(A) As used in this chapter, a
PUBLIC NUISANCE shall mean any act, thing, occupation, condition or use of property that shall continue for such length of time as to:
(1) Substantially annoy, injure or endanger the comfort, health, repose or safety of the public;
(2) In any way render the public nuisance in life or in the use of property;
(3) Greatly offend the public morals or decency; or
(4) Unlawfully and substantially interfere with, obstruct or tend to obstruct or render dangerous for passage any street, alley, highway, navigable body of water or other public way.
(B) PUBLIC NUISANCES shall include but not be limited to the following acts, conduct, omissions, conditions or things:
(1) All decayed, harmfully adulterated or unwholesome food or drink sold or offered for sale to the public;
(2) Carcasses of household pets or other animals not buried or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner within 24 hours after death;
(3) (a) Accumulations of garbage in a manner in which flies, mosquitoes, disease-carrying insects, rodents, or other vermin may breed or may reasonably be expected to breed.
(b) For the purpose of this section,
GARBAGE means animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of food;
(4) (a) Accumulations of refuse in which disease-carrying insects, rodents or other vermin may breed or may reasonably be expected to breed.
(b) For the purpose of this section,
REFUSE means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, including garbage, rubbish, debris, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned or inoperable automobiles, abandoned or inoperable household appliances, moveable furniture not designed for or modified to withstand the elements and outdoor use, solid market and industrial wastes;
(5) All stagnant water in which mosquitoes, flies or other insects can multiply;
(6) Containers with garbage or refuse which are not covered by solid, tight-fitting lids or which have any uncovered holes or for which at least weekly removal of garbage and refuse is not provided;
(7) Vegetation which:
(a) Harbors or aids in harboring rats, snakes or vermin;
(b) Which harbors or hosts diseases or insects which may reasonably be expected to injure other forms of life;
(c) Which are prohibited by law or ordinance, including but not limited to noxious weeds;
(d) Which by reason of its location or condition constitutes an imminent danger to any person or property;
(e) Which covers or hinders the removal of accumulations of junk, garbage and debris;
(f) Which is unmanaged and in excess of eight inches, provided cultivated flowers, ornamentals or food plants shall be presumed to be managed vegetation; provided further that vegetation in excess of eight inches shall be presumed unmanaged unless predominantly composed of cultivated flowers, ornamentals or food plants, including vegetation which interferes with or obstructs the passage on any street, alley or other public way;
(8) The escape of smoke, soot, cinders, noxious acids, fumes, gases, fly ash or industrial dust in such quantities as to endanger the health of persons of ordinary sensibilities or to threaten or cause substantial injury to property but excluding smoke emanating from residential fireplaces;
(9) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal or body of water by sewage, creamery or industrial wastes or other substances;
(10) Any use of property, substances or things emitting or causing any foul, offensive, noisome, nauseous, noxious or disagreeable odors, effluvia or stenches extremely repulsive to the physical senses of ordinary persons which annoy, discomfort, injure or inconvenience the health of any appreciable number of persons within the city;
(11) Any structure or building that is in a state of dilapidation, deterioration or decayed, whose renovation remains unfinished for more than three months, is of faulty construction, is open to intrusion, abandoned, damaged by fire to the extent as not to provide shelter, is extremely unsound, in danger of collapse or failure and endangers the health and safety of the public;
(12) Any inoperable vehicle or vehicle which lacks current, legal registration parked on private property; provided that such vehicles may be parked upon private property:
(a) If the vehicle is parked upon premises lawfully zoned for the business of repairing, wrecking or junking vehicles upon such premises; or
(b) If the vehicle is stored within a building and completely out of view of the public.
1. INOPERABLE VEHICLE shall mean any vehicle that is not in working order.
2. WORKING ORDER shall mean the vehicle is equipped and contains those parts in proper condition and adjustment necessary for its mechanical operation and also is equipped and contains such lamps, brakes, mirrors, windshields and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required by Chapter 12 of the Illinois Vehicle Code et seq. as now or hereafter amended.
(13) Dumpsters, trash containers or trash container stands located on a public way unless the dumpster is owned, leased or under the control of the city, provided further that trash containers may be placed on the public way only on the day the owner has the trash in the container scheduled for removal by a trash hauler;
(14) Such other actions, conduct, omissions, conditions or things defined or specified in this code as nuisances or as public nuisances;
(15) Conditions that are defined as a nuisance in this chapter located within a carport if the conditions are visible to the public from any public right-of-way;
(16) Conditions which are defined as a nuisance in this chapter and are located in an open garage if the conditions are visible to the public from any public right-of-way;
(17) Conditions which are defined as a nuisance in this chapter and are located on a front porch, back porch or balcony if the condition is visible to the public from any public right-of-way;
(18) Storage of motorized vehicles with over 400cc motor on front porches, back porches and balconies if the motorized vehicle is visible to the public from any public right-of-way; and
(19) Structures which fail to have the street number assigned displayed on at least one structure on the lot in a position easily observed and readable from the public right-of-way and Arabic figures at least three inches high and one-half inch wide and of contrasting color with the surface to which the number is affixed.
(20) The keeping or storage of building supplies, construction materials, landscaping materials, salvageable metals, lumber, bricks or blocks outside of a building, garage or shed.
(a) The keeping and storage of such materials shall be allowed if in compliance with a permitted use in a C4, General Commercial District or I, Industrial District zone listed in Chapter 159.
(b) The keeping and storage of such materials is also allowed during the construction and remodeling of a structure or property, however the items shall not be kept or stored longer than three months outside of a building, garage or shed.
(Ord. 2004-5182, passed 6-1-2004; Am. Ord. 2010- 5310, passed 9-7-2010; Am. Ord. 2016-5389, passed 9-6-2016)