(A) Permitted without conviction under certain circumstances. When any nuisance is of such nature or character and is so situated that the same can be abated without the invasion or destruction of private property, and the further continuance thereof is likely to result in expense to the village or injury to any person, it is the duty of the village police officer to abate and remove the same summarily without waiting for the conviction of the author of the nuisance.
(B) Due care. In any case where a nuisance is to be abated by a police officer, it is the duty of such police officer to proceed with due care and without any unnecessary destruction of property; and she or he is in all cases authorized to employ such assistance and adopt such means as may be necessary to effect the entire abatement of the evil in question.
(C) Liability for costs. Every person creating, keeping, or maintaining any nuisance shall be liable for all costs and expenses of abating the same when done by the village or under its authority; and in all cases where a police officer abates any such nuisance, she or he shall keep an account of all expenses attending such abatement and shall forthwith bring suit for the same in some competent court, in the name of the village, against the person creating, keeping, or maintaining the nuisance so abated.
(Ord. 92-3, passed 5-5-1992)