For the purposes of abating public nuisances, assessing the cost thereof and prescribing the conduct, whether of omission or commission, of any person as owner or occupier of any lot of land within the corporate limits of the Village, or of any building, house or other structure on any such lot of land, a public nuisance shall be deemed to exist when:
(a) Any such building, house or structure is caused or allowed to become so out of repair and dilapidated that, in the condition it is permitted to be and remain, it will, if such condition is permitted to continue, endanger the life, limb or property of, or cause hurt, damage or injury to, persons or property upon the streets or other public ways of the Village adjoining such lot of land, by reason of the collapse of such building, house or structure or by the falling of parts thereof or of objects therefrom;
(b) Any tree, stack or other object is caused or allowed to remain standing upon such lot of land in such condition that it will, if such condition is permitted to continue, endanger the life, limb or property of, or cause hurt, damage or injury to, persons or property upon the streets or other public ways adjacent thereto, by the falling thereof or of parts thereof;
(c) An excavation or cellar on any such lot of land is caused or allowed to be unguarded or remain in such a condition that it will, if such condition is permitted to continue, endanger the life, limb or property of, or cause hurt, damage or injury to, persons or property upon the streets or other public ways adjacent thereto, by falling or being cast therein;
(d) There is caused or allowed an accumulation on any such lot of land or in any such building, house or structure, of earth, rubbish or other materials which will, if such condition is permitted to continue, attract and propagate vermin or insects endangering the public health;
(e) Any such building, house or structure is caused or allowed to become so out of repair and dilapidated that it constitutes a fire hazard liable to catch on fire or communicate fire because of its condition and lack of repair;
(f) There is caused or allowed the accumulation on any such lot of land or in any building, house or structure, of rubbish or other materials in an amount and in a condition that the same constitutes a fire hazard by reason of the likelihood of its catching on fire or communicating fire;
(g) There is caused or allowed the conduct of any business thereon or .therein which, by reason of noxious odors generated thereby, or of smoke, dust and dirt being cast therefrom, endangers or is harmful to the public health, welfare or safety, or materially interferes with the peaceful and lawful use, comfort and enjoyment of a proximate or adjacent lot of land or structure thereon by the owners or occupants thereof;
(h) Any such building, house or structure is caused or allowed to become so out of repair and dilapidated that, due to lack of adequate maintenance or neglect, it endangers the public health, welfare or safety, or materially interferes with the peaceful enjoyment of adjacent property by the owners or occupants thereof;
(i) There is caused or allowed any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise or any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others;
(j) There is caused or allowed any placing, throwing or sweeping into any street, avenue, alley, park or public ground of any dirt, paper, nails, pieces of glass or board, fruit parings or skins, garbage, waste, leaves, clippings, ashes, cans, bottles, cartons, boxes, furniture, oil, parts of automobiles or any other matter of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, or the placing, throwing or sweeping of such matter upon any sidewalk or street crossing, or on any driveway, or upon the floor, stairway or hallway of any public building, theater, rail depot or railway platform or upon the property of another; or
(k) There is caused or allowed any accumulation of paper, fruit parings or skins, garbage, waste, ashes, cartons, boxes or any other matter of an unsightly or unsanitary nature in such manner that such matter could be blown upon any street, avenue, alley, park, public ground or sidewalk or upon the property of another.
(Ord. 13-14. Passed 7-2-14.)