(A) The Board of Trustees shall have the power to pass ordinances to prevent and remove nuisances; to restrain and prohibit gambling; to provide for licensing and regulating theatrical and other amusements within the village; to prevent the introduction and spread of contagious diseases; to establish and regulate markets; to erect and repair bridges; to erect, repair and regulate wharves and the rates of wharfage; to regulate the landing of watercraft; to provide for the inspection of building materials to be used or offered for sale in the village; to govern the planting and protection of shade trees in the streets and the building of structures projecting upon or over and adjoining, and all excavations through and under, the sidewalks of the village; and in addition to the special powers herein conferred and granted, to maintain the peace, good government and welfare of the village, and its trade, commerce and manufactories; and to enforce all ordinances by inflicting penalties upon inhabitants or other persons for violation thereof not exceeding $500 for any one offense, recoverable with costs.
(B) The village has the power and authority by ordinance to define, regulate, suppress and prevent nuisances and to declare what constitutes a nuisance and to abate and remove the same. The village may exercise such power and authority within its zoning jurisdiction.
(Prior Code, § 1-103) (Ord. 00-12, passed 6-9-2000)