(A) Offensive premises; abatement.
(1) Any building or premises, or part thereof, either public or private, enclosed or not enclosed, within the village, which may be nauseous or offensive to any person or family, or to persons passing along any street or alley near thereby, or which may be in such condition as to be detrimental or injurious to the public health or comfort, or which may be kept in an unclean or unsanitary condition, or which may be kept in such manner as to be a fire hazard, shall be deemed a nuisance and any owner or occupant, or agent of such premises who shall neglect or refuse to abate such nuisance after notice to do so by the President of the Board of Trustees, or by any member of the police force of the village shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2) If a nuisance as created by this section is not abated after five days’ notice by the President of the Board of Trustees, or any member of the police force of the village, then said nuisance may be abated by the authorities of the village, and the cost of abating said nuisance shall be charged against the person creating such nuisance.
(Prior Code, § 7-2-4)
(B) Owner of premises liable. When any nuisance or anything likely to become a nuisance may be found upon any premises and the owner, author, or cause of such nuisance is unknown or cannot be found, the owner, occupant, or agent of such premises shall be notified by any officer of the village to abate the same; and if such owner or his or her agent or occupant shall not comply with such notice, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior Code, § 7-2-5)
(Ord. passed 6-15-1939) Penalty, see § 91.99