 1 : All obstructions of streets, alleys, sidewalks or crosswalks and all excavations in or under the same, except as permitted by the ordinances of the Village or which, although made in accordance with such ordinances, are kept or maintained for an unreasonable length of time after the purpose thereof has been accomplished.
J. Open, Unguarded Cellars, Wells, Excavations, Etc.: All open and unguarded pits, wells, excavations or unused basements freely accessible from any public street, alley or sidewalk.
K. Abandoned Refrigerators And Freezers: All abandoned refrigerators or iceboxes from which the doors and other covers have not been removed or which are not equipped with a device for opening from the inside by pushing only with the strength of a small child.
L. Property Use Creating Assemblies Which Obstruct Public Ways: Any unauthorized or unlawful use of property abutting on a public street, alley or sidewalk or of a public street, alley or sidewalk which causes large crowds of people to gather, obstructing traffic and free use of the streets or sidewalks.
M. Unauthorized Signs Or Advertisements 2 : Any advertisements or signs affixed to any building, wall, fence, sidewalk, street or other private or public property without permission of the owner thereof.
N. Dangerous, Overhanging Signs And Awnings 3 : Any sign, marquee or awning which is in an unsafe condition, or which overhangs any roadway, or which overhangs any sidewalk less than eight feet (8') above the sidewalk surface.
O. Fire Hazards: Any structure, material or condition which constitutes a fire hazard or will impair the extinguishing of any fire.
Notes
| 1 | 1. See title 7, chapter 1, article A of this Code. |
| 2 | 2. See also title 12, chapter 1 of this Code. |
| 3 | 1. See title 12, chapter 1 of this Code. |
| 4 | 2. 740 ILCS 105/1 et seq. |