(a) Defined. As used in this section, "nuisance" means doing an act unlawfully or omitting to perform a duty, which act or omission:
(1) Annoys, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health or safety of other persons;
(2) Offends decency;
(3) Unlawfully interferes with, obstructs or tends to obstruct or renders dangerous for passage, any square, street, highway, alley or public park;
(4) In any way renders other persons insecure in life or in the use of property;
(5) Involves the maintenance of any building or structure in the Village which, by reason of age, dilapidation or decay, is unsafe for occupancy; which constitutes a haven or refuge for vermin and rodents; or which presents a fire hazard and endangers the security of persons or property; or
(6) Permits the accumulation of rank vegetation, weeds, grass or other noxious matter or putrid substances, or maintains any trash, rubbish, manure or other refuse which is dangerous to health or which in any manner constitutes a fire hazard.
(1976 Code § 11-1.)
(b) Maintenance of Nuisance Prohibited. No person shall permit or maintain the existence of any nuisance on any property in the Village.
(Ord. 275. Passed 5-28-63; 1976 Code § 11-3.)
(c) Authority to Abate. The Chief of Police and the designated Code Enforcement Officer are hereby authorized to abate any nuisance existing in the Village, whether or not such nuisance is one specifically recognized by ordinance.
(d) Notice to Abate. The Chief of Police or the designated Code Enforcement Officer shall serve or cause to be served a notice upon the owner, occupant or lessee of any premises on which a nuisance exists, which notice shall demand the abatement of the nuisance within seven days.
(e) Abatement by Village. If the owner, occupant or lessee who is so notified does not abate the nuisance within seven days, as required by the notice, the Village Manager or the designated Code Enforcement Officer may proceed to abate the nuisance, keeping an account of the expense of abatement. Such expense shall be charged to and paid by the owner, occupant or lessee. If such expense is not paid within thirty days, the Village, within sixty days after the expense is incurred, is hereby authorized to lien the subject property.
(f) Emergency Abatement by Village. Where a nuisance is deemed by the Chief of Police or the designated Code Enforcement Officer to be an immediate hazard to the health, safety and welfare of the occupants of a structure or the general public, and the property owner or agent is unable to be contacted or fails to take immediate action to abate the nuisance, the Officer may proceed to abate the nuisance. The cost of abating a nuisance may be collected from the property owner in the manner prescribed in subsection (e) hereof.
(g) Separate Offenses; Penalty. A separate offense, punishable as provided in Section 202.99, shall be deemed committed each day during or on which the nuisance continues unabated after ten days from receipt of the notice provided for in subsection (d) hereof. The penalty provided in Section 202.99 shall be in addition to the equitable remedy provided for in subsection (e) hereof.
(Ord. 668. Passed 10-7-85.)