(A) Prohibition. No person, firm, or corporation, their agents or assigns shall have or maintain within the corporate limits of the village, any open well, cistern, or reservoir, which is not securely covered and protected in such a manner as to prevent persons or animals from falling therein.
(B) Order to eliminate. In the event an unlawful well, cistern, or reservoir is found to exist within the village, it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to immediately serve notice in writing on the owner, or his or her agent or assign, ordering that the unlawful well, cistern, or reservoir be eliminated within three days of the written notice.
(C) Violation. Failure to comply with the written order of the Police Chief, by the owner, or his or her agent or assign as provided in division (B) above, shall constitute a minor misdemeanor, punishable by the provisions set forth in § 93.99. Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(1995 Code, § 93.29) (Ord. 10-1949, passed 5-2-1949)