(a) No person, having control of realty within the Village, shall directly or indirectly create or allow dangerous conditions to exist on his or her premises, including open, uncovered or unprotected excavations; dilapidated buildings which are left open and otherwise unprotected and are likely to prove dangerous to life or limb; or an abandoned, open, uncovered or otherwise unprotected well, cesspool, cistern, catch basin, septic tank, swimming pool or artificial lake or pond.
(b) No person shall abandon or knowingly permit to remain on public or private property any excavation, well, cesspool or structure which is in the process of construction, reconstruction, repair or alteration, unless the same is adequately protected by suitable barricades and guarded by warning devices or lights at night so that the condition will not reasonably prove dangerous to life or limb.
(c) No person shall destroy, remove, damage or extinguish any barricade or warning light that is placed for the protection of the public so as to prevent injury to life or limb.
(d) Any owner or agent in control of a premises upon which a basement, cellar, well or cistern has been abandoned due to demolition, failure to build or any other reason shall cause the same to be filled to the ground surface with rock, gravel, earth or other suitable material.
(e) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1027. Passed 1-7-85.)