A. The owner, occupant or lessee of any premises in the Village shall remove from said premises or otherwise dispose of all garbage and litter and shall keep said premises at all times free and clear of any accumulation of garbage and litter.
B. No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the Village, except in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles for collection.
C. No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the Village the accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
D. No person shall throw or deposit litter on any private premises within the Village, whether owned by such person or not, except in authorized private receptacles for collection.
E. Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk and Village right-of-way in front of and/or surrounding their premises free of litter.
F. 1. It is unlawful for any person to cast, place, sweep or deposit within the limits of the Village any garbage or litter in such a manner that it may be carried or deposited by the action of the sun, wind, rain or snow into or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, sewer, parkway or other public place, or into any occupied or unoccupied premises within the limits of the Village.
2. Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place.
G. No person in any aircraft shall throw, drop or deposit within the Village any litter or handbills.
H. No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property within the Village, whether owned by such person or not.
I. No pile or deposit of manure, garbage, miscellaneous waste or refuse of any kind whatsoever, nor accumulation of any offensive or nauseous substance, shall be made within the limits of the Village; nor shall any person unload, discharge or put upon the right-of-way of any street, alley or public place within the Village any of the above listed substances; nor shall any vehicle loaded with or having upon it any such above listed substances be allowed to remain or stand or park on or along any street, alley or other public place within the limits of the Village.
J. Inoperable motor vehicles may not be parked, stored or left in the open on private property.
K. The storing, placing or allowing to remain in the open on streets, alleys or private property of motor vehicle bodies, parts, equipment, motors, or materials for a period of more than fourteen (14) days in any one calendar year is hereby prohibited unless necessary for the operation of a business enterprise lawfully conducted thereon. If a lawful business enterprise involves the storage of motor vehicle bodies, parts, equipment, motors, or materials for a period of more than thirty (30) days in any one calendar year, then there shall be required a commercial fence per subsection 9-4-3C of this Code to be constructed surrounding the property upon which the motor vehicle bodies, parts, equipment, motors, or materials are stored. For the purposes of this paragraph K, no business shall be considered “lawful” unless such business has been awarded a special use permit for a motor vehicle junkyard as provided for in section 10-9-1 of this Code.
L. It is unlawful to erect or maintain a barbed wire fence or an electric fence along, upon or adjacent to any sidewalk, street, alley or public place within the Village.
M. It is unlawful for any person to spit or expectorate upon the floor of any public building within the Village.
N. It is unlawful to allow stagnant water to collect or to stand upon premises; any foul or stagnant water of any kind.
(2016 Code; amd. Ord. 17-513, 11-20-2017, eff. 11-30-2017; amd. Ord. 20-554, 11-16-2020; Ord. 22-580, 10-17-2022; Ord. 22-586, 3-20-2023, eff. 4-1-2023)