As used herein the following terms have the following definitions:
NUISANCE:
A. Sound, animals or things which interfere with the peace or comfort or disturb the quiet enjoyment of any person in the village.
B. Anything which is made, permitted, used, kept, maintained, operated or any building or any animal that is kept in a manner which is offensive, nauseous, dangerous to life, limb or property or detrimental to the health of the persons residing in that area.
C. Any filthy, foul or offensive matter or liquid of any kind discharged into any street, alley or public place or on any adjacent lot or ground.
D. Any lot, ground or premises, within the village, on which stagnant water may be standing so as to become or likely to become foul, putrid, offensive or detrimental to the health and comfort of persons residing in the vicinity thereof.
E. The emission of dense smoke from the chimney or smokestack of any building or premises or from any building or premises or from any garbage or rubbish container.
F. Any spoiled, tainted or diseased perishable agricultural commodity.
G. "Nuisance greenery", "rubbish" and "pests" as defined herein.
H. In addition to what is herein declared to be a nuisance, those offenses known to the common law or of the state or federal statutes as nuisances may, in case the same exist within the village, be treated as such and proceeded against as provided in this chapter.
NUISANCE GREENERY:
A. Trees, shrubs, bushes, "weeds" (as defined herein) or plants permitted to grow on premises adjacent to any street or alley or other public way in a manner as to obstruct the view and endanger traffic conditions.
B. "Weeds" (as defined herein), and dead or dying trees or bushes, stumps and roots, on land within the village.
C. Elm trees infected with Dutch elm disease or ash trees infected with the emerald ash borer.
PESTS: Undesirable arthropods (including certain insects, spiders, mites, ticks, and related organisms), wood infesting organisms, rats, mice, and other obnoxious undesirable animals, but does not include a feral cat, a "companion animal" as that term is defined in the humane care for animals act 1 , "animals" as that term is defined in the Illinois diseased animals act 2 , or animals protected by the wildlife code 3 .
RUBBISH: Any unsightly material, waste products, refuse, debris, trash or waste lumber deposited, left, piled or scattered that may become a breeding place for insects, rodents or vermin or that may give off unpleasant odors or create a health or fire hazard where located.
WEEDS: An annual or perennial herbaceous plant of volunteer growth, not cultivated or useful for human food or enjoyment and shall include, but not be limited to, the following: jimson, burdock, ragweed, thistles of all kinds, cocklebur, barberry (tall, common or other horticultural varieties), poison ivy, yellow dock, Indian mallow, sweet clover, wild mustard (including black mustard and yellow mustard), May weed, lamb's quarters, pig weed, beggar ticks, wild lettuce, shepherds purse, smart weed, sow thistle, tumbleweed, milk weed, dandelions, etc., any plant that, when in blossom, gives off an unpleasant or obnoxious odor or pollen irritating to human tissue and any plant growth that may conceal rubbish, debris or filthy deposits or constitute a fire hazard when dry, and grass that is more than eight inches (8") in height, random growth or volunteer growth of bushes or brush that may conceal rubbish, debris or filthy deposits or constitute a fire hazard when dry or any plant that causes or adds its influence in bringing on hay fever or other similar or noxious plant and all plants fitting within the term "weeds" as used in the Illinois municipal code. (Ord. 13-04, 2-11-2013)
Notes
| 1 | 1. 510 ILCS 70/. |
| 2 | 2. 510 ILCS 50/. |
| 3 | 3. 520 ILCS 5/. |