(A) A PUBLIC NUISANCE is any act, thing, occupation, condition, or use of property which shall continue for such length of time as to:
(1) Substantially annoy, injure, or endanger the comfort, health, repose, or safety of the public;
(2) In any way render the public insecure in life or in the use of property;
(3) Greatly offend the public morals or decency; and
(4) Unlawfully and substantially interfere with, obstruct, or tend to obstruct or render dangerous for passage any street, alley, highway, or other public way.
(B) PUBLIC NUISANCES shall include but not be limited to the following acts, conduct, omissions, conditions, or things:
(1) All decayed, harmfully adulterated, or unwholesome food or drink sold or offered for sale to the public;
(2) Carcasses of household pets or other animals not buried or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner within 24 hours after death;
(3) Accumulations of decayed animal or vegetable matter, trash, rubbish, rotting lumber, bedding, packing materials, scrap metal, or any material whatsoever in which flies, mosquitoes, disease-carrying insects, rats, or other vermin may breed or may reasonably be expected to breed;
(4) All stagnant water in which mosquitoes, flies, or other insects can multiply;
(5) Privy vaults and garbage and refuse containers which are not fully covered;
(6) All noxious weeds and other rank growth of grass or other vegetation in excess of six inches in height;
(7) The escape of smoke, soot, cinders, noxious acids, fumes, gases, fly ash, or industrial dust within the village limits or within one mile therefrom in such quantities as to endanger the health or persons of ordinary sensibilities or to threaten or cause substantial injury to property;
(8) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, or body of water by sewage, creamery, or industrial wastes or other substances;
(9) Any use of property, substance, or things within the village emitting or causing distinctly loud and audible noises which annoy, discomfort, injure, or inconvenience the health of any appreciable number of persons within the village or which unreasonably interfere with the use and enjoyment of the property of an appreciable number of village residents;
(10) Any building or structure which is uncompleted and abandoned, deteriorated, dilapidated, or extremely unsound and endangers the health and safety of the public;
(11) Any inoperable or unlicensed motor vehicle, whether on public or private property, except a vehicle which is kept or stored within a garage or other building, or a vehicle which is in the process of reasonably expeditious repair, and includes a vehicle which exists for more than four days with one or more flat tires or remains stationed on a public street, alley, or highway for more than 48 hours. A vehicle on the premises of a service station or other business which repairs vehicles shall be presumed to be in the process of reasonably expeditious repair;
(12) Such other actions, conduct, omissions, conditions, or things defined or specified in this code as nuisances or as public nuisances;
(13) Any violation of provisions of other nuisances, including:
(a) Section 53.01;
(c) Offensive animal keeping; noxious manure or privy contents; offensive cellars, pools, grounds, and the like; nauseous liquors and substances; deposits of animal or vegetable matter; removal of nauseous substances in an offensive manner; deposit of substances in wells and cisterns; slaughtering and rendering; pasting of handbills and placards; broken sidewalks or passages; unsafe scaffolding; obstruction of streets and sidewalks; unsafe structures; and
(14) The following, in addition to any otherwise provided, shall constitute nuisances under this chapter:
(a) The escape of smoke, soot, cinders, noxious acids, fumes, gases, fly ash, or industrial dust within the village limits in such quantities as to endanger the health of persons of ordinary sensibilities or to threaten or cause substantial injury to property other than the burning of yard waste and the normal and reasonable use of a residential fireplace;
(b) Any building or structure which is uncompleted and abandoned, deteriorated, dilapidated, or extremely unsound, and endangers the health and safety of the public. In addition, any building or structure with any one or a combination of the following: broken exterior windows, unsecured doorways, missing roofing shingles, or other protective covering, sagging roof, deteriorating chimney, brick or masonry walls, or foundations with loose mortar or displaying cracks suggesting deterioration, and missing siding;
(c) Any inoperable or abandoned vehicle which exists in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter;
(d) Any vehicle and/or trailer parked on private property except on a wood-free surface made of gravel, crushed stone, asphalt, or portland cement concrete;
(e) Garbage dumpsters or other containers used for the disposal of trash or waste, located on a public way unless the dumpster or container is owned, leased, or under the control of the village;
(f) Household appliances stored outside of improvements including but not limited to stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, disposals, trash compactors, window air conditioners, unattached central air conditioners, furnaces, air cleaners, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, televisions, stereos, bathtubs, shower stalls, toilets, plumbing fixtures, hot water heaters, unattended lawn mowers, cabinets, household furniture stored outside of improvements including but not limited to beds, bed frames, desks, chairs, sofas, loveseats, and tables. These provisions shall not apply to lawn furniture commercially designed as all-weather furniture intended for year-round use out of doors; and
(g) The following items not securely stored inside of a building, garage, or warehouse: aircraft engines, any semi-truck trailer stored outside on the premises for five days or more, engines, automobile, boat motorcycle and/or airplane parts, and open containers. Any person who is guilty of a nuisance described in this division (B) shall, upon conviction, be fined.
(Ord. 92-3, passed 5-5-1992) Penalty, see § 91.999