It is declared to be a nuisance for any person within the jurisdiction of the Board of Health:
(A) To throw or deposit any offal, tin cans, rubbish, animal excrement, or other offensive matter, or the carcass of any animal in any watercourse, lake, pond, spring, well, sewer or ditch, or on any street, alley or public grounds or public highways.
(B) To permit any cellar, vault, drain, yard or premises to become from any cause foul, offensive, or injurious to public health.
(C) To corrupt or render unwholesome or impure the water of any spring, stream, or lake to the injury or prejudice of others.
(D) To obstruct any watercourse, ravine, or gutter so as to cause water to stagnate therein, or to permit foul or stagnant water to stand upon any premises to the prejudice of others.
(E) To erect or use any building or other place for the exercise of any trade, employment or manufacture which by occa- sioning noxious exhalations, offensive smells, or otherwise is offensive or dangerous to the health of individuals or the public.
(F) To expectorate upon any sidewalk, depot platform, or upon the floor of any hall, or other public place or building.
(G) To kill for domestic use, or for the purpose of selling for meat, any cattle, calves, sheep, or hogs within the jurisdiction of the Board of Health, without the written permission from the Board of Health to kill and butcher the animal at the place specified.
(H) To wash or clean any motor vehicle, trailer, or other vehicle in or upon any street or sidewalk.
(I) To leave open any cellar, cellar door, vault, well, cistern, excavation, ditch, or other hole upon or adjoining any street, alley, or sidewalk without protecting or securing the opening so as not to endanger the safety of persons or animals passing by. ('69 Code, § 18-37)
(J) To obstruct or encroach upon any public highway, private way, street, alley, or any way to any burning place within the corporate limits of the city.
('69 Code, § 18-36)
(K) To permit:
(1) A fire of unreasonable size, safety or proximity to life or property; or
(2) A fire which threatens the public safety, life, or property; or
(3) The emission of dense, pervasive, hazardous, dangerous, odorous, bothersome, or troubling smoke from any source within the city, particularly when the smoke travels, moves, or blows from the property of the person, persons, or entity which is generating or producing it. ('69 Code, § 18-15)
(L) To permit any place in which animals are kept, or any building or premises to become offensive or nauseous to any person residing in vicinity or passing along any nearby street or alley. ('69 Code, § 4-7)
(M) To cause or permit the carcass of any animal or any offal, filth, or noisome substance to be collected or deposited or to remain in any place to the prejudice of others or to be thrown or deposited in any watercourse, lake, pond, spring, well, common sewer, street, or alley. ('69 Code, § 13-6(b))
(N) To knowingly permit any dead animal belonging to him to remain within the city or within one-half mile thereof, without being buried so as to prevent it from becoming putrid or offensive to any person residing within the city. In addition to the penalty set out, any person violating this division shall be liable to city for the cost of removal, burial, and abatement of this nuisance. ('69 Code, § 4-8)
(O) To erect, keep, or maintain any billboard or board for advertising on any public ground or place or upon any private premises, adjacent to any sidewalk, street, or footway so as to occasion danger or inconvenience to the public. ('69 Code, § 18-4)
(P) To commit any offense which is a nuisance according to the common law of the land or made such by state statute.
('69 Code, § 13-7)(Ord. 67-0-3, passed 6-12-67; Am. Ord. 88-0-31, passed 12-12-88; Am. Ord. 2014-O-12, passed 8-11-14)
Cross-reference:
Jurisdiction of Board of Health, see § 32.17
Statutory reference:
Definition and abatement of nuisances, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5 § 11-60-2