It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and to be against the health, peace and comfort of the village for any person, firm or corporation within the limits of the village to permit the following, the enumeration of which shall not be deemed to be exclusive:
(A) Filth. To cause or suffer the carcass of any animal or any rubbish, garbage, filth or dangerous substance to be collected, deposited or to remain in any place;
(B) Deposit of offensive materials. To throw or deposit any rubbish, garbage or other offensive matter, or the carcass of any dead animal, in any watercourse, lake, pond, spring well or common sewer, street or public highway;
(C) Corruption of water. To corrupt or render unwholesome or impure the water of any spring, river, stream, pond or lake;
(D) Highway encroachment. To obstruct or encroach upon public highways, private ways, streets, alleys, commons, landing places and ways to cemeteries;
(E) Unlawful advertising. To advertise wares or occupations by painting notices of the same on, or affixing them to fences or other private property, or on rocks or other natural objects without the consent of the owner or, if in the highway or other public place, without permission of the proper authorities;
(F) Filthy premises conditions. To keep or suffer to be in a foul, offensive, nauseous or filthy condition, any chicken coop, barn, cellar, vault, drain, sewer or sink upon any premises belonging to or occupied by him or her, or any, dwelling, outbuilding, yard, pool, grounds and premises belonging to or occupied by him or her;
(G) Accumulation of junk, trash and the like. To deposit or pile up any rags, old rope, paper, iron, brass, copper, tin, aluminum, ashes, garbage, refuse, plastic, brush, litter, weeds, slush, lead, glass bottles or broken glass upon any lot, piece or parcel of land or upon any public or private alley, street or public way within the village, or to place same so that it can be blown about or scattered by the wind;
(H) Rodents. To cause or permit any condition or situation to exist that shall attract, harbor or encourage the infestation of rodents;
(I) Sump pump discharge. To discharge any water or other fluids originating from sumps, sump pits, sump pumps or other pumps, or any reservoir serving as a water drain or receptacle for water, from pipes or other structures onto any public sidewalk, street or street curb, street gutter or storm sewer, causing runoff to be concentrated over and onto that public sidewalk, street, street curb or street gutter whereby the water will stagnate, freeze or cause slippery conditions on the sidewalk, street or street curb or street gutter.
(J) To obstruct any watercourse, ravine or gutter so as to cause water to stagnate therein, or permit foul or stagnate water to stand upon any premises;
(1) To allow any accumulation of stagnant water, permitted or maintained, which is breeding mosquitoes, or is considered by the Village Board to be mosquito breeding area, or is otherwise considered to be detrimental to the health or safety of the public;
(2) To construct, maintain or allow to remain any structure, fence, retaining wall, earth fill or install pipe on any easement without permission from the village. In no case shall any item be so constructed, installed or planted that will obstruct drainage, eliminate detention or reduce the water carrying capacity of the easement (see also §151.167 Fences, walls and natural barriers and §151.293 Easements);
(K) To allow any area of private property to fall in disrepair, including, but not limited to, yards, driveways, parking lots, curbs or borders, buildings or structures, landscaping, trees and drainage areas where safety or construction concerns are present.
(L) To permit the growth upon any premises of any noxious weed such as jimsonweed, burdock, ragweed, thistles, cockleburs or any other collection of weeds or natural grass to exceed a height of eight inches;
(M) To openly burn any debris or trash except for common yard waste (i.e. leaves, tree/scrub limbs, grass and the like) and only the which is generated on the property on which it is being intentionally burnt. It is further unlawful to burn at any time any noxious or poison weeds, vegetation and/or shrubs, such as, but not limited to, poison ivy, poison oaks, sumac or other related vegetation that is determined to be noxious or poisonous and is a threat to the well being and public health of the general community. Violations are subject to immediate abatement and violators are required to pay all costs associated with abatement of the violation(s).
(1) Burning will be permitted between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:00 pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday between March 15 through June 1 and from October 15 through December 15;
(2) Burning on any public or utility easement is prohibited;
(3) Burning that creates an excessive amount of smoke is prohibited; and
(4) It shall be unlawful to burn or dispose of construction materials on site.
(N) To conduct any building operations, refuse collection, deliveries and/or trash pickups between the hours of 10:00 pm and 7:00 am; the use of which is attended with loud or unusual noise audible to residents within the village.
(O) Environmental Protection Act, being ILCS Ch. 415, Act 5, § 55, pertaining to the open dumping, abandoning, burning of or any unauthorized disposing of any amount of nonconverted, nonaltered or nonconverted tires in any public or private place, which includes any applicable sections or subsections to this act regarding exemptions or definitions;
(P) To permit or maintain an unsightly yard or premises where there is an accumulation or deposit of any operable or inoperable, unlicensed vehicle, equipment, junk, wrecked or disabled automobiles, trucks, material of any nature, waste or earth accumulation of vehicle parts in excess of seven days.
(Ord. 2022-11-07A, passed 11-7-2022) Penalty, see § 90.99
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