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§ 90.53 DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE BUILDINGS AS NUISANCES.
   All dangerous and unsafe buildings within the terms of this subchapter are hereby declared to be public nuisances and shall be repaired, vacated or demolished as hereinafter provided.
(Ord. 16-497, passed 10-3-2016)
OPEN BURNING
§ 90.65 PROHIBITION.
   It is unlawful to burn any garbage, refuse or rubbish, excepting landscape wastes, within the village limits, except within commercial type incinerators which have been approved by the state’s Environmental Protection Agency. LANDSCAPE WASTES shall be defined as: leaves; grass clippings; brush; shrubbery trimmings; weeds; twigs; branches or limbs; plants; or other similar organic substances.
(Prior Code, § 27-8-1) (Ord. 90-271, passed 6-4-1990) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 90.66 DEFINITION.
   For purpose of this subchapter, OPEN BURNING means the combustion of any matter in such a way that the products of the combustion are emitted to the open air without originating in or passing through equipment for which a permit has been issued by the Environmental Protection Agency of the state.
(Prior Code, § 27-8-2)
§ 90.67 LEGITIMATE BURNING.
   Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the burning of fuels for legitimate campfire, recreational, heating and cooking purposes or in domestic fireplaces; provided that, no garbage shall be burned in such cases.
(Prior Code, § 27-8-3)
§ 90.68 COMPLIANCE.
   Open burning of landscape wastes within the corporate limits is prohibited unless such burning is done in compliance with the following rules.
   (A)   No burning shall be conducted before sunrise or after sunset, with the exception of a contained campfire which must be extinguished when no longer being attended.
   (B)   A responsible person of the age of 16 years or upwards must be in attendance at all times when landscape wastes are being burned.
   (C)   No matter besides landscape wastes shall be burned.
   (D)   No burning shall be conducted or permitted to occur on any street, alley, sidewalk or other public way upon property owned by the village.
   (E)   No burning shall be conducted at anytime when the Mayor has issued an order for the cessation of a burning as provided in division (F) below.
   (F)   If the Mayor determines that weather conditions make burning of landscape waste within the corporate limits unsafe, he or she may issue an order prohibiting the burning of all landscape wastes for a period of time which shall be designed in the order.
(Ord. 90-271, passed 6-4-1990; Ord. 12-452, passed 10-1-2012) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 90.69 ENFORCED REMOVAL.
   The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent enforced removal of the prohibited conditions.
(Prior Code, § 27-8-5)