It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and to be against the health, peace and comfort of the village for any person within the limits of the village to permit the following, but the enumeration of the following nuisances shall not be deemed to be exclusive:
(A) Filth. To cause or suffer the carcass of any animal or any offal, filth or noisome substance to be collected, deposited or to remain in any place to the prejudice of others;
(B) Deposit of offensive materials. To throw or deposit any offal or other offensive matter, or the carcass of any dead animal in any watercourse, lake, pond, spring, well or common sewer, street or public highway;
(C) Corruption of water. To corrupt or render unwholesome or inure the water of any spring, river, stream, pond or lake to the injury or prejudice of others;
(D) Highway encroachment. To obstruct or encroach upon public highways, private ways, streets, alleys, commons, landing places and ways to burying places;
(E) Manufacturing gunpowder. To carry on the business of manufacturing gunpowder, nitroglycerine or other highly explosive substances, or mixing or grinding the materials therefore in any building within 500 feet of any valuable building erected at the time the business may be commenced;
(F) Powder magazines. To establish powder magazines near incorporated towns at a point different from that appointed according to law by the corporate authorities of the town, or within 1,000 feet of any occupied dwelling house;
(G) Noxious odors. To erect, continue or use any building or other place for the exercise of any trade, employment or manufacture which, by occasioning noxious exhalations, offensive smells or otherwise, is offensive or dangerous to the health of individuals or of the public;
(H) Unlawful advertising. To advertise wares or occupations by painting notices of the same on or affixing them to fences or other private property, or on rocks or other natural objects without the consent of the owner, or if in the highway or other public place, without permission of the proper authorities;
(I) Wells unplugged. To permit any well drilled for oil, gas, salt water disposal or any other purpose in connection with the production of oil and gas, to remain unplugged after the well is no longer used for the purpose for which it was drilled.
(J) Burn-out pits. To construct or operate any salt water pit or oil field refuse pit, commonly called a “burn-out pit” so that salt water, brine or oil field refuse or other waste liquids may escape therefrom in any manner, except by the evaporation of the salt water or brine or by the burning of the oil field waste or refuse;
(K) Discarded materials. To permit concrete bases, discarded machinery and materials to remain around any oil or gas well or to fail to fill any holes, cellars, slush pits and other excavations made in connection with any well or to restore the surface of the lands surrounding any such well to its condition before the drilling of any well, upon abandonment of any oil or gas well;
(L) Underground wells. To permit any salt water, oil, gas or other wastes from any well drilled for oil, gas or exploratory purposes to escape to the surface, or into a mine or coal seam, or into any underground fresh water supply or from one underground stratum to another;
(M) Harassment. To harass, intimidate or threaten any person who is about to sell or lease or has sold or leased a residence or other real property, or is about to buy or lease, or has bought or leased a residence or other real property when the harassment, intimidation or threat relates to a person’s attempt to sell, buy or lease a residence, or other real property, or refers to a person’s sale, purchase or lease of a residence or other real property;
(N) Business. To establish, maintain and carry on any offensive or unwholesome business within the limits of the village or within 1 miles of the limits;
(O) Filthy premise conditions. To keep or suffer to be kept any chicken coop, cow barn, stable, cellar, vault, drain, privy, sewer or sink upon any premises belonging to or occupied by any person, or any railroad car, building, yard, grounds and premises belonging to or occupied by any person;
(P) Expectorate. To expectorate on any public sidewalk, street or other public building or floor or walk of any public vehicle or hall;
(Q) Litter on streets. To deposit or allow trash, paper, cardboard, wire, dirt, rock, stone, glass, brick, lumber, wood or litter of material objects of any size or description to fall upon the streets of the village from any moving vehicle, to be thrown from a moving vehicle or to throw from a moving vehicle and to remain thereon;
(R) Accumulations of junk and trash. To deposit or pile up any rags, old rope, paper, iron, brass, copper, tin, aluminum, ashes, garbage, refuse, plastic, brush, litter, weeds, slush, lead, glass bottles or broken glass upon any lot, piece or parcel of land or upon any public or private alley, street or public way within the village;
(S) Rodents. To cause or permit any condition or situation to exist that shall attract, harbor or encourage the infestation of rodents;
(T) Bringing nuisances into the village. To bring into the village or keep therein for sale or otherwise, either for food or for any other purpose, any dead or live animal or any matter, substance or thing which shall be a nuisance or which shall occasion a nuisance in the village, or which may or shall be dangerous or detrimental to health;
(U) Offensive liquids. To keep any nauseous, foul or putrid liquid or substance or any liquid or substance likely to become nauseous, foul, offensive or putrid, nor permit any liquid to be discharged, placed, thrown or to flow from or out of any premise into or upon any adjacent premises or any public street or alley, nor permit the same to be done by any person connected with the premises; and
(V) Generally. To commit any offense which is a nuisance according to the common law of the land or made such by statute of the state.
(W) Accumulation of debris. To store, dump or permit the accumulation of debris, refuse, garbage, trash, buckets, cans, wheelbarrows, garbage cans or other containers in a manner that may harbor mosquitoes, flies, insects, rodents, nuisance birds or other animal pests that are offensive, injurious or dangerous to the health of individuals or the public.
(X) Accumulation of rubbish. To maintain an unsightly yard or premises, or to store, dump or permit on the yard or premises, the accumulation of rubbish, including, but not limited to, the following general or specific items:
(1) Combustible and noncombustible waste materials;
(2) Residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible materials;
(3) Rubber, leather, tin cans, fiberglass, styrofoam, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust or other similar materials;
(4) Paper and plastic products, including, but not limited to, paper, bags, newspapers, magazines, books, cartons, wrappings and cigarettes;
(5) Wood products, including, but not limited to, lumber, boxes, barrels, excelsior and straw;
(6) Metal products and household items, including, but not limited to, nails, metal scraps, shavings, cans, machinery, bathtubs, toilets, used pipe and pipe fittings, appliances, refrigerators, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and bedding;
(7) Yard leavings, including, but not limited to, downed trees, downed shrubs, loose branches, and cut grass piles;
(8) Construction materials (including on a lot where no active building permit is in force), such as concrete, siding, marble, bricks, blocks, pallets, insulation, shingles, iron, mortar, siding, aluminum trim, and mud and debris on public or private streets, sidewalks or pathways created by construction traffic;
(9) Textile products, including, but not limited to, rags, shoes, and articles of clothing;
(10) Anything creating a danger or nuisance to the public health, safety and welfare, including, but not limited to, ashes, cinders and any of the items mentioned above.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the corporate authorities of the village from declaring what shall be nuisances, and abating them within the village limits.
(`92 Code, § 25-1-1) (Am. Ord. 2012-25, passed 11-7-12) Penalty, see § 93.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to abate nuisances, ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 11-60-1