(A) No person shall cause or permit any part of the reservoir or the water thereof, to be used, kept or maintained so as to cause the pollution of any part of the waters in the reservoir or so as to create, continue, or contribute to the creation or continuance of any public or private nuisance upon marginal lands.
(B) The violation of any provision of this Article whereby any unsanitary condition is created is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(C) No person shall keep, maintain, or allow upon the reservoir or upon the marginal lands any carrion, pigsty, decaying animal or vegetable matter, stagnant water, or any other thing that may be injurious to the health of or offensive to the public or by which any noxious or offensive smell may be created. The keeping, maintaining, or allowing of any such matter or condition is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(D) No person shall dump, throw, place, deposit, maintain, store or keep any street, alley, premises, public property, private property, or land within the reservoir or upon any marginal land any junk, trash, waste, garbage or other debris and the dumping, throwing, placing, depositing, maintaining, storage or keeping of aforesaid is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(E) No person shall keep any cattle, hogs, sheep or goats, poultry, or other animals upon the marginal lands in such manner as to create any offensive smell or noise or to create any condition dangerous to the health of the public; same is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(F) No person shall store or place any refrigerator, icebox, or ice chest in any open, unattended or unguarded place upon the reservoir or within the marginal lands without first removing the door or doors therefrom; and the placing or storing any such article in any such place without first removing the door or doors is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(G) (1) No person shall keep or have any inoperative motor vehicle or junked vehicle as defined within § 90.12 of the Revised Code of Ordinances, except that “vehicle” shall also include water craft, upon the reservoir or upon the marginal lands, nor upon any street or highway; same is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(2) No person shall use any motor vehicle or permit any motor vehicle to be used for storage of any thing or item; any motor vehicle used for said purpose is hereby declared to be a nuisance. No person shall park, store, place, leave or keep any motor vehicle required to be licensed by the State of Illinois upon any public or private property unless said vehicle is properly licensed for the current year as required by law; any unlicensed vehicle is hereby declared to be a nuisance. Abatement of any nuisance involving a motor vehicle shall be abated as provided within § 90.12 of the Revised Code of Ordinance.
(H) No person shall permit any dog, cat or other animal owned, kept or controlled by such person to be or run at large within any street, sidewalk or other public place; same is hereby declared to be a nuisance. A dog, cat or other animal shall be deemed running at large when off the premises of its owner or keeper without being under adequate control of its owner or keeper.
(I) Any item or thing declared to be a nuisance herein shall be abated as provided within and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 90 of the Revised Code of Ordinances of the City of Mt. Vernon.
(Prior Code, Art. 33, § 33g)