(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the term NUISANCE is defined to mean any act or offense which is a nuisance according to the statutes of the state or declared or defined to be a nuisance by the ordinances of this village.
(B) In addition, the officials of this village shall be authorized to abate any nuisance while not specifically defined within this section which shall constitute the unreasonable, unwarranted, or unlawful use by a person of property, real or personal, or from his or her own improper, indecent, or unlawful personal conduct which works an obstruction or injury to the right of another, or of the public, and produces a material annoyance, inconvenience, discomfort, or hurt that the law will presume an actionable nuisance. Nuisances may be abated which are public or which are both public and private in nature.
(C) A nuisance is also any condition or use of premises or of building exteriors which is detrimental to the property of others or which causes or tends to cause substantial diminution in the value of other property in the neighborhood in which such premises are located. Nuisances include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) To deposit, keep, scatter ashes, brush, bulky wastes, construction and demolitions wastes, garbage, other wastes, refuse, rubbish, junk, trash or debris. For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
ASHES. Includes residue from fires used for cooking or heating buildings.
BRUSH. Includes trimmings from shrubs, trees, or other woody plants.
BULKY WASTES. Includes auto parts, tires, wheels, mechanical equipment, television sets, stoves, refrigerators, appliances, furniture pieces, rubbish, construction or demolition wastes, or trees, branches, stumps, bushes, root systems, or trimmings not constituting brush.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE. Includes lumber, plywood, paneling, plastic board, roofing scraps, plastic, glass, concrete, nibble, conduit, pipe, wire, or other wastes generated from the construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition of a building, dwelling, structure, or portion thereof,
GARBAGE. Includes wastes resulting from the handling, packaging, preparation, cooking, or consumption of food.
OTHER WASTES. Includes any item not specifically enumerated and defined in this section.
REFUSE. Includes garbage, rubbish, ashes, bulky wastes, brush, and construction and demolition wastes.
RUBBISH. Includes combustibles, such as paper, cardboard, cartons, wood, boxes, excelsior, plastic, rags, cloth, bedding, leather, rubber, grass, leaves, yard trimmings and garden wastes, or noncombustibles such as metal, tin cans, metal foil, dirt, stone, bricks, ceramics, crockery, glass or bottles, or combustibles thereof weighing 50 pounds or less.
(2) To deposit, keep, scatter, or store abandoned, discarded, or unused objects or equipment such as furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, cans, or containers;
(3) To deposit, keep, or store junk motor vehicles or disabled motor vehicles which includes any vehicle, including trailers, which is without currently valid license plates, or is in either substantially wrecked, discarded, dismantled, inoperative, or abandoned condition or as otherwise defined in the village ordinances;
(4) To keep diseased animals;
(5) To cause or allow the carcass of any animal or any offal, filth, or noisome substance to be collected, deposited, or remain under ownership control to the prejudice of others;
(6) To throw or deposit any offal or other offensive matter, or the carcass of any dead animal in any watercourse, lake, pond, spring, well or common sewer, street, or public way;
(7) To obstruct or encroach upon public highways, private ways, streets, alleys, commons, landing places, and ways to burying places;
(8) To erect, continue, or use any building or any real estate or any other place for the exercise of any trade, employment, or manufacture, which, by occasioning noxious exhalations, offensive smells or otherwise, is offensive or dangerous to the health of individuals or of the public;
(9) To advertise wares or occupation by painting notices of the same on, or affixing them to fences, walls, windows, building exteriors, utility poles, or on hydrants or other public or 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;
(10) To dump, abandon, deposit, dismantle, or burn upon any public property or right-of-way, highway, park, street, or parkway anywhere in the village, any trash, garbage, ashes, junk, junked or wrecked motor vehicles or parts thereof, or miscellaneous waste;
(11) To store or place any materials in a manner which may harbor rats or rodents;
(12) To produce or permit to be produced, whether on public or private property, any offensive noise to the disturbance of the peace or quiet of any person residing in the vicinity; and/or
(13) To suffer or permit any stockyard, stable, or barnyard or other lot or premises, barn or privy, outbuilding or cellars, or other building to become or remain dangerous or injurious to the health, offensive to smell.
(Ord. 11-02, passed 6-13-2011)